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The Velveteen Ocelot

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4. He can't throw 66 feet. The ball wouldn't make it to the plate but would drop into the dust

Reply to TheBlackAdder (Original post)

Fri Mar 29, 2019, 09:11 PM

Mar 2019

halfway. And so he won't even try. Other presidents have done it even though they were lousy pitchers because it's tradition and it doesn't matter if they can't throw. But Trump's fragile little ego won't allow that to happen to him. http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/18974934/scouting-presidential-first-pitches

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Trump Ends 109-Year-Old Presidential Tradition (Because he'd never make it over the plate) [View all] TheBlackAdder Mar 2019 OP

I would be okay with Trump throwing out the first pitch as long as "God Bless America" was banned WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2019 #1

They couldn't lure him out to the mound Ohiogal Mar 2019 #2

He can't show his face at any public gathering mainstreetonce Mar 2019 #3

You nailed it, watoos Mar 2019 #25

He can't throw 66 feet. The ball wouldn't make it to the plate but would drop into the dust The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2019 #4

That was my guess too. He knows he can't throw it that far. Poiuyt Mar 2019 #12

Nailed it. zentrum Mar 2019 #22

That's what I think, too He's not physically fit enough to throw more than 2 ft. nt Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #26

Not that... SergeStorms Mar 2019 #32

Carter and GWB had good arms n/t TexasBushwhacker Mar 2019 #5

But not Bush 41 Poiuyt Mar 2019 #14

Nope, not GHWB. TexasBushwhacker Mar 2019 #18

Didn't he win a little trophy thing in military school for baseball? Sad. n/t monmouth4 Mar 2019 #6

I think it was for bowling. n/t SCantiGOP Mar 2019 #8

For someone who was supposed to be an athlete.... Ohiogal Mar 2019 #7

He played football at Michigan rufus dog Mar 2019 #35

Bonespurs act up in the spring. Sneederbunk Mar 2019 #9

Wimp Awsi Dooger Mar 2019 #10

Here's A Really Good Way To Get Back At Trump.... global1 Mar 2019 #11

Heh heh! smirkymonkey Mar 2019 #13

They should invite Adam Schiff to throw it. llmart Mar 2019 #16

If Hillary had been POTUS treestar Mar 2019 #19

Oh I could see the angry tweets now! Initech Mar 2019 #17

yes! Hermit-The-Prog Mar 2019 #34

Trump is so fat and out of shape that he would probably throw like this: Initech Mar 2019 #15

Bwahahahahahahahahha sheshe2 Mar 2019 #29

Low-energy Trump. area51 Mar 2019 #20

Well, that's fitting considering that she is a Trumpster. keithbvadu2 Mar 2019 #21

ahh, he's not really the president anyway. defacto7 Mar 2019 #23

Trump won't appear before a crowd not made up of MAGATS. He LibDemAlways Mar 2019 #24

He'd have to throw a tennis ball. klook Mar 2019 #27

Maybe he should let Putin be his pinch pitcher lostnfound Mar 2019 #28

His 'putter' is to small to make it over the base. sheshe2 Mar 2019 #30

Pshaw! McDonald isn't the kind of people who throw a ball. forgotmylogin Mar 2019 #31

350 lb President Taft threw out the very first baseball, Historic NY Mar 2019 #33

New tradition: Eating the first hot dog. Buns_of_Fire Mar 2019 #36