Why isn't Chump not throwing out the First Ball

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Hands too small, can't grip the ball.

[boston bean]

1. his grasp can only handle an object the size of a marble. I'll leave it at that.

[NightWatcher]

2. And the tens of thousands of boos that would be deafening

He'd be throwing at the Washington Walgreens game vs my Marlins and couldn't take the boos from the DC crowd.

[Eyeball_Kid]

21. You're right.

Can you imagine how Trumpy would react to the TV replays of him walking to the mound and hearing the cascading boos and catcalls from the stands? He couldn't hire enough people to cheer for him, so he'd be at the mercy of the unwashed masses. There's an even greater risk that fans will throw their beer cups and apple cores at him. It would be, as he'd no doubt say, a Disaster. So he won't come near the stadium.

[femmocrat]

3. Supposedly he doesn't want to be booed.

Plus he looks like a damn fool, throwing a baseball.

I was thinking though.... why not let his 10-year old son do it? That child looks like he never has any fun.

[Siwsan]

4. Shocking, right? Didn't he brag about being the best college baseball player, in the country?

You know - back when he was too medically disabled with 'bone spurs' to qualify for the draft??

[DemocratSinceBirth]

7. From all accounts he was a good college baseball player

That was fifty years and one hundred thirty pounds ago.

[Siwsan]

12. Yea, I know he is just terrified of looking like a big, bloated goofy fool that we will laugh at

I keep thinking there is a small kernel, somewhere in his psyche, that knows he's made the biggest mistake of his life and is in, WAAAYYYYY over his head. Unfortunately, that kernel is surrounded by some pretty heavily armor plated ego.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

14. I just watched Bill Clinton. He put it right over the plate.

The only problem was it was so slow a half decent batter could have knocked it out of the park.


Trump would have messed up the pitch. Muscle memory only works if you stay in reasonably good shape. He would have been booed when he approached the mound and then laughed out when he messed up the pitch.

[doc03]

13. No I think he only said in New York nt

[csziggy]

24. MSNBC: "Donald Trump: Greatest baseball player in NY, just ask him"

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

Video of him making the claim at link.

[dalton99a]

5. Ass too big, takes up half of the pic

[BannonsLiver]

6. He'd be out of breath just walking to the mound

The fat, lazy slob that he is.

[GWC58]

8. There would be about

48,000 boo birds! Of course if Trump did throw out the first pitch he'd swear they were "cheering loudly."

[DrDan]

9. too humble

"I always knew I was good. I was always good at it. I was always the best athlete. ... Always the best player. Not only baseball, but every other sport too. ... I was the best baseball player in New York when I was young. ... Everybody wanted me to be a baseball player. But I was good at other things too. I was good at wrestling. I was really good at football. I was always good at sports. I was always the best at sports."

[Atman]

10. Because he's a pussy and can't take being boo'd.

Period.

[CottonBear]

11. He'll never go before a public, unscreened audience of any sort. Ever.

The booing, jeering and mockery would be off the charts.

[liberal N proud]

17. That is probably the real reason.

[Demsrule86]

15. Probably and he would get booed in Washington and most other places.

[Zambero]

19. Yeah he got around 6% of the DC vote?

Every last Trump vote in town might possibly fill the right field stands section in the immediate vicinity of the foul pole. Otherwise, a sea of boos would await him.

[Demsrule86]

22. That much? surprising...haha....nt

[virtualobserver]

16. This is the reason

[Zambero]

18. MLB wouldn't relocate the opening day venue to Mar-a-Lago

Anything occurring in Washington DC, with the notable exception of Trump's hotel, is liberal elitist and to be avoided.

[malaise]

20. Because

the Intelligence folks have him by the balls

[former9thward]

23. Probably for the same reason Obama did it just once (in 2010).

Nobody looks good throwing out a first ball except an actual baseball player. When Obama threw it was terrible and he did not do it again. Bush threw decent but he used to own a baseball club so he probably had a lot of practice. Also it is traditional for politicians to be booed at ballparks and so there is that too.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

25. I don't think anybody thinks of Clinton as a good athlete but he put it right over the plate

OTOH, it was so slow a good batter could have hit out of the park.

[rgbecker]

26. Listen, I am turning 70 in August and I can tell you at my age you don't

want to be throwing hardballs 60 feet in front of anybody.

That said, your president (not mine) would be booed out of the place like no one ever before.