PRES. OBAMA ‘WINDS UP’ FOR FIRST PITCH…
VIA VOICES/WASH POST
President Obama has been making plenty of pitches to the American people and the Congress recently. But none may be as important as the one he makes tonight from the mound at the All-Star Game.
It will be Obama’s first opening pitch as president and the kind of moment that television loves, if only for the possibility of a screw-up — a wimpy throw or a wild pitch that goes awry. (Or, as happened to Obama during the campaign, a gutter ball.)
Asked about the pitch, Obama made it clear he’s been thinking about it.
“Well, I think it’s fair to say that I wanted to loosen up my arm a little bit,” he told reporters after an Oval Office meeting with Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenede.
Obama’s last pitch was during the American League Championship series in 2005, when he tossed the first ball to his beloved Chicago White Sox.
“You know, my general strategy, the last time I threw a pitch was at the American League Championship Series and I just wanted to keep it high,” he said. “Now, there was no clock on it, I don’t know how fast it went — but if it exceeded 30 miles per hour, I’d be surprised.
But it did clear the plate.”
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