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Olympic gold medal swimmer Katie Ledecky, left, hands her medals to Washington Nationals' Bryce Harper, right, to hold before she threw out the ceremonial first pitch before a baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Washington Nationals, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
Olympic gold medal swimmer Katie Ledecky, left, hands her medals to Washington Nationals' Bryce Harper, right, to hold before she threw out the ceremonial first pitch before a baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Washington Nationals, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) Olympic gold medal swimmer Katie Ledecky, left, hands her medals to Washington Nationals' Bryce Harper, right, to hold before she threw out the ceremonial first pitch before a baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Washington Nationals, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

What would you do?

Katie Ledecky had a cool moment last night, asking Bryce Harper to hold her Olympic medals as she threw out the first pitch at the Nationals game.

Good for her, and after her dominating performance in the pool at Rio, it was well-deserved and earned.

And speaking of earned, this story on Ledecky’s current decision-making ordeal from Business Insider is amazingly interesting.

After Ledecky’s overwhelming Olympic wins, marketing analysts gauge her endorsement power at roughly $5 million annually.