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President Barack Obama to Throw Ceremonial First Pitch on Opening Day at Nationals Park PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA TO THROW CEREMONIAL FIRST PITCH ON OPENING DAY AT NATIONALS PARK • U.S. President Barack Obama will throw the ceremonial first pitch at Nationals Park in Washington D.C. on Opening Day when the Washington Nationals host the defending National League Champion Philadelphia Phillies on Monday, April 5 at 1:05 p.m. Eastern. • Historic Event Marks the 100th Anniversary of Presidential First Pitches on Opening Day of Baseball Season • U.S. President William Howard Taft (the 27th President of the United States) first threw an Opening Day first pitch on April 14, 1910. That day the Washington Senators defeated the Philadelphia Athletics 3-0 behind a one-hit, complete game shutout by Hall of Fame pitcher Walter Johnson. • Obama will be the 13 th President to throw a ceremonial first pitch at the home opener of the Washington Senators or Nationals. • This game will be the second time President Obama has thrown a ceremonial first pitch while in the White House. Obama threw the first pitch of the 2009 All- Star Game in St. Louis on July 14 th . • The event will mark the 48th time a President has thrown an Opening Day first pitch in Washington D.C. and the 64 th time it has occurred in any city on Opening Day. • The Senators and Nationals hold a record of 25-23 during Opening Day games when the President has thrown the first pitch. • Six Presidents have thrown out an Opening Day First Pitch outside of Washington D.C.: Presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush threw out ceremonial first pitches on Opening Day a total of 15 times in nine cities between 1973 and 2006. • The only recent President who never threw out a ceremonial first pitch at an Opening Day game was Jimmy Carter. THE TRADITION OF OPENING DAY IN WASHINGTON, D.C. Each Major League Club has its own unique celebration to mark the opening of the Major League Baseball season, but Opening Day in the nation’s capital, Washington, D.C., was always a special and sometimes historic event. Washington, D.C.’s Opening Day tradition dates to April 14, 1910. William Howard Taft, the 27th President of the United States, attended the home opener of the Washington Senators against the Philadelphia Athletics. Numerous other government officials, including Vice President James Sherman, joined President Taft at the ballpark. An overflow crowd of 12,000 fans—the largest baseball crowd in Washington at that time—gave President Taft an standing ovation as he made his way to his seats on the first-base side. Team president Thomas C. Noyes then took the two managers—Washington’s Jimmy McAleer and Philadelphia’s legendary Connie Mack—to meet the President. Just prior to the start of the game, umpire Billy Evans walked over to President Taft’s box and presented him with a new baseball. Evans instructed President Taft that he was to throw the ball from his seat in the stands to Senators pitcher Walter Johnson, who was standing at home plate, to officially commence the start of the American League championship season. After giving the ball briefly to First Lady Helen Taft, the President adjusted his gloves and made a good throw to Johnson, who immediately gave the ball to catcher Charles Street to have it secured in a safe place. President Taft watched the entire game, a 3-0 Washington victory in which Johnson hurled a one-hit, complete-game shutout. After the game, Johnson sent the historic ball to the White House accompanied by a note to President Taft asking for his autograph on the ball. President Taft returned the ball after penning the following on it: “For Walter Johnson, with the hope that he may continue to be as formidable as in yesterday’s game. William H. Taft.” Although President Taft was the first to throw out a ceremonial first pitch, it was not the first time a President of the United States attended a Major League Baseball game. Benjamin Harrison, the 23rd U.S. President, is believed to be the first sitting President to attend a Major League game when he witnessed a NL game between Cincinnati and Washington in June 1892. That wasn’t even the first interaction with a professional baseball team as nine years earlier President Chester A. Arthur welcomed the Cleveland franchise of the National League to the White House. Having the President throw out the ceremonial first pitch at Washington’s home opener was such an enormous success—not only in the nation’s capital but around 2 the country—that it led to the American League granting Washington permission to open the American League championship season one day before the rest of the League. This action was approved on December 13, 1927, in recognition of the U.S. President throwing out the ceremonial first pitch. Including President Taft’s precedent-setting throw in 1910, 12 different Presidents have attended a home opener of the Washington Senators a total of 48 times. The Senators posted a 23-23 mark in home openers with a President present. President Taft (2-0) and Woodrow Wilson (3-0), the 28th U.S. President, were the only two to never see the Senators lose. The only U.S. Presidents never to see Washington win a home opener were Lyndon Johnson (0-3) and Richard Nixon (0-2). Following is the breakdown of Washington’s record on Opening Day, listed by President: WASHINGTON’S RECORD PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES ON OPENING DAY Woodrow Wilson (D)............................... 3-0 (1.000) William Howard Taft (R)......................... 2-0 (1.000) George W. Bush (R)................................. 2-0 (1.000) Calvin Coolidge (R)................................... 3-1 (.750) Warren Harding (R).................................. 2-1 (.667) Dwight Eisenhower (R)............................. 4-3 (.571) Franklin Roosevelt (D).............................. 4-4 (.500) Harry Truman (D)..................................... 3-4 (.429) John F. Kennedy (D)................................ 1-2 (.333) Herbert Hoover (R).................................. 1-3 (.250) Richard Nixon (R)..................................... 0-2 (.000) Lyndon Johnson (D)................................. 0-3 (.000) TOTAL 25-23 (.521) Democrats 11-13 (.458) Republicans 14-10 (.583) Prior to the Senators move to Texas in 1972, each President since Taft was in attendance for a Washington Senators home opener at least once. Several Presidents had to miss on occasion, including President Taft in 1914 because of the sinking of the Titanic and President Wilson in 1918 and 1919 because of World War I. Since 1972, the tradition of Presidents and Opening Day has continued in other Major League cities. The only President to never throw out a ceremonial first pitch at an Opening Day game was Jimmy Carter. President George W. Bush has continued the legacy, having thrown out the ceremonial first pitch at RFK Stadium on April 14, 2005 to usher the return of baseball to the nation’s capitol. He also did the honors at Miller Park in Milwaukee in April of 2001. With President Barack Obama now in office, note that President George W. Bush attended five Washington Nationals games in DC after baseball returned to Washington, DC in April ‘05. 3 The Nationals went 3-2 with the 43rd President on site. While awaiting Obama’s first trip to Nationals Park, a complete list of all games attended by Bush: Thu., April 14, 2005 vs. Arizona Diamondbacks (43,861 attendance) Final Score: WASHINGTON 5 Arizona 3 NOTE : President Bush threw out the ceremonial first pitch as MLB returned to nation’s capital for first time since 1971. Fri., June 24, 2005 vs. Toronto Blue Jays (36,689 attendance) Final Score: WASHINGTON 3 Toronto 0 NOTE : President Bush attended with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Sat., July 8, 2006 vs. San Diego Padres (27,060 attendance) Final Score: San Diego 5 WASHINGTON 2 NOTE : President Bush attended with Mrs. Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. The contest marked Mrs. Bush’s first visit to RFK Stadium for a Nationals game. Thu., July 5, 2007 vs. Chicago Cubs (22,594 attendance) Final Score: Chicago (NL) 4 WASHINGTON 2 NOTE : President Bush kick started his July 6 birthday with a final trip to RFK Stadium Sun., March 30, 2008 vs. Atlanta Braves (39,389 attendance) Final Score: Atlanta 2 WASHINGTON 3 NOTE : President Bush baptized Nationals Park with first pitch in front of national-television audience as part of ESPN’s Sunday Night Baseball. Ryan Zimmerman hits game-ending solo shot in 9th inning to give Washington its initial Nationals Park win. OPENING DAY – WASHINGTON NATIONALS/SENATORS (1901-PRESENT) [NOTE: ALL OPPONENTS LISTED IN AL FROM 1901-1971] FIRST PITCH YEAR DATE/SITE/OPPONENT RESULT WP LP ATT. U.S. PRESIDENT 1901 April 26 at PHI W5-1 CARRICK Fraser 10,000 — 1902 April 23 vs. BOS W7-3 ORTH Dineen 6,253 — 1903 April 22 vs. NYY W3-1 CHESBRO Orth 10,000 — 1904 April 14 vs. PHI L3-8 Plank WILSON 6,000 — 1905 April 14 vs. NYY L2-4 Chesbro PATTEN 9,161 — 1906 April 14 vs. PHI L3-4 Bender HUGHES 12,962 — 1907 April 11 vs. NYY L2-3 Orth HUGHES 12,902 — 1908 April 14 at BOS L1-3 YOUNG Smith 18,752 — 1909 April 12 vs. NYY W4-1 SMITH Newton 12,078 — DECADE OPENING DAY RECORD: 4-5 1910 April 14 vs. PHI W3-0 JOHNSON Plank 12,226 Taft 1911 April 12 vs. BOS W8-5 WALKER Wood 16,000 Taft 1912 April 11 at PHI L2-4 Coombs JOHNSON 15,000 — 1913 April 10 vs. NYY W2-1 JOHNSON McConnell 20,000 Wilson 1914 April 14 at BOS W3-0 JOHNSON Collins 20,000 — 1915 April 14 vs.
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