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PHOENIX — What better way to start Game 5 of the National League Championship Series than with an Olympian throwing out the first pitch? That’s right D-backs fans: Michael Phelps will throw out Saturday’s ceremonial first pitch.
Michael Phelps is the most decorated Olympian of all time – he has 28 medals, including 23 gold medals. Phelps is also an Arizona local. HeREAD MORE: Michael Phelps teaches kids to swim in Peoria Phelps is also the founder of the Michael Phelps Foundation, an organization that provides learn-to-swim, healthy living and goal-setting curriculum to Boys and Girls Clubs of America and Special Olympics International,Phelps isn’t the only big name throwing out first pitches. Amy Van Dyken-Rouen is a six-time Olympic gold medalist and the first American female athlete in history to win four gold medals in a single Olympic Games, which has never been beaten.
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