Jimmy Fallon's first pitch at a Yankees game was definitely not a strike

On The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Thursday, the host was looking to avoid going viral for all the wrong reasons after he was invited to throw out a ceremonial first pitch at a New York Yankees game.

With the goal of delivering a perfect strike down the middle, Fallon enlisted the help of one of the greatest Major League Baseball pitchers of all time, hall-of-famer Mariano Rivera.

After a brief yet hilarious training session, it came time for Fallon’s moment of truth. With Rivera looking on for support, Fallon delivered a rather high and outside pitch where the catcher had to stand and jump to make the catch. And while it most definitely wasn’t a strike, the fact that it was caught is a pretty sure sign that Fallon won’t be going viral.

Video transcript

JIMMY FALLON: So tonight, I'm throwing out the first pitch at the Yankees game. I'm very nervous because I know the way this works. If it's bad, it lives forever.

MARIANO RIVERA: Jimmy, ah. You should be nervous though. All right. You should be nervous. That's OK. But that's why I'm here.

- On The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Thursday, the host had to throw out the first pitch at a New York Yankees game. But he was looking to avoid going viral for all the wrong reasons, much like his bandleader Questlove once did, and like fighter Conor McGregor recently did. So Jimmy enlisted the help of one of the best pitchers of all time, Hall of Famer, Mariano Rivera.

- Kick your leg a little bit higher.

- OK. Kick it higher, yeah.

- --a little bit higher. You got this. That's it.

- How's my form?

- You sure you're not a lefty?

- Do you have another glove?

- Jimmy who actually starred as a die-hard Red Sox fan in the 2005 film Fever Pitch, still didn't seem too comfortable on the field even after his practice session. But either way, it was time for his moment of truth.

- And just when you thought Jimmy's throw couldn't get any higher, he decided to give a lucky fan a really cool souvenir.