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threw the first pitch at the Cleveland Guardians’ opening day game at Progressive Field against the San Francisco Giants.The Oscar winner sported white and red Cleveland Guardians garb and had his trusty sidekick Wilson along with him to toss the first pitch to Larry Doby Jr.“Joining Tom, please welcome his former costar from the movie ‘Cast Away,'” said an announcer in a video of the game posted by the sports team on Twitter. “It’s Wilson, the volleyball!”Doby Jr.

Tom Hanks was upstaged by his iconic Castaway co-star Wilson when throwing the first pitch at a baseball game this weekend – see footage below.The beloved actor threw the ceremonial first pitch at the Cleveland Guardians’ home opener of the new MLB season against the San Francisco Giants on Friday (April 15).When coming out onto the field, Hanks brought the volleyball Wilson with him and placed it in front of him before throwing the pitch.The wind had other ideas though, with Wilson repeatedly flying off into the outfield.“There goes Wilson,” one commentator said, with another remarking: “It’s windy today.”With Wilson not playing ball, Hanks eventually threw the pitch regardless.See the hilarity unfold below.Accompanied by a rather uncooperative Wilson, @tomhanks delivers the ceremonial first pitch to Larry Doby Jr.#ForTheLand pic.twitter.com/tbmkcwqHuH— Bally Sports Cleveland (@BallySportsCLE) April 15, 2022Back in November last year, Wilson the beloved volleyball sold for £230,000 at auction. The film prop was sold in an auction on Prop Store.

Tom Hanks is getting some very unhelpful assistance.

Tom Hanks threw in a touch of comedy, compliments of Wilson the volleyball from Castaway, when he threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the Cleveland Guardians' home opener.When he was announced to the home crowd at Progressive Field on Friday, the two-time Oscar-winner came strolling out to to the field carrying the bloody-faced volleyball that was Hanks' co-star in the 2000 survival film.Not long later, after putting Wilson on the ground, the volleyball started rolling away from the mound, leaving the crowd and broadcast announcers miffed at whether this was a staged comedy act. Hanks and Wilson: Tom Hanks, 65, brought out Wilson the volleyball when he went out to deliver the ceremonial first pitch at the Cleveland Guardians' home opener on Friday Signature role: Tom Hanks is seen in 2000 classic fil Cast Away Finished: He famously painted on a face on the volleyball to have a companion in the filmHanks, a longtime Cleveland fan waved to the crowd with one hand while securing the famed volleyball in the other, as he slowly walked to the the front of the mound.Upon arriving, the actor placed Wilson, which along with the blood mark also had a 'C' for Cleveland on it, on the ground and grabbed the nearby baseball for his throw.

Tom Hanks deals with a very uncooperative co-star as he throws the ceremonial pitch at the home opener for the Cleveland Guardians.

It’s not too often a costar out-funnies Tom Hanks, but it happened tonight when the actor threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the home opener for MLB’s Cleveland Guardians.