MLBBy Matt Clapp on

At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Toni-Ann Williams became the first Olympic gymnast to ever represent Jamaica. The 20-year-old is also a student at Cal, and the Oakland Athletics hosted “Cal Night” on Tuesday at O.co Coliseum.

So, Williams was on hand for the festivities, and even had the honor of throwing out the first pitch. Just as Olympic gymnasts Laurie Hernandez and Madison Kocian did over the weekend, Williams brought her amazing gymnastic talents into the first pitch. However, Willliams’ actual pitch wasn’t nearly as smooth:

It has to be difficult enough to aerial cartwheel into a pitch (or aerial cartwheel at all, obviously), but especially when you throw the pitch off your wrong foot. I’m confident that the Olympic gymnast knows a thing or two about or form and technique, and could probably pick up this baseball throwing thing quickly with some practice.

Also, the Cal band was at the game… and were joined by gigantic versions of Rickey Henderson and Dennis Eckersley:

[FTW]

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