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Jim McIngvale was initally picked to throw the pitch, but there was a last minute change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McIngvale released a post on X stating that his opportunity was cancelled due to interference from Mattress Firm, a national sponsor of MLB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">While we love being the Official Sleep Partner of Major League Baseball, we don&#39;t determine who throws out the first pitch. We\u2019re here to help Astros fans crush their sleep, not their dreams. Go \u2018Stros! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Wp7fuS1fKs\">pic.twitter.com\/Wp7fuS1fKs<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Mattress Firm (@MattressFirm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattressFirm\/status\/1710789018940506292?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 7, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mattress Firm released a statement over the weekend stating that they do not decide who throws out the first pitch.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhile we love being the Official Sleep Partner of Major League Baseball, we don\u2019t determine who throws out the first pitch. We\u2019re here to help Astros fans crush their sleep, not their dreams. Go \u2018Stros!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Tuesday, Major League Baseball gave a statement saying that promotional opportunities, like sponsor first pitches, during the postseason are reserved for national partners. They said MLB asked for the change to the first pitch of Jim McIngvale at the Astros game and that Mattress Firm was not part of that decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Related News:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/randy-arozarenas-mom-throws-first-pitch-at-first-mlb-game\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Randy Arozarena\u2019s mom throws first pitch at first MLB game<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Major League Baseball has released a statement taking responsibility for the decision that revoked Jim \u201cMattress Mack\u2019\u2019 McIngvale\u2019s chance to throw the ceremonial first pitch at this past weekend\u2019s ALDS matchup between the Houston Astros and the Minnesota Twins. Jim McIngvale was initally picked to throw the pitch, but there was a last minute change. McIngvale released a post on X stating that his opportunity was cancelled due to interference from Mattress Firm, a national sponsor of MLB. Mattress Firm released a statement over the weekend stating that they do not decide who throws out the first pitch.&nbsp; \u201cWhile we love being the Official Sleep Partner of Major League Baseball, we don\u2019t determine who throws out the first pitch. We\u2019re here to help Astros fans crush their sleep, not their dreams. Go \u2018Stros!\u201d On Tuesday, Major League Baseball gave a statement saying that promotional opportunities, like sponsor first pitches, during the postseason are reserved for national partners. They said MLB asked for the change to the first pitch of Jim McIngvale at the Astros game and that Mattress Firm was not part of that decision. Related News: Randy Arozarena\u2019s mom throws first pitch at first MLB game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":17267,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[220,169],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-american-sport-football-news","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>MLB apologies for revoking Jim McIngvale&#039;s pitch - Matchplug Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"MLB has apologised to Jim McIngvale after they revoked his opportunity to throw the first pitch at the Astros VS Twins game.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/mlb-takes-responsibility-for-revoking-jim-mcingvales-first-pitch-opportunity\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MLB apologies for revoking Jim McIngvale&#039;s pitch - 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