Which Dem will throw the best pitch to open the baseball season?

[elfin]

Poll question: Which Dem will throw the best pitch to open the baseball season?

So very important -----

From http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/01/AR2007040101262.html

President Bush kept up the tradition in 2005, celebrating baseball's return to the nation's capital after a 33-season absence. But he missed last year's home opener -- and he'll miss today's, too, when the Nationals host the Florida Marlins at 1:05 p.m. Except for when the world was at war, only two other presidents, Woodrow Wilson and Richard M. Nixon, missed Opening Day ceremonies two years in a row. And Wilson had suffered a stroke.

What gives?

"Oh, yes, he was invited," said Bush spokeswoman Emily Lawrimore. She said the president, an avid baseball fan and former part owner of the Texas Rangers, would love to be there. But "it's not possible with his schedule. He's got various meetings during the day, a meeting earlier in the morning. . . . It just wasn't going to work out."

With Bush's approval ratings stuck below 40 percent in recent polls, Lawrimore was asked whether the president feared he'd get booed. "No," she replied. "Certainly not.

[illinoisprogressive]

1. No Obama????

[Earth_First]

2. Obama plays cricket...

:sarcasm:

[elfin]

4. Oops - will edit eom

[scarface2004]

3. what about denny mclain!

rep from detroit 2nd district? has an awesome fastball!

[AlinPA]

5. Richardson was a good player at Tufts (pitcher) and pros looked at him .

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/11/25/politics/main1075650.shtml

[lisa58]

6. Didn't Bill Richardson play college ball?