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Legendary Pitt WR Will Throw First Pitch at Phillies-Diamondbacks Game 3

The best wide receiver in Pitt Panthers history will try to rally his hometown team from down 0-2 in the NLCS.

Stephen Thompson

Legendary Pitt WR Will Throw First Pitch at Phillies-Diamondbacks Game 3
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PITTSBURGH -- A former Pitt Panthers and Arizona Cardinals great will try to rally his hometown team from down 2-0 in the National League Championship Series this week. 

As the Phillies-Diamondbacks series shifts back to Arizona, the best wide receiver in Pitt and Cardinals history and a sure-fire Pro Football Hall of Famer, Larry Fitzgerald will throw out the first pitch of Game 3 at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, according to a report from Bob Nightengale of the USA Today. 

As a Panther, he set the single-season school receiving yards record and career receiving touchdowns record, ranks sixth in program history in receiving yards despite spending just two years in college and came within inches of a Heisman Trophy. 

He also ranks second all-time in NFL receiving yards and sixth in career touchdowns after a career spent solely in Arizona. 

The Diamondbacks, who were blanked in a Game 2 loss at Citizen's Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, could use an offensive spark and are channeling one of the most productive weapons in NFL history to get it. 

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STEPHEN THOMPSON

Stephen Thompson graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications and political science from Pitt in April 2022 after spending four years as a sports writer and editor at The Pitt News, the University of Pittsburgh's independent, student-run newspaper.  He primarily worked the Pitt men's basketball beat, and filled in on coverage of football, volleyball, softball, gymnastics and lacrosse, in addition to other sports as needed. His work at The Pitt News has won awards from the Pennsylvania News Media Association and Associated College Press.  During the spring and summer of 2021, Stephen interned for Pittsburgh Sports Now, covering baseball in western Pennsylvania. Hailing from Washington D.C., family ties have cultivated a love of Boston's professional teams and Pitt athletics, and a fascination with sports in general.  You can reach Stephen by email at stephenethompson00@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter. Read his latest work:

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