Annika Sorenstam

In 2008, the Swedish golf star took the mound before a Mets game and deposited a 55-footer that shocked the Shea Stadium faithful. "No matter what stage you've ever performed on, when you have to throw out a first pitch ... outside your realm of normality, that's a tough, tough thing to pull off," an announcer explains. Still, we'd have expected better from a woman whose booming drives helped her to 72 LPGA victories during a storied career.

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