Soldier has unique first pitch at nationals game

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Army Sergeant First Class Brian Keaton, a 20+ year serviceman and Iraq War veteran, loved baseball so much that when he was recovering from a traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder, doctors used baseball cards to help him repair brain function.

His first public outing was to Washington Nationals Park. And now that this veteran has recovered, he was ready to throw out the first pitch – but he wanted to do it his way. With the skill of an infantryman, Keaton starts a low-crawl from behind the mound, checks his rear, pulls out the “clip,” and tosses the baseball like a grenade, being sure to take cover. The crowd, as expected, goes wild.

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