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Mod: Trumplethinskin won't be there for the National Anthem either. Instead he is going to sneak in while the game is being played and everyone is distracted. That said, Bill Maher did put it succinctly "Trump is afraid his tits will jiggle if he throws a pitch."
Trump intends to uphold tradition of presidents and baseball (
Associated Presslink):
President Donald Trump’s plan to attend
Game 5 of the
World Series on Sunday will continue a rich tradition of intertwining the
American presidency with America’s pastime.
Franklin D. Roosevelt’s limousine drove onto to the field ahead of the 1933
World Series, the last time the nation’s capital hosted the
Fall Classic. Congressional hearings on the stock market collapse were postponed so senators could attend the game.
Harry S. Truman tossed out a first pitch from the stands of a regular season game in August 1945, just days after the end of
World War II, giving
Americans a sense that normalcy was returning after years of global conflict.
George W. Bush wore a bulletproof vest under his jacket when he threw a perfect strike from the
Yankee Stadium mound during the
2001 World Series, not 10 miles from where the
World Trade Center was attacked a month earlier.
Trump, who has yet to throw out a ceremonial first pitch since taking office, plans to arrive after the
Washington Nationals and
Houston Astros are underway and leave before the final out, in hopes of making his visit less disruptive to fans, according to
Rob Manfred, baseball’s commissioner.
Trump mentioned his
World Series plan to reporters in the
Oval Office on Thursday. But when asked whether he might throw out the first pitch, he said, “I don’t know. They’re going to have to dress me up in a lot of heavy armor,” apparently referring to a bulletproof vest. “I’ll look too heavy. I don’t like that.”
Trump’s
White House staff has long tried to shield him from events where he might be loudly booed or heckled, and he rarely ventures out into the heavily
Democratic city. (With the exception of his hotel, a
Republican-friendly oasis a few blocks from the White House.) “It’ll be loud for
Trump but every president gets booed: both
Bushes,
Reagan,
Nixon. When
Americans pay for their ticket, most of them buy into the great
American tradition to boo whomever they want,” says
Smith.
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