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St. John’s basketball: Rick Pitino throws out first pitch at Subway Series

St. John’s basketball head coach Rick Pitino threw out the first pitch of the Subway Series.

The Subway Series is a New York City event and St. John’s basketball head coach Rick Pitino got the week started.

Pitino threw out the ceremonial first pitch at Citi Field ahead of the first game of the series on Tuesday between the New York Mets and New York Yankees.

However, instead of having a player from the Mets catch the first pitch it was Pitino’s superstar at Louisville, and super Mets fan, Donovan Mitchell who caught the St.