A pitching Peirsol
ANAHEIM - “Pretty awesome.”
Those were the words swimming standout Aaron Peirsol used to describe
throwing out the first pitch before the Anaheim Angels’ baseball game
Friday night at Edison International Field.
Peirsol went to the game with Dianna MacManus, Dave Denniston and
Kicker Denzel, three fellow U.S. athletes that competed in the World
Championships held in Moscow in April.
He didn’t know until he was at the game that he would throw the first
pitch.
“They told me when I was there,” Peirsol said. “They introduced us on
the field. I wanted to do so it worked out.”
Peirsol hadn’t thrown the first pitch before Friday.
“People were cheering and clapping,” Peirsol said. “It was pretty
mellow, it was cool.”
Peirsol broke two short-course world records at the world
championships in the 200 back and the 200 medley relay, which Denniston
was a part of.
Peirsol broke the world record in the 200-meter backstroke (1:55.15)
March 20 in the national long-course championships in Minneapolis.
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