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Villa's first pitch at Yankee game better than Schweini's for Cubs?

It's been quite a week for World Cup winners throwing out first pitches in Major League Baseball. Bastian Schweinsteiger did the honours for the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday night.

On Wednesday, David Villa, who just signed a new contract to remain with New York City FC in MLS next season, took the hill ahead of the New York Yankees' game against the Toronto Blue Jays to throw out the ceremonial ball.

So who did it better? Well, Villa's throw was a little closer to the strike zone than Schweinsteiger's, but we'd be remiss not to point out that the newly minted Chicago Fire player was standing on top of the mound, while the World Cup-winning goalscorer for Spain in 2010 was a little closer to the front edge of it.