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LOS ANGELES — Want to win $1 million? Well it is simple, all you have to do is throw a baseball over 100 mph. Easiest million you will ever make.
According to a press release from Disney, the studio is giving amateur baseball pitchers a chance to compete for a $1 million prize in the Million Dollar Arm Pitching Contest.
The Million Dollar Arm Pitching Contest is being held to celebrate the opening of Disney’s “Million Dollar Arm,” the true story about two young men who went from never throwing a baseball to getting a Major League tryout.
The contest is simple. After a series of qualifying rounds, the top three eligible pitchers with the fastest pitches from each qualifying round location will be flown with his or her guest to the final contest, which will take place at the world premiere of Disney’s “Million Dollar Arm” in Hollywood, Calif., on May 6.
Each of the finalists will throw three pitches on Hollywood Boulevard. Any eligible finalist who throws a 100 mph strike (out of three pitches) will become a potential winner of the $1 million grand prize. Official rules can be found here.
Throwing a 100 mph fastball is incredibly hard, but not impossible. Cincinnati Reds left-hander pitcher, Aroldis Chapman, threw the fastest pitch recorded in a major league game, a 105-mph. The best major league pitchers average about 96 mph with their fastballs.
Somewhere out there has to be an amateur that can do the same, right? Why not you?
“Million Dollar Arm” opens May 16 and according to Disney’s Chairman Alan Horn it is the highest testing movie he has ever tested at Disney or at Warner Bros.
Dust off the old mitt and start practicing because you never know if you are the one with a golden arm; and we mean that literally this time. Curtis Linnell is a communications graduate from Brigham Young University and writes for ok.com
