That first pitch!

[mainstreetonce]

Washington (CNN)A scheduling conflict has led President Donald Trump to balk at throwing the Opening Day first pitch for the Washington Nationals.

The Nationals also informed reporters at the team's pre-Opening Day media event that since Trump can't participate,President Barack Obama will throw out the first pitch.
The Nationals open at home this year, with their first game taking place against the Miami Marlins at 1 p.m. ET on Monday.

[Achilleaze]

1. Yay - a real legitimate, intelligent, honest President will do the noble deed

[Arkansas Granny]

2. Mark Shields on PBS NewsHour last night said that the reason that Trump, who once excelled at

baseball, won't be throwing out the first pitch is because he would be booed.

MARK SHIELDS: It's hurting the president, Judy.

Everything in politics is a poll. If you want the ultimate poll, forget Gallup, forget NBC, Wall Street Journal or anything else. On Monday, April 3, the baseball season begins in Washington, D.C.

And Donald Trump, former baseball player, proudly proclaiming his athletic ability, will not be there. Why will he not be there? Because he would be booed. He would be booed loudly, he would be booed long.

And it would be would be seen all over the world, and it would be seen time and time again. So, that's what it's done. That's what it's doing.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/bb/shields-brooks-trumps-conservative-confrontation-senates-gorsuch-showdown

The whole segment is worth reading/watching.

[Bucky]

11. Bunker mentality

Not as in Hitler. More like as in Richard Nixon. Or Howard Hughes.



Trump.will go down in history as the Panic Room president

[NBachers]

3. Also, the Titanic just arrived.

And yes, that's Cheech Marin as dock supervisor.

[packman]

4. Made me think - Why not Hillary?

In fact --- Has a woman EVER thrown out the first ball on Opening Day???

[a kennedy]

6. I think that's a perfect idea......

[panader0]

5. I'd be thrilled if Obama threw out the first pitch.

What a slap in the face to Trump.

[mainstreetonce]

7. Happy April Fools Day

Enjoy!

[Brother Buzz]

9. Don't kid yourself, I've been reading the spring training scouting reports

And all the scouts are in agreement: Obama has finally gained control his wicked 85 mph cutter

[maveric]

8. I don't think that knows HOW to throw a baseball.

Doesn't want to look bad.

[csziggy]

10. Dolt45 has claimed he was the best baseball player in New York as a teen

Donald Trump: Greatest baseball player in NY, just ask him
Rachel Maddow shares an audio clip from biographer Michael D’Antonio 2014 interview with Donald Trump in which Trump speaks at length about his innate gifts, particularly as a baseball
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/donald-trump-greatest-baseball-player-in-ny-795427907978

Watch the video at the link!

I would bet he was not that great of a player. In fact, he reminds me of a woman I met when I was in college. I had a young horse I was training. This woman - I'll call her Sue - claimed she had been an international level show horse rider before she moved away from home. Sue bragged about traveling all over the US and Europe, riding at FEI events, and moaned about how much she missed riding.

Since the stable where I kept my little mare did lessons and sometimes rented horses, I asked Sue if she wanted to come out with me the next time I went to work with my horse. She accepted and asked me to arrange for a horse for her to ride.

First thing, Sue refused to hold the horse while the trainer I worked with saddled the horse for her - that seemed a little odd for an experienced horsewoman. The real test came when she tried to mount the horse - first Sue approached from the wrong side and the trainer told her the horse would not accept mounting from the right. Then Sue walked around the horse and put her right foot into the left stirrup - which would have ended up with her either facing backwards or on the ground.

At that point I walked away and began my training session with my horse. Meanwhile the trainer gave Sue, the international level horsewoman, a beginner's lesson on how to act around horses, basics of mounting and a first lesson at the walk.

I was completely embarrassed that I had fallen for Sue's lies and told Sue that as we drove away. On the other hand, Sue came up with a new set of lies to explain why she knew absolutely nothing about horses - she claimed she had an accident and had amnesia about her entire riding career. Yeah, right - but she had "remembered" enough to brag about her ability with horses and how many ribbons she had won!

After that Sue did not hang around with the crowd I was in and she eventually just disappeared from campus.