The Official Site of The Washington Nationals: News: First-pitch catch won't be Lo Duca's

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Behind Lo Duca’s White House snub.
Published 3/28/2008 by Coley Ward at umpbump.com
Yesterday, they said Paul Lo Duca would catch the ceremonial first pitch at the Nationals’ new park, thrown by President George W. Bush. Today, they said “never mind.” It’ll be somebody else. Anybody else. Maybe Manny Acta. So what’s wrong with Lo Duca? I have a few ideas. Mind you, I don’t live in Washington. I don’t work in politics. But I’ve seen enough episodes of “The West Wing” to know how these things work. We can assume Lo Duca got vetted. This is common practice. If you’re a member of the public and you’re going to be coming within 100 yards of the ...

Hold Your Boos
Published 3/28/2008 by Chris Needham at Capitol Punishment
Controversy Averted! There was a bit of a hullabaloo earlier this week when some blogger roused some rabble , by suggesting that the Nationals first-pitch ceremony would be marred with controversy with Paul LoDuca catching a pitch from a former drug abuser. { re-reads story } Errr... what, with the President, an outspoken critic of drug abuse in sports (except when he was an owner; then he could turn a blind eye to it) pitching to the star of the Mitchell Report, our own beloved drug pusher, Paul Lo Duca. Have no fear, the unseemly combo is gone. Faced with the ...