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Former Viking, EWU Coach Beau Baldwin To Toss First Pitch At Safeco
Fresh off his team's 2010 NCAA Division I football championship run, Easter Washington University head coach and former Curtis Viking Beau Baldwin will throw out the first patch at the Mariners game Saturday.
Over the last six months, has accomplished a number of impressive feats.
First came an NCAA Division I football championship.
Then he won National Coach of the Year award.
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Saturday night, he will find out if his accomplishments on the field translate to success on the mound.
Baldwin will throw out the ceremonial first pitch before the Seattle Mariners game against the Cleveland Indians at 6:10 p.m., Saturday night. The game will be televised by Root Sports (formerly FSN).
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Baldwin, a 1990 graduate of Curtis High School, was a three-year letterman for the Viking baseball team and apparently still has a pretty live arm.
First pitches can turn into embarrassing affairs, as the Mayor of Cincinatti can attest to. Hopefully Baldwin can continue his successful run and avoid such a fate.
No word on whether his arm is sore from lifting up that championship tropy.