- Jordan Martinook threw out the first pitch at the Durham Bulls game with the Stanley Cup
- The Bulls gave him a new shirsey to replace the one he lost at Carolina’s championship parade
- Read below for the video and how a July post on X set the whole thing up
Jordan Martinook took the Stanley Cup to the ballpark, and he left with the shirt he had been asking about for a month.
The Hurricanes forward brought the trophy to Durham Bulls Athletic Park on Tuesday for the ceremonial first pitch. Two of his kids came with him, he lifted the Cup on the mound to a loud ovation from the stands, and then he put the pitch right down the middle for a strike.
Watch him deliver it:
How he got there is the better story. Back on July 14, Martinook tagged the Bulls on X looking for a replacement jersey, because his old one did not survive the party in Raleigh.
“Went tarps off at the parade and someone went home with this jersey,” he wrote.
Durham’s answer was simple enough. Bring the Cup and we’ll talk.
Six weeks later he showed up holding it, and the Bulls paid out. Here’s the handoff:
Roughly 21 miles north of Raleigh, the ballpark is home to the Tampa Bay Rays’ Triple-A club, so this was a short drive rather than a road trip. Fans could get their picture taken with the Cup out on the outfield concourse during the game.
This is Martinook’s second turn with the trophy this summer. He rode through his hometown of Leduc, Alberta in a Corvette earlier in August for a community event.
Now 34, Martinook just wrapped his eighth season in Carolina and was on the ice when the franchise won its second championship in June. Whatever he does with the rest of his summer, the shirsey situation is handled.
