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Watch tennis star Coco Vandeweghe literally serve up a first pitch at the Rays game

Celebrities of all stripes get invited to throw out the first pitch at a Major League game, from musicians to politicians to athletes in other sports. Most of the time, they leave their day jobs behind when they step onto the diamond. Coco Vandeweghe, however, isn't most celebrities.
She's a tennis star -- currently the 24th-ranked player in the world -- so when she was asked to throw out the first pitch ahead of the Rays' win over the Tigers on Wednesday, she decided she'd serve it instead:

Considering that tennis doesn't typically involve hitting a ball into a mitt less than 60 feet away, that's some pretty impressive accuracy. Your move, John McEnroe.

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