Kicker: What’s all the buzz?

NICK EICHER, HOST: In baseball the ceremonial first pitch is kind of a big deal.

Usually it’s done by a local luminary, but presidents have done it. Biden did but as VP, Trump, Obama. Goes all the way back to Taft.

You get the picture. It can generate a buzz.

So in steps Matt Hilton to the mound to throw out the first pitch in an Arizona Diamondbacks game. And you’re going Matt who?

No, no, no, he was not there to create a buzz, but to shut one down.

Hilton was called on to disable and remove a swarm of bees in the netting behind home plate. It had delayed the game almost 2 hours.

Hilton took care of business. The Diamondbacks took care of him, honoring him with that first pitch. Then they took care of the Dodgers with a walk-off win in the bottom of the tenth that had the stadium buzzing again.

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