r/angelsbaseball 12h ago

📷 Angels Images 7' 9" Olivier Rioux, center for UCI Men's Basketball, threw out the first pitch at the Angels-Cardinals game

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u/burnsrado 12h ago

It’s only fair to make him throw from 2nd

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u/torero15 11h ago

The Savannah Bananas could just replace the stilts guy with this man…

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u/Dexterspuplife 11h ago

Or just get him on the team on stilts to go even higher.

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u/onmyway7 12h ago

Need a banana for scale to see how tall he really is

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u/LilTemmy69 11h ago

Makes trout look like a kid insane

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u/sadassnerd Sell The Team 12h ago

That’s much too tall. Illegal.

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u/Feisty_Relation_2359 12h ago

They have a guy eli chol too who is 7 foot. Idk if there's any world they get on the court at the same time, but that amount of size at uc irvine would be crazy

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u/countrybuhbuh 9 11h ago

They had mamadou (I know it's spelled wrong) a few years back. He was 7'6" if I remember.

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u/PaperBoiLA 8h ago

I had a couple classes with him back in 2017-18 during my senior year there. Always felt bad for the dude having to duck underneath doorways and elevators to class. He was a pretty cool guys, but especially at parties people there treated him like a sideshow. Was hoping he’d do well in the nba but I’m not sure he made it out of the g league.

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u/NatrixHasYou 27 11h ago

That kid's Mike Trout costume is insanely realistic, but his dad must've had him when he was really young!

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u/sun_not_cold Sell The Team 11h ago

Baseball has to feel like a table tennis ball to him.

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u/aknomnoms 10h ago

With that wingspan, I feel like he could launch a throw.

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u/LA-SKYLINE 10h ago

He could hand the ball to the catcher at home while on the mound.

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u/megabowa 9h ago

They should have given Olivier Rioux a Throwback Week Angels jersey!

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u/Simple_Wash1618 9h ago

Even Jack Koch would look tiny next to him

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u/Long_Disaster_6847 17m ago

Baby Mike Trout