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By Alden Gonzalez / MLB.com 06/23/09 11:31 PM ET President Barack Obama will throw out the ceremonial first pitch for the 2009 All-Star Game at Busch Stadium in St. Louis on July 14, Major League Baseball announced on Tuesday. Obama will be the fourth U.S. president to throw out the first pitch ...
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Yes, it seems that President Obama will throw
out the first pitch at the Midsummer Classic. The...
only thing left to be revealed is who is going to be pissed about this and why. Here’s the part where we speculate. 1. Republican Commentators – Obviously. If he throws a ...
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Obama To Throw Out First Pitch At All-Star Game
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President Barack Obama will throw out the first
pitch at the 2009 Major League Baseball All-Star Game...
on Tuesday, July 14 at Busch Stadium in St. Louis . President Obama will be the fourth U.S. President to throw out the first pitch at the Midsummer Classic joining John F. Kennedy, Richard ...
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Obama To Throw Out First Pitch At All-Star Game
Style Points —
Yes, it seems that President Obama will throw out the first pitch at the Midsummer Classic. The only thing left to be revealed is who is going to be pissed about this and why. Here’s the part where we speculate.
1. Republican Commentators – Obviously. If he throws a strike, I’m sure at least one of them will point out that Crash Davis considered strikeouts to be fascist. My money is on Rush. Though I bet Ann Coulter wishes Obama would throw something at her catcher’s mitt. Yes, that’s a gross vagina joke.
2. PETA – It’s even money that they’ll release a ...
Barack Obama Will Throw Out First Pitch At All-Star Game
MKRob's Sports Blog —
President Barack Obama will throw out the ceremonial first pitch for the 2009 All-Star Game at Busch Stadium in St. Louis on July 14, Major League Baseball announced on Tuesday.
Obama will be the fourth U.S. president to throw out the first pitch in the Midsummer Classic — joining John F. Kennedy (1962), Richard Nixon (’70) and Gerald Ford (’76) — and will be the seventh president to attend an All-Star Game. The first to attend an All-Star Game was Franklin D. Roosevelt, in 1937.
“Major League Baseball is truly honored that President Obama will be in attendance ...
Obama To Throw Out First Pitch At All-Star Game [All-Star Game]
Deadspin —
He will be the first president to attend an All-Star Game since Gerald Ford, but only the third White Sox fan to get drunk and beat up a first base coach. [MLB.com]
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