Korean First Pitches Are Great and Strange and the Least Boring Thing in Baseball – Slate Magazine

If you think winning a gold medal in gymnastics is fun, wait until you hear about the fringe benefits. The United States’ flipping phenoms got to meet Zac Efron, went to the MTV Video Music Awards, and—joy of joys—had the pleasure of throwing out first pitches at various major-league baseball games. Simone Biles did the honors in Houston before making the trip to Rio de Janeiro. Madison Kocian and Laurie Hernandez got their turn over the weekend, tossing the ball around after tossing their own bodies around the infield.