{"id":35556,"date":"2026-08-15T13:29:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T13:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/?p=35556"},"modified":"2026-08-15T13:29:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T13:29:59","slug":"80s-hollywood-icon-74-looks-almost-unrecognizable-as-he-handles-seventh-inning-stretch-duties-at-wrigley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/?p=35556","title":{"rendered":"80s Hollywood icon, 74, looks almost unrecognizable as he handles seventh-inning stretch duties at Wrigley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Published:  14:08 BST, 15 August 2026   |  Updated:  14:29 BST, 15 August 2026<\/p>\n<p>He covers his famed Mandinka warrior haircut these days, and his 74-year-old neck supports only single gold chain, but Mr. T was nonetheless unmistakable on Friday at Wrigley Field, where he tossed out the first pitch and handled seventh-inning stretch duties for his hometown crowd.<\/p>\n<p>&#039;\u2026 for it&#039;s one, two, three strikes you out at the old ballgame!&#039; Mr. T sang to the Cubs faithful from Harry Caray&#039;s former office during Chicago&#039;s 3-0 win over the rival St. Louis Cardinals. &#039;Let&#039;s go Cubs!&#8230; I pity the fool!&#039;<\/p>\n<p>Fans were delighted to see the 1980s Hollywood icon, WWE superstar and one-time bodyguard of Muhammad Ali. In particular, they appreciated the way Mr. T incorporated his most famous line from Rocky III.<\/p>\n<p>&#039;Love how he managed to get in a &#039;I pity the fool&#039; but I really wanted Mr T to drop a &#039;sucka&#039; in there as well,&#039; one fan wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>Wearing a personalized &#039;Mr. T&#039; Cubs replica uniform, the left-handed former A-Team star&#039;s ceremonial first pitch sailed well outside the strike zone, but he still got a standing ovation from those in attendance at Friday&#039;s matinee game.<\/p>\n<p>But the bigger reaction came online, where many fans were surprised see Mr. T &#039;finally looking his age.&#039;<\/p>\n<p>&#039;He looked weirdly young for the longest time,&#039; one fan remarked. &#039;But he&#039;s still got that spirit and attitude! Hell yeah.&#039;<\/p>\n<p>Fans liked\u00a0 Mr. T incorporating his famous Rocky III line into his seventh-inning performance<\/p>\n<p>Wearing a personalized &#039;Mr. T&#039; Cubs replica uniform, the left-handed former A-Team star&#039;s ceremonial first pitch sailed well outside the strike zone, but he still got a standing ovation<\/p>\n<p>Others were surprised to see the larger-than-life Mr. T looking up at 6ft 5in Cubs public address announcer Jeremiah Paprocki.<\/p>\n<p>Paprocki drew a few comments online after introducing Mr. T initially as a wrestler before adding his acting credits.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. T performed several times in the 1980s and early 1990s with what was then known as the WWF, but never worked extensively in the ring. Rather, he&#039;s far more known for his role as Clubber Lang in Rocky III, B. A. Baracus in the A-Team, and his own cartoon series.<\/p>\n<p>&#039;Why is former professional wrestler listed first like that&#039;s what he is most known for?&#039; one fan asked on X. &#039;He had like 2 matches in WWF?&#039;<\/p>\n<p>Before his Hollywood days, Mr. T (left) is seen working security for boxer Leon Spinks (right)<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: <a href='https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/sport\/mlb\/article-16053899\/80s-Hollywood-icon-seventh-inning-stretch-Wrigley.html?ns_mchannel=rss&#038;ns_campaign=1490&#038;ito=1490' target='_blank'>Read the original article on www.dailymail.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published: 14:08 BST, 15 August 2026 | Updated: 14:29 BST, 15 August 2026 He covers his famed Mandinka warrior haircut these days, and his 74-year-old neck supports only single gold chain, but Mr. T was nonetheless unmistakable on Friday at Wrigley Field, where he tossed out the first pitch and handled seventh-inning stretch duties for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35557,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,4,3],"tags":[70,29,33],"class_list":["post-35556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-commodities","category-important","category-technology","tag-impact-gold","tag-signal-avoid","tag-stage-stage-4"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35556\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/35557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureknowledge.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}