Patrick Mahomes called out Andy Reid on MLB’s Opening Day last season.
The three-time Super Bowl MVP took to social media to issue a serious question about his head coach.
“Anyone know if coach Reid threw a strike?” Mahomes tweeted, adding three laughing/crying emojis for good measure and tagging the Royals.
It was Kansas City’s first game of the 2024 baseball season, and the face of the NFL wanted to know if his 66-year-old coach could get the ball over the plate.
Less than two months before that, Mahomes and Reid teamed up in Las Vegas to overcome the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII.
Mahomes threw the game-winning touchdown pass in the final seconds of overtime, while Reid cemented his legacy as one of the greatest coaches in NFL history.
But even Mahomes was curious whether his coach could go ahead 0-1 in the count as the Royals played the first contest of a 162-game campaign.
“A baseball in his right hand, the Lombardi Trophy in his left,” an announcer said, as Reid made his way toward the mound and was surrounded by Kansas City mascots.
Then the three-time Super Bowl champ reared back and smoothly delivered a pitch that left social media stunned.
“Oh, yeah, that’s a strike!” an announcer said, which was followed by Reid proudly pumping his fist.
“Right down the middle, bro!!!” one fan tweeted.
“You and Travis Kelce owe him a double cheeseburger for that strike!” a second fan posted.
“He knew what he was doing,” a third fan wrote.
Reid blew away NFL and MLB fans with his smooth strike.
He had to have impressed Mahomes, who could have played baseball if not choosing football as his career path.
Mahomes threw a brilliant no-hitter and struck out 16 batters in a high school baseball game.
Mahomes’ father, Pat, also played in MLB for 11 years as a pitcher.
Pat’s son was so talented on the diamond that he was selected by the Detroit Tigers in the 37th round of the 2014 MLB First-Year Player Draft, despite barely playing the sport at Texas Tech.
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Reid did his part on Thursday by firing a strike.
The Royals missed, though, falling 4-1 to the Minnesota Twins to start 0-1 in 2024.
They won 86 games in total last season, 30 more than the previous campaign.
They swept the Orioles in the 2024 American League Wild Card Series, but were then defeated by the New York Yankees in the American League Division Series in four games.
As for the Chiefs, they were denied an unprecedented piece of NFL history by the Philadelphia Eagles in February’s big game.
The three-peat chasing Chiefs were stopped from winning their third consecutive Lombardi Trophy by Jalen Hurts, Saquon Barkley, and Nick Sirianni’s high-flying Eagles.
Philly won Super Bowl LIX, defeating the Chiefs, 40-22.
Despite rumours of his retirement this offseason, Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce will be returning next season for what’s like to be the final Super Bowl run of his career.
