{"id":579,"date":"2011-05-14T23:18:30","date_gmt":"2011-05-15T03:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/the_prophet_of_pop\/?p=579"},"modified":"2011-05-16T09:01:06","modified_gmt":"2011-05-16T13:01:06","slug":"scotty-mcreery-throws-a-fake-first-pitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/the_prophet_of_pop\/2011\/05\/scotty-mcreery-throws-a-fake-first-pitch.html","title":{"rendered":"American Idol Scotty Mcreery Throws A Fake First Pitch"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe title=\"American Idol Scotty Mccreery First Pitch\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X9uQkUXFNKE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>Ah, the world of &#8220;reality&#8221; television.\u00a0 This weekend the three remaining American Idol finalists (sadly <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/the_prophet_of_pop\/2011\/05\/american-idol-james-durbin-heads-home.html\" target=\"_blank\">NOT including James Durbin<\/a>) returned home to great their fans and to pose at various media circus-type events.\u00a0 For Garner, NC native Scotty Mcreery, one of those planned events was throwing the first pitch at the North Carolina State-Florida State baseball game.\u00a0 Scotty is a huge fan of the Wolfpack, and the first pitch was supposed to be a part of his homecoming footage that will air on this week&#8217;s Idol.<\/p>\n<p>One small problem though &#8211; there was no baseball game.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s right, if they air a first pitch on Idol then it wasn&#8217;t real.\u00a0 Storms plowed through the Raleigh area Saturday, raining out the game and disappointing fans of both the Wolfpack and Scotty.\u00a0 A silly thing like reality has never stopped American Idol before, so they did what comes best &#8211; made something up.\u00a0 During a short break in the rain Scotty threw the &#8220;first pitch&#8221; of the &#8220;game&#8221; for the fans who showed up.\u00a0 Ah, reality television, how little you are actually based in reality.<\/p>\n<p>Who knows if the footage will show up on this week&#8217;s Idol, but until then you can enjoy watching Scotty <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wralsportsfan.com\/ncsu\/video\/9597778\/#\/vid9597778\" target=\"_blank\">slip n&#8217; slide with the Wolfpack baseball team<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Related &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/the_prophet_of_pop\/2011\/05\/american-idol-james-durbin-heads-home.html\" target=\"_blank\">American Idol James Durbin Heads Home<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/theprophetofpop\" target=\"_blank\">Follow the Prophet of Pop on\u00a0<strong>Twitter<\/strong><\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/prophetofpop\" target=\"_blank\">on\u00a0<strong>Facebook<\/strong>!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ah, the world of &#8220;reality&#8221; 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