Houston native and U.S. Olympian Simone Biles tossed the ceremonial first pitch and it was as epic as you might imagine.
https://twitter.com/Simone_Biles/status/1187209527785070593
In case you don't know Simone Biles is quite the all star and her career highlights include:
- Olympic Gold medalist in vault, floor, Individual and Team all-around, Bronze medalist on Beam at 2016 Rio Olympics
- Won the all-around by a 2.1 margin of victory, larger than the margins of victory from 1980-2012 combined
- First woman gymnast to win three consecutive World all-around titles
- Most World Championship gold medals won by a female gymnast in history (10)
Simone was invited by the Astros to throw the ceremonial first pitch before Wednesday's Game 2 of the World Series against the Washington Nationals at Minute Maid Park. She entered the field in a spectacular fashion, befitting of one so acrobatic.
Before throwing a strike, Biles did a standing backflip and made it look easy.
https://twitter.com/PatDStat/status/1187160201767608320
I knew she wasn't tall but standing next to that catcher (and they're not usually tall either), she looks so tiny! That's a whole lot of power in a small package!
https://twitter.com/Simone_Biles/status/1187209281155805185
She is simply the GOAT. Unfirtunately, the Astros crashed to a 12-3 defeat as they fell to 0-2 in the World Series.
PS: This isn't the first time she has done this either. Here's a clip from 2016.
https://youtu.be/iyNE-s2qO7g