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Martin VanBuren. In 1839 by Abner Doubleday, though it is believed that the game had been around, in some form, for many years.
Harry Truman. On September 8th, 1945 - six days after Japan surrendered.
Benjamin Harrison. On June 6th, 1892 he watched part of a game where the Senators lost to Cinncinatti (7-4) in an N.L. contest.
Herbert Hoover. In 1931, in Philadelphia.
George W. Bush. The Texas Rangers who, ironically, were originally the Washington Senators. Warren Harding owned a minor league team.
George Washington. He was reported as having 'played base' on April 7th, 1778 with the troops at Valley Forge by a soldier named George Ewing - they were likely playing the English game, rounders.
Dwight Eisenhower. He played under an assumed name so he could still participate in college athletics.
Chester Arthur. While hosting the Cleveland First Citys at the White House in April, 1883.
| President Taft threw out the first ball in Washington, D.C. on June 18th, 1912 because he could not make it to opening day. Why? | Baseball and the Presidents I
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Titanic Disaster. He was busy pouring over information about it.
Warren Harding. He was part owner of a minor league team from Marion, Ohio.
Lyndon Johnson. He dedicated the Astrodome in 1965.
Andrew Johnson. He also gave Government Employees time off to watch games.
Grover Cleveland. Cleveland was invited by baseball to help boost the game. However, Cleveland would not attend because he felt the American people would see him as wasting his time in office.
Herbert Hoover. On August 13th, 1960 at Yankee Stadium.
Woodrow Wilson. The only year he attended Davidson prior to transferring to Princeton.
George Bush. He played first base.
Theodore Roosevelt. Not violent enough for him. Too bad he never got to see Bob Gibson pitch to someone who previously homered off of him.
| Who said: 'If I didn't have to hobble up all those steps in front of all those people, I'd be out at the park every day.' ? | Baseball and the Presidents II
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Franklin Roosevelt. There was no A.D.A. at the time.
Benjamin Harrison. On June 6, 1892 Harrison went to the "Swampoodle Grounds" in D.C. and watched as the Reds beat the Senators 7-4 in 11 innings.
| In 1965, LBJ became the first president to attend the dedication of a new stadium, when he went to an exhibition baseball game in Houston. What was the name of this facility? | U.S. Presidents and Baseball
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Astrodome. The Astrodome was billed as the "Eighth Wonder of the World". It was the first ballpark to have a roof over the playing surface. It covers nine and a half acres of land and an 18 story building could fit inside of it. Lyndon Johnson had one of the best presidential baseball quotes. He said, "We cheer for the Senators, we pray for the Senators and we hope that the Supreme Court does not declare that unconstitutional".
William Howard Taft. April 14, 1910 Taft threw out the opening day pitch to Walter Johnson. The Senators beat the Athletics 3-0 that day. Walter Johnson pitched 7 opening day games with Presidents in attendance.
Ronald Reagan. On Sept. 30, 1988 Reagan broadcast an inning and a half of the game at Wrigley between the Cubs and the Pirates. In 1934 Reagan had to improvise a game between the Cubs and Cardinals for six minutes when the line went dead in the ninth inning of a scoreless game. Six months after he left office Reagan did some more play by play at the All-Star game.
| On May 4, 1976 Gerald Ford went to Chicago's Wrigley Field to see the Cubs play the Reds and to help honor Rick Monday on "Rick Monday Day". Why was Monday being honored? | U.S. Presidents and Baseball
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He stopped a protestor from burning an American flag on the playing field. The Cubs were playing the Dodgers in LA. Monday was the Cubs centerfielder. Two men ran onto the field and using lighter fluid tried to light an American flag. Monday sprinted to the protesters and snatched the flag away from the men. Monday gave the flag to Doug Rau of the Dodgers. A month later at Wrigley Field Dodger President Al Campanis presented Monday with the rescued flag. Monday received a heroes welcome wherever he played that year.
| On October 8, 1956 the first perfect game since 1922 was pitched. President Eisenhower wrote a letter to the Yankee player who pitched that game saying, "I have to go back to my generation of ballplayers to recall such a thing". Who was this pitcher? | U.S. Presidents and Baseball
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Don Larsen . Larsen needed only 97 pitches to retire 27 straight Brooklyn Dodgers and lead the Yankeees to a 2-0 World Series win. Larsen had a mediocre career with a won/loss record of 81-91 and a 3.78 ERA. Previous to that day the last perfect game was by pitched by Charlie Robertson on April 30, 1922
Ken Griffey Jr.. Griffey Jr. hit 311 homers during the Clinton years. McGwire had 302 during that period of time, Sosa had 299 and Albert Belle had 288. Jimmie Foxx had the most home runs during one president's adminstration hitting 353 during the FDR years.
| George Bush (the first) was captain of his championship college team and played in the 1947 college world series. Who did he play for? | U.S. Presidents and Baseball
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Yale. Yale lost the game to California when future Red Sox Jackie Jensen hit a home run. Bush was also the first US President to attend and throw out a first pitch in Canada when he went to Toronto to see the Blue Jays play Texas on April 4, 1990. Toronto won the game 2-1.
Woodrow Wilson. Wilson attended the second game of the 1915 World Series. He threw out the first pitch. Philadelphia beat Boston 2-1 on that day. Calvin Coolidge was the first President to throw out the first pitch of the first game of the World Series at Washington in 1924.
| Before being President Ronald Reagan played a pitcher in the movie "The Winning Team". What pitcher did he portray? | U.S. Presidents and Baseball
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Grover Cleveland Alexander. Alexander played for the Phillies, Cubs and Cards, He had a record of 373-208 with a 2.56 ERA. The Hall of Famer died in 1950. Reagan and Doris Day starred in the movie about Alexander's life. The romance movie was released in 1952.
Harry Truman. Truman attended 16 games as President. He attended his first game as President on September 8, 1945. It was the first time a President had attended a game since 1941. Truman thought his attendance would symbolize the return of peace after WWII and encourage the nation to begin returning to normalcy. Nixon, a big baseball fan, attended 11 games as President, while Bush (41) attended 10. FDR attended 10 games while in office. He too was a big fan and wanted to attend more but thought he was a nuisance because of his bad health.
George W. Bush. Bush was the managing general partner of the Texas Rangers from 1989 to 1994. He is also the first President to have played Little League baseball.
| On January 15, 1942 FDR wrote the famous "green light letter" encouraging major league baseball to keep playing games. Why was baseball thinking about a stoppage of play? | U.S. Presidents and Baseball
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World War II. FDR, in his letter to Commissioner Landis wrote, "I honestly think it would be best for the country to keep baseball going. ...Everybody will be working longer hours and harder than ever before... and that means everyone should have a chance for recreation." Many fans and citizens did not support FDR's decision and sent "red light letters" to the White House.
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