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Madison Kocian, a gold medal winning member of the U.S. Olympic gymnastics team, throws out the ceremonial first pitch before a baseball game between the Houston Astros and the Texas Rangers, Saturday, Sep. 3, 2016, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Mike Stone)
Last weekend, Dallas' Madison Kocian, part of the "Final 5," gold-medal winning US women's gymnastics team, was presenting a VMA award to Beyonce. On Saturday, she was receiving an autographed bat from Adrian Beltre before throwing out the first pitch before the Rangers-Astros game.
This was not some ceremonial first pitch for Kocian.