Former Sharks great Owen Nolan was in attendance to throw out the ceremonial first pitch, a strike to A's outfielder Mark Canha, who is also a native of San Jose.
"You were my hero when I was growing up," Canha told Nolan in a pregame conversation caught on camera.
But as impressive as Nolan's pitch was, perhaps the best part of the video is SJ Sharkie, the Sharks mascot, wristing a baseball from the mound to a crouching Stomper, Oakland's mascot, behind the plate. The ball sailed high to Stomper's glove side, but the elephant leaped up and got a glove on it somehow.
Some sneaky athleticism from a couple of big, furry animals
