Never change Gronk.
As Rob Gronkowski got into his wind-up motion, it shouldn't have come as a surprise to anyone watching that the ball would end up nowhere near the strike zone.
The legendary New England tight end took the mound ahead of the Boston Red Sox games against the Cleveland Guardians on Monday to deliver the ceremonial first pitch on Patriots Day.
In typical Gronk fashion, instead of even attempting to be accurate, he did what only he would do. Spiked the ball full-force into the ground and flexed his muscles, whipping the Fenway Park crowd into a frenzy.
Aroldis Chapman might hold the record for the fastest pitch ever thrown at 105.8 m.p.h. and Giancarlo Stanton might hold the record for hardest-hit ball at 121.7 m.p.h, but no one has ever spiked harder than Rob Gronkowski.
After his appearance at the Red Sox game, the four-time Super Bowl champ went to the finish line of the Boston Marathon to serve as the grand marshall for the annual event.
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