This is why it pays to get to the park early and find your seats

Cirque du Soleil First Pitch

Uploaded by ESPN on Jun 28, 2011

Cirque du Solei performer flips before delivering the first pitch at Monday's game between the Padres and Royals at Petco Park.

Normally, the first pitch is a chance to chuckle at the throwing ability -- or lack thereof -- of folks from different sports or avocations. This one was pretty awesome. I'm thinking that would be an illegal pitch. Plus, I have been struggling mightily to figure out how to get a Cirque du Soliel reference into a baseball blog, so not a bad day at the office for me.

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