George R.R. Martin Throws Out First Pitch in Baseball Game, Kills It

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George R.R. Martin Throws Out First Pitch in Baseball Game, Kills It
George R.R. Martin arrives at the premiere for the third season of the HBO television series "Game of Thrones." Credit: Matt Sayles /Invision/Associated Press

In a twist worthy of A Song of Ice and Fire itself, Game of Thrones' creator George R.R. Martin threw out the first pitch in a minor league baseball game.

At a Albuquerque Isotopes game this past weekend, Martin donned his best set of suspenders and a New York Mets cap for baseball's highest honor -- probably even higher than being Hand of the King. The celebrated author was announced to the iconic GoT theme song while his title card read "author/screenwriter." (They seem to have forgotten his roles as "life ruiner" and "worst wedding planner in history."

We're not sure how good Martin's pitch was, but it couldn't have been worse than 50 cent's abysmal effort.

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