Worst Ceremonial First Pitch Ever?
BRIGGS: The general manager of the Los Angeles Lakers apparently concocted a phony story about Kobe Bryant and the late Oscar winner Heath Ledger. Andy Scholes has more on this riddle in the "Bleacher Report". Good morning, my friend.</s>ANDY SCHOLES, CNN SPORTS CORRESPONDENT: Yes, good morning, Dave. Man, the Lakers sure look like they're in a state off chaos right now. You know, they missed playoffs for a sixth straight year. Magic Johnson quit. And now, ESPN releases a scathing report about the culture of the team. In that report, they detailed how general manager Rob Pelinka, he's known for not always being truthful. And Pelinka was caught in a bad lie during a celebrity inspirational talk Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson was given to the team. During the session, Pelinka a story about how Kobe who was a client when he was an agent watched the movie "The Dark Knight" and then wanted a dinner arrange would with Keith Ledger to talk about his performance as the Joker.</s>ROB PELINKA, LAKERS GENERAL MANAGER: So there was one time when Kobe, who I worked with for 18 years, was going back to play Madison Square Garden. And he just seen "The Dark Knight". Obviously, you guys saw that movie. He's like, hey, hook me up with Heath Ledger because he got so locked in to that role. I want to know how he mentally went there. And so, he had dinner with Heath.</s>SCHOLES: One small problem, 'The Dark Knight" came out in July of 2008. Heath Ledger died in January of 2008. So far, no explanation from Pelinka. All right. Twins and Brewers last night. Devin Smeltzer making his Major League debut, and what a debut it was. He threw six shutout innings in a win for Minnesota. Now, Smeltzer is a cancer survivor. When he was 9 years old, he had a mass removed from his abdomen. Smeltzer, now 23, has been in remission for seven years now. Smeltzer says everything he's been through has turned him into the hard worker he is.</s>DEVIN SMELTZER, MINNESOTA TWINS PITCHER: I dreamed about this from the time I was a kid. And just went out there and tried to stay calm, and trusted the process and, you know, it was a blast.</s>SCHOLES: And finally, we have a candidate for the worst first pitch ever. White Sox employee of the month gets to throw out first pitch last night and somehow hit the cameraman standing seven feet to the left of her. How she did it I don't know. The White Sox tweeted out the pitch that he took. You see that blast right there? Still in her hand at this moment but they tweeted out, I like the tweet. Life comes at you pretty fast. And, Dave, the cameraman's name is Darren Georgia. He said he's fine, the camera is fine, he was just shocked at how bad it was a first pitch that was. He didn't see it coming at all.</s>BRIGGS: So, weigh in -- better or worse than 50 Cent?</s>SCHOLES: 50 Cent is pretty epic the way he just threw it so high. But I would say worst because he hit the guy standing to the left of you. Just don't hit him and you'll be OK. You know, people get the jitters. You know, they think it's going to be easy and it looks so far away. But that's impressive right there. I mean --</s>BRIGGS: I applaud her. I thought it was a terrific pitch. Darren Georgia took one like a champ there. Thank you, Andy Scholes. Romans, would you throw it better or worse than that?</s>ROMANS: I would decline the invitation because I know not to get a tape of myself trying to do that.</s>BRIGGS: Smart move, my friend.</s>ROMANS: All right. Thanks, guys. More than 39 million people under enhanced risk of severe weather today. Tornadoes carving a destructive path in Kansas overnight -- the 13th straight day with tornadoes in the U.S.