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Obama Throws Out First Pitch At 2009 All-Star Game

Jul 14, 2009 22:38

***UPDATED*** FROM AP:
Baseball legend Willie Mays says he was so proud the night Barack Obama was elected president that he "cried for most of the night."

The 78-year-old Hall of Fame centerfielder spoke with reporters as he flew with Obama from Michigan to St. Louis for ( Read more... )

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suzermagoozer July 15 2009, 02:47:57 UTC

say HEY willie mays!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i think it says a lot that W never did it, even though he used to own an MLB team.

mindrtist July 15 2009, 17:31:11 UTC

He was invited to throw 'first pitches' at other games. This one is of particular interest.Sunday, March 30, 2008
President Bush 'Booed' at Nationals Park on Opening Day

What a difference it was back in 2001. The image of George W. Bush standing on the pitcher’s mound before Game 3 of the 2001 World Series between the New York Yankees and Arizona Diamondbacks in engraved in my mind. The President walked out to the mound and stared into the roaring Yankee Stadium crowd. It was as though he wanted to look each ticket holder in the eye to provide assurance that it would be ‘okay.’ ‘It,’ of course, being the September 11th attacks witnessed by the Stadium crowd, and others, less than two months beforehand.

Todd Greene, the Yankee’s backup Catcher, crouched behind home plate awaiting President Bush’s delivery. Toeing the rubber, the President fired a 2-Seam Fastball to Greene-a perfect strike. Flashbulbs flashed, the crowd roared, and President Bush sauntered off the field waving to all the New Yorkers in attendance.

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suzermagoozer July 15 2009, 17:35:15 UTC

ah HAH! proof that he ruins everything he touches.

saramiskismet July 15 2009, 18:02:24 UTC

.... I kinda feel sad for him. :[

c_yo_yus July 15 2009, 02:59:32 UTC

THIS > getting booed at a hockey game.

spacedudey July 15 2009, 13:17:34 UTC

HA! :)

snora July 15 2009, 03:08:54 UTC

Oh God, those Dad Jeans. Why Barry? Whyyyyyy?

haruhiko July 15 2009, 03:14:22 UTC

BUT LOOK AT THAT BOOTY

HE SHOULD BE ~CATCHING~ NOT PITCHING

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sunoftheskye July 15 2009, 03:25:19 UTC

BUT WHY ISN'T HE FIXING THE ECONOMY?????

ccf_8002 July 15 2009, 03:26:19 UTC

HE CAN'T. NOT IN THAT OUTFIT. HELL NO. TOO MUCH LIKE MY DAD.

sunoftheskye July 15 2009, 03:32:04 UTC

Leave him alone. He's fierce in his own way.

misatojaganshi July 15 2009, 05:19:08 UTC

THAT'S WHAT I WANNA KNOW!!! AT LEAST HE'S PLAYING AMERICA'S PAST TIME AND NOT SOME FOREIGN BULLSHIT LIKE SOCCER

hahahaa, btw i love soccer haa

ccf_8002 July 15 2009, 03:25:34 UTC

lol look at the difference.

sunoftheskye July 15 2009, 03:34:44 UTC

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