Teddy Tripped Up Again - Is This a Trend?

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Teddy Roosevelt could use some help from Congress
Published 4/28/2008 at Big League Stew
... Sunday — " ... Teddy dashed out once again in front of George, Tom, and Abe; but as he made the turn around the warning track by the foul pole, a banana in pajamas ran out onto the field and laid right in Teddy’s path. “Look out, Teddy!” the announcer yelled, but it was too late. Teddy slipped on the banana, turning a sure-thing victory into a quite unappealing defeat ... Yesterday’s panther attack was humiliation enough. Now one of the greatest presidents in U.S. history is being made the butt of a giant banana peel ...

The Curious Case Of Teddy Roosevelt
Published 5/11/2008 at FanIQ Blog
... here's the interesting thing, the race has been going on since mid-summer of July 2006 - I actually attended the inaugural race - and yet Teddy has never won. Not once. Even weirder than that is that someone has actually kept track of Teddy's plight. A blog called Let Teddy Win has tracked every single race since this whole mess started. And Teddy's had a rough go this year. He's already been disqualified once, been attacked by a panther, and slipped on banana peel. He also got into a royal rumble with George Washington ...