Cirque du Soleil First Pitch Video: Watch Baseball’s Best First Pitch Ever

The ceremonial first pitch is one of those traditions in baseball that often make viewers cringe because of how bad they are. It's not an easy thing to do, anyway, but when you add in the pressure of everyone looking at you and the emphasis that the public address announcer puts on the pitch, it is downright terrifying.

John Wall couldn't handle the pressure. Neither could the mayor of Cincinnati, Carl Lewis, Mariah Carey or Shawn Johnson.

But every now and then, there is a first pitch that makes you stop and take notice.

Most of the time it's because the ball actually goes over the plate, but at PetCo Park in San Diego, it was for another reason.

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