Robert Redford to throw out first pitch for Cubs’ opener

Robert Redford, who played slugger Roy Hobbs in the famous baseball movie, The Natural, will throw out the ceremonial first pitch at the Chicago Cubs' opening game April 1 at Wrigley Field.

Redford will be in Chicago to promote his new film The Conspirator, which opens April 15.

As a high school student in California in the 1950s, Redford was a teammate of Don Drysdale, who later became a Hall of Fame pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Redford was a pitcher himself and attended the University of Colorado on a baseball scholarship before pursuing an acting career.