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September 16, 2025

Riley kid, Matthias Pfister throws first pitch at Indians game

Man stands on a baseball pitcher’s mound at a stadium.

In 2020 Matthias Pfister was a great baseball player in his own right. Then a car crash left him fighting first for his life. "I sustained a brain injury, a stroke and vision loss," recalls Matthias. Years later, he's now in college studying neuroscience and he took a little break from his studies to throw the first pitch at an Indianapolis Indians game.