Vince Carter threw out the first pitch for MiLB team's Sager Strong Night



The Daytona Tortugas paid tribute to Craig Sager on Friday night by hosting Sager Strong Night.

As part of the special event, the Cincinnati Reds’ High-A affiliate invited Vince Carter out to the ballpark to throw out the ceremonial first pitch and it was pretty impressive



BREAKING: Vince Carter is leaving the NBA for an MiLB career. #FakeNews. But how about that perfect strike?! #SagerStrongNight pic.twitter.com/oUlyQceP2a — Daytona Tortugas (@daytonatortugas) July 21, 2017

Carter delivered the pitch right down the middle of the plate and got an ovation from the fans.

As part of the special event, the team also rocked some fantastic jerseys in honour of Sager.

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Can't wait to see how @SHAQ looks in our Sager Strong jersey. Sending one your way, big fella! Let's get 💯 retweets for Shaq to come to game pic.twitter.com/UlUc7aWGfo — Daytona Tortugas (@daytonatortugas) May 31, 2017

On top of the jerseys, fans also had a chance to purchase a Sager Strong Tortugas T-shirt by ordering one of the special T-shirt packages for the game.



Get one of our EXCLUSIVE SagerStrong Tortugas T-Shirt by ordering our t-shirt package for Friday night. Gets you a ticket to the game, a chance to meet Vince Carter and this awesome t-shirt for ONLY $20! Call (386) 257-3172 to take advantage now! A post shared by Daytona Tortugas (@daytonatortugas) on Jul 19, 2017 at 9:18am PDT

The team auctioned off the jerseys throughout the game and presented a check of nearly $3,600 to the Sager Strong Foundation.



We are very proud and honored to be able to present a check of nearly $3,600 to the #SagerStrong Foundation tonight A post shared by Daytona Tortugas (@daytonatortugas) on Jul 21, 2017 at 6:36pm PDT

Carter is spending some time in Daytona Beach for his annual Vince Carter Youth Basketball Academy and was also a special guest at a Tortugas game last week, where he ended up signing some autographs for the fans during a rain delay.



Our guy VC was in the rain signing before the @daytonatortugas game. Shout out to his loyal fans for standing in the rain.... A post shared by vc15yba15 (@vc15yba) on Jul 17, 2017 at 5:08pm PDT

(H/T Twitter/daytonatortugas)