Stephen Curry threw a ceremonial first pitch at a Tokyo Giants game in front of 40,000 fans, but instead of throwing a normal pitch, he deliberately aimed a fast ball at cameraman Chris Leach on the field. Japanese police detained Chris for being on the field without permission, forcing Curry and his crew to scramble with passports and embassy contacts to resolve it.
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Hey, so check this out, right? So I was in Tokyo this past summer on my Under Armour Asia tour, and they asked me to do this first pitch at the Tokyo Giants game. It's like 40,000 people in the stands. And so I go out there and I throw like this mean 75, you know, off-speed kind of, you know, drop ball. I had this opportunity to kind of prank one of my guys. He's Chris. He's right here. But he's being a good sport right now. But basically I had the opportunity to prank him. Basically saying he broke every single Tokyo or Japanese law as a cameraman. So you gotta check out this video, it's pretty dope. Wait, get out my video, man, it's my video. So check out this video, it's pretty dope, for sure, for sure. I'm throwing it as hard as I can. If I hit him, it's gonna hear a good sound. If I miss him, it's just gonna beeline by him. Is that the line? Yeah, I just can't lob it. Tonight.
Sitting, cutting, session. You know, we have an issue now. First of all, half of it's our fault. Half of this is our fault. But your guys should have had their shit together. He didn't belong on the field, and now they're pissed. You were the captain though. And now they're pissed. He had no business running on the field. You had no business running on the field. Those guys had permission to be out there, and you ran your ass out there. And you should have told me. And now we got a big issue here, and the police, they take this shit seriously. This is Japan. This is Japan. This is Japan. They take this shit really serious. Is it that serious? It's really serious. [FOREIGN LANGUAGE] Just let me handle it. Let me handle it. We're gonna take you to the police substation here at the place. And you're coming with me. And you're coming with me.
I'm coming.
Okay? We'll explain what happened. Just leave your shit. You have your passport with you here? In the van, yeah. Fuck, damn. Always some bull shit. All right, so is he gonna be able to leave tonight? You got them?
Wait, is he gonna have to stay here tonight?
I'm gonna try my best to unscrew it. I really am. But it is what it is. All right, come on. Tara, you're coming too. 'Cause I'm not explaining this shit all by myself. Okay, I don't care about that.
The only thing I know for sure, Fred ain't leaving nobody behind. Just don't leave that there. Does he need me?
You ready to go?
Yep.
Do you have somebody you could call? I'll call the embassy for you.
Fuck.
Hey, if you have to stay, I'll stay with you.
Do you need me?
Appreciate it.
You're fucked!
Fred, that was fire. You were really good, man.
I was afraid.
I was afraid of you. I was more afraid of you than going to this jail. Your passport with you. Like, that was good. Let's go outside.
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