Annika Sorenstam might have found herself a post- retirement job — pitcher. Sorenstam threw out the ceremonial first pitch for the Mets on Tuesday night, several hours after she announced she was retiring from professional golf at the end of the year. Wearing a white Mets jersey with the No. 59 and "Annika" on the back, Sorenstam fit right in jogging to the mound with the Mets as they took the field for the first time. Throwing from the rubber — no, she didn't use a wedge — Sorenstam's pitch bounced in the right-hander's batter's box about equal with the plate. The Associated Press

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