Newspaper Celebrates MLB’s First Underwater Pitcher

Nope:

Favorite headline of week. He pitches righty, lefty — and evidently, also underwater. Faces Aquaman in next outing. pic.twitter.com/efxaQxFp8Z

— Neill Woelk (@NeillWoelk) June 8, 2015

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The headline was discovered by Colorado State University journalism advisor Neill Woelk, who identified the paper as the East Oregonian. Woelk immediately fielded (#nailedit) questions abut whether the photo was a fake, and provided a PDF as proof:

@mmatchen Page 3B of the Saturday edition (6/6). I’ve downloaded the PDF, here’s a photo of the PDF pic.twitter.com/j7PdjeytY5

— Neill Woelk (@NeillWoelk) June 9, 2015

In the interest of accuracy, Mediaite will note that nobody has yet proven Oakland A’s switch-pitcher Pat Venditte can’t pitch underwater.

[Image via Neill Woelk ]

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