For a couple of basketball players, the Cavinder twins both seem to have a pretty good fastball.
Prior to the Marlins’ home game against the Astros on Monday, Haley and Hanna Cavinder each tossed a ceremonial first pitch — but their throws ended up crossing the plate just a little differently.
Donning their numbers worn for the University of Miami women’s basketball team, Haley, No. 14, set up just in front of the mound to throw a pitch home before Hanna.
After a few arm raises to warm up and a quick fist bump from her sister, Haley fired home a perfect strike, as Marlins’ first base/outfield coach Jon Jay barely had to move his glove.
Hanna, wearing No. 15, also tossed a strong throw to the plate, but it looked like it would have landed in the left-handed hitter’s batter’s box.
“The difference between pitches… hanna my back hurts,” Haley wrote on Instagram.
“The leg up added character,” Hanna said, referencing her exaggerated leg kick before her throw.
“I call it a curve ball,” Hanna added.
The twins got a warm reception in Miami, as they helped the Hurricanes reach an Elite Eight berth for the first time in program history during March Madness in 2023.
The Cavinders became NIL superstars during their time at the University of Miami, raking in $2 million through NIL deals as college basketball players.
During a recent premiere of their reboot “Twin Talk” podcast on Betrmedia, the sisters revealed they were conflicted about returning to Miami for a fifth year.
“We got in a fight, if you really want to know the tea, and I was like ‘Hanna, I’m going back,’ and she was like, ‘I’m not going back, I’m not doing it anymore,’” Haley said.
“We made it to the Elite Elite, that was Hanna and I’s goal. Hanna didn’t want to play, so she made me quit basketball.”
