The last time Chris O'Donnell threw out the first pitch to open the Palisades Pony Baseball Association season, he was new to Pacific Palisades and his son Christopher (nicknamed "Chip") was but five months old. That was back in 2001, shortly after O'Donnell and his wife Caroline moved to town.
So when he stepped onto the diamond Saturday morning for an encore performance, he not only had the support of his friends and neighbors, he was also throwing to a familiar target.
O'Donnell's toss whistled over the plate and into the waiting mitt of Chip, now in his first year with the Mustang Cardinals, and with that the 2010 PPBA season had begun.
"The difference between nine years ago and now is that I know everybody," said O'Donnell, who is currently starring as agent 'G' Callen in the hit television show NCIS: Los Angeles. "That's what's so great about the Palisades--the people."
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