“Hawk Tuah” girl throws out first pitch at Mets game

So I guess some of the baseball community wasn’t too happy to see me yesterday 😬

The main reason I went to the game was to spread awareness and donate to America’s vet dogs which pairs dogs with war veterans for a forever home ♾️

Join me in donating to this amazing charity.… pic.twitter.com/MshybcjcgZ

— Haliey Welch (@HalieyWelchX) August 16, 2024

Joey Chandler
nj.com

Hailey Welch, the “Hawk Tuah” girl, received backlash from angry fans after throwing out the first pitch of the Mets game at Citi Field on Thursday.

Welch, who became a viral sensation on TikTok, responded to the criticism in a post to X on Friday:

“So I guess some of the baseball community wasn’t too happy to see me yesterday,” she wrote. “The main reason I went to the game was to spread awareness and donate to America’s vet dogs which pairs dogs with war veterans for a forever home.”

Welch then asked others to join her in donating to the charity while shouting out the Mets’ own Vet dog, Buddy.

WFAN’s Sal Licata was among those angered with the Mets for inviting Welch to throw out the first pitch. He ranted about the decision on Thursday’s “Brandon Tierney and Sal Licata show.”

“The Yankees have Aaron Judge and Juan Soto breaking records. (Babe) Ruth, (Mickey) Mantle, (Lou), Gehrig and the Mets have Grimace and now ‘Hawk Tuah.’ Come on, bro, I can’t take it, I cannot take it anymore. It’s ridiculous. And then you wonder why fans get so ticked off and upset. It’s embarrassing,” Licata said via the New York Post.

“Is it the biggest deal in the world? No, absolutely. Does it mean anything on the field? No. But that’s the problem. The problem on the field isn’t good enough and you come up with these silly gimmicks that are laughing stock. It’s a joke. ‘Hawk Tuah.’”

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