Nova Scotia's Buck 65 fulfilled a childhood dream by throwing out the first pitch at a Chicago Cubs game Saturday.

The musician, also known as Rich Terfry, hosts CBC Radio 2’s Drive. He started playing baseball in Mount Uniacke as a kid, but gave it up in favour of a music career.

"Since I was seven years old, I daydreamed about making a stadium full of people 'ooh' and 'ahh' because of my baseball talent. On Saturday, it actually happened," he wrote on his Facebook page.

Sporting a Buck 65 jersey, the star-struck star took the field as the announcer introduced him as hailing "from Mount Uniacke, Nova Scotia."

"I didn’t throw the pitch with 100 per cent max effort. I didn’t want to take the chance of hurting my shoulder or of throwing the ball into the backstop," he explained.

"I threw a four-seam fastball. It tailed and sunk a bit. It would have been a tough pitch for a right-handed batter and even more so for a lefty."

The crowd went wild.

"That 'pop' was followed by the best sound I’ve ever heard: the voices of a stadium full of people saying “oooooooh!” I had dreamed of hearing that sound my whole life. And I finally heard it. That sound was the best part of the whole thing. I’ll never forget it as long as I live."