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Play Ball!

Posted on April 1, 2016August 28, 2017 by dcmemorialist

It’s opening weekend of baseball … Every President since Taft has thrown out at least one ceremonial first ball or pitch, usually for Opening Day.

Here are photos of Taft up to Carter throwing out the first pitch.

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FDR-first-pitch
IKE-first-pitch
JFK-first-pitch
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Nixon-first-pitch
Carter-first-pitch

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