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All the presidents' delightfully awkward first pitches

Photographs of America's most powerful men throwing the ceremonial first pitch gives some indication of why they got into politics

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by Lauren Hansen
April 6, 2015

June 9, 1910

President Taft tosses out the first pitch.

1916

President Woodrow Wilson.

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c. 1921

President Warren G. Harding.

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October 1924

President Calvin Coolidge throws out the ball for the opening game of the 1924 World Series between the Washington Senators and the New York Giants.

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c. 1929

President Herbert Hoover.

May 1941

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

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April 18. 1949

President Harry Truman.

1957

President Dwight Eisenhower.

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April 10, 1961

President John F. Kennedy.

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April 13, 1964

President Lyndon Johnson.

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April 7, 1969

President Richard Nixon.

July 13, 1976

President Gerald Ford throws out the first pitch to start the All-Star game in Philadelphia.

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Sept. 30, 1988

President Ronald Reagan throws out the first pitch from the mound at Wrigley Field.

April 8, 1991

President George Bush throws out the first pitch at the Texas Rangers’ opening night in Arlington.

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April 1992

President Bill Clinton.

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April 5, 2004

President George W. Bush.

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July 14, 2009

President Barack Obama throws out the first pitch at the 2009 MLB All-Star Game in St. Louis, Missouri.

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