Baseball and the Presidents II

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1. Who was the first President to 1st own a professional baseball team? Herbert Hoover Warren Harding George W. Bush John Kennedy

2. Who was the 1st President to dedicate a Major League ballpark? Dwight Eisenhower George Herbert Walker Bush Gerald Ford Lyndon Johnson

3. Who was the 1st President to invite a team to the White House? Ulysses Grant Dwight Eisenhower Andrew Jackson Andrew Johnson

4. Who was the first President of the United States to be invited to throw out a first ball? William McKinley William Taft Theodore Roosevelt Grover Cleveland

5. Which former President threw out a first ball at the age of 86? Harry Truman Herbert Hoover Ronald Reagan George Herbert Walker Bush

6. Who played freshman baseball at Davidson College at the age of 16? Jimmy Carter Herbert Hoover Gerald Ford Woodrow Wilson

7. Who was Captain of the Yale Varsity Team? George Bush William Taft Theodore Roosevelt John Kennedy

8. A Major League Stadium was named for his brother. Grover Cleveland John Kennedy Creighton Jacobs George W. Bush

9. Who called Baseball a 'Mollycoddle' game? James Garfield Harry Truman Ronald Reagan Theodore Roosevelt

10. 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.' ? Franklin Roosevelt Richard Nixon Geerald Ford Benjamin Harrison