Why does he hate baseball - Obama turns down NATS throw out first pitch

[RamboLiberal]

Next RW talking point when they get tired of talking about the bow?

President Obama has turned down an invitation to throw the ceremonial first pitch at the home opener of the Washington Nationals against the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday.

Tommy Vietor, a White House spokesman, said today that Obama, who returned from an eight-day overseas trip this week and is planning to leave for Mexico and Trinidad next week, would not be doing the honors.

Vice President Biden threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the Orioles home opener against the New York Yankees on Monday of this week. Obama, a longtime Chicago White Sox fan and a close friend of the team's general manager, was unable to throw out the first pitch for the Sox home opener earlier this week as he was winding down his trip, which to took him to Europe, Turkey and Iraq.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/04/10/no_nats_first_pitch_for_obama.html?hpid=topnews

[monmouth]

1. With the rabid environment going on I have no doubt the President's

safety and security is playing a big, big role in this. Personally I'm glad he's not doing it. Wide open, unable to totally secure, nah, not good.

[AtomicKitten]

2. The nutters will bitch regardless. That's how they roll.

n/t

[Aloha Spirit]

3. Monday's the Easter Egg Roll too.

[Median Democrat]

4. Obama Is A Baseball Fanatic - Loves The Sox, Hates The Cubs

It may not be politically correct, but he hates the Cubs, and loves the White Sox. The dude is a real rabid sports fan.

[Better Believe It]

5. How do you know for a fact that he hates the Chicago Cubs?

That's my team!

I don't hate the White Sox just because I'm a Cubs fan.

[GoCubsGo]

6. Supposedly, you can't be both.

Complete hogwash, IMO. I like the White Sox--except when they're playing the Cubs. I'm a third generation Cubs fan, so I guess that makes it a birth defect. ;-)

[Better Believe It]

12. Exactly! I'm with you and that's how most Cub fans I know think

[dflprincess]

24. Sox fans are suppose to hate the Twins

and vice versa. Though it doesn't get quite as extreme as the Yankee/Red Sox rivalry.

[BlueStateGirl]

7. Damn! I am going on Monday and was hoping he'd be throwing

out the first pitch!

[Vinca]

8. If he had thrown out the first pitch, the Republicans would have had

a negative commercial on the air within hours about Obama playing ball and ignoring the economy.

[old mark]

9. Because he's a Commonist Muslin America hater who hates

clean stuff like sports.
Jesus played baseball.
mark

[NYC_SKP]

10. I can't deal with the few holidays and occasions in MY life, in the President's shoes...

I think I'd have to pass on one or two of these invitations.

Fuck Good Friday, I couldn't get my dad's hearing aids fixed because the place closed early.

Fuck Easter, just fuck it. They can't set a solid date for it consistent from year to year, fuck it.

And fuck Memorial Day, which comes way early this year, Monday May 25th. Fuck it twice.

:rofl:

Baseball pitch??? Fuck it.

[ecstatic]

11. Don't blame him. Controversy has followed each of the invitations

he's accepted.

[ChimpersMcSmirkers]

13. He just hates the Nationals and loves the O's

;-)

[Blue_Tires]

14. because he's the president and doesn't make appearances at AAA games

there are plenty of MLB venues he can visit...

Someone may as well ask why Obama doesn't attend a Bowie Baysox game

[rcrush]

15. Because Baseball is slow and boring.

[Joe the Revelator]

16. You take that back

[rcrush]

18. I cant cause I hate America!

[Better Believe It]

19. It requires many different skills and is more of a team game than football, hockey, etc.,

It's much more interesting than the other sports and it's non-territorial.

[Life Long Dem]

17. Because...

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

20. I'm very upset, too. I work at HUD and can walk down to the stadium. I'll be there on Monday

...however, I'm happy if it's Joe Biden cuz that'll satisfy the crush I have on him. :evilgrin:

[BlueStateGirl]

21. I live around the corner from HUD. Plan on walking down myself.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

22. I hope you have a splendid time! n/t

[AnnieBW]

23. I made the mistake of reading the comments to the WaPo Article

Ewwww... birthers come crawling out of the woodwork.

[flvegan]

25. With an 0-6 record, he doesn't want to show their bullpen up.

[PopSixSquish]

26. Nicely Done!

[shifting_sands]

27. He Can't

throw and doesn't want to look bad like he did at bowling.