He already made his pitch to voters.
So Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, the Democratic mayoral nominee, chose to catch a ceremonial first pitch from his son at the Mets game at Citi Field on Thursday.
Wearing a white polo with his current title emblazoned on the back of it, Adams deftly jumped out of his crouch behind home plate to catch the errant, elevated ceremonial throw, which ended up in the right-handed hitter’s batters box.
He and his 25-year-old son, Jordan Coleman, then shared an embrace and posed for pictures between in the infield ahead of the 12 p.m. game, video shows.
“Every Mets fan dreams of throwing a first pitch at Citi Field (and Shea Stadium before that, for those of us who are OG fans),” said Adams in a statement after his grab.
“I never dreamed big enough to envision my son Jordan throwing a first pitch to me.”
The local politician’s athletic snag came ahead of the Mets facing off against division rival the Atlanta Braves in a matinee finale of a four-game series.
Adams, who spent much of his childhood in Queens, on July 6 became the Democrat nominee for mayor, and in the November general election against candidate Republican Curtis Sliwa, who the cop-turned-politician is likely to defeat.
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