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Manny Diaz threw first pitch at UM-FSU, but Shaq, Pinckney and McCloud pulled off caper

UM LB Michael Pinckney picks off coach Manny Diaz’s first pitch for Canes-FSU baseball game to earn first turnover chain of 2019. By

University of Miami football coach Manny Diaz carved out time the night before the Hurricanes’ first spring scrimmage to visit Mark Light Field and throw out the first pitch for the opening game Friday of the big series against Florida State.

And his senor linebacker carved out time to embarrass their coach.

In a made-for-UM-baseball caper, the three Hurricanes’ vaunted linebackers who surprised many by returning for their senior seasons—Shaquille Quarterman, Michael Pinckney and Zach McCloud—scammed their coach by pulling off the first Miami interception of 2019.