Jason Isbell got some words of encouragement from an Atlanta Braves legend before throwing out the ceremonial first pitch at Monday’s playoff game verses the Philadelphia Phillies.

“Go get em’, kid… @JasonIsbell,” Dale Murphy posted on X, the social network formerly known as Twitter, earlier in the day. “Thanks Dale!” Isbell replied from his account.

Isbell ended up bouncing his ceremonial pitch, which was not shown live on the TV broadcast, to the plate to a waiting Charlie Morton, the Braves pitcher.

On social media, some folks jeered Isbell, who is politically outspoken, with some snarky comments and a few memes of broadcaster Bob Uecker’s classic “Just a bit outside” line from baseball comedy film “Major League.”

OK, so Isbell’s throw — before game 2 of the National League Division Series at Atlanta’s Truist Park — wasn’t quite as sharp as this Alabama native’s Grammy-winning songwriting.

Still, it wasn’t nearly the all time disaster of ceremonial first-pitches. That honor belongs to rapper 50 Cent, whose first pitch at a 2014 New York Mets game sliced hard left and didn’t come anywhere near home plate.

Isbell, known for folk/rock songs like “Cover Me Up” and “24 Frames,” grew up in Green Hill and the Muscle Shoals area. In his teens, he began watching Braves game broadcasts on cable TV with his grandparents. He’s been a fan of the team ever since.

For Monday’s first pitch, Isbell, a longtime Nashville area resident, was clad in a retro Braves hat and shirt, light colored jeans and stylish sneakers.

The musician, known for his left-leaning politics, threw righty. Prior to his solo career, Isbell was a member of political-rock band Drive-By Truckers.

Last week after the Major League Baseball team announced Isbell would be throwing on the game two first pitch, Isbell posted on X, “They call me the Redneck Rivera,” a joke referencing the nickname for the Alabama’s Panama City Beach area and possibly legendary New York Yankees reliever Mariano Rivera.

This is the second Monday in a row Isbell’s been on a prominent TV broadcast. Last week, he and his longtime backing band, The 400 Unit, were the musical guests on the first “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” episode since the writers strike ended.

Later this week, Isbell begins a sold-out eight-show stand at Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium. He’ll play a home state show later in the month.

His Alabama concert falls a week after “Killers of the Flower Moon,” the Martin Scorsese-directed film adaptation of the best-selling true-crime book of the same name, opens in theaters.

The film features Isbell’s first major film role – sharing screen time with movie stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro.

This year, Isbell’s celebrating the 10th anniversary of his breakthrough solo album, 2013′s “Southeastern,” and has been the subject of an acclaimed music documentary. In June, Isbell released his eighth studio album, acclaimed LP “Weathervanes.”

The Braves lost to the Phillies 3-0 in game one on Saturday (with former Braves outfield phenom Andruw Jones doing first-pitch honors.) Atlanta was trailing by the same score in the fourth inning of game two when this story was posted.

As a lyricist, Isbell is known for writing sad songs. So, if his beloved Braves fall behind 0-2 in the NLDS, he may at least get a new tune out of it.

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