Eric Hosmer and his son Jack to throw first pitch in ALDS game three

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Eric Hosmer, a member of the 2014 and 2015 Royals World Series teams as a first baseman, announced today, October 9 that he and his son Jack will be throwing the first pitch at Kauffman Stadium tonight ahead of the Royals-Yankees ALDS game three.

In a post on X , Hosmer announced the “task” that he and Jack had been assigned. With the series tied at a game apiece, the Royals will need some of the magic that Hosmer brought to the Royals nearly a decade ago.

The post also included some predictions from Hosmer; he claimed Bobby Witt Jr. would homer in his first postseason at-bat at Kauffman. Hosmer asked fans to be as loud as possible as he looks to “set the tone at Kauffman Stadium.”

In game two of the ALDS at Yankee Stadium, Willie Randolph, a Yankee legend who won back-to-back World Series titles with the team, threw the first pitch. In game one, also at Yankee Stadium, Andy Pettitte threw the first pitch. Pettitte is also a former Yankee, winning five World Series with New York.

Now, the Royals are pulling out their historic alumni to start the first postseason game at Kauffman in 3,269 days .

Seth Lugo will be taking the mound after Eric and Jack Hosmer as the Royals look to go up 2-1 in the series with another game at Kauffman scheduled for tomorrow evening.

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