Trump says he's too busy to throw 1st pitch at Yankees game

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last updated 27 July 2020

President Trump won't be showing off his pitching arm next month after all.

On Thursday, Trump said he accepted an invitation from the New York Yankees to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at the team's Aug. 15 game. It has been a presidential tradition since 1910 to throw a first pitch at a Major League Baseball game, and Trump has yet to participate.

Trump, who played golf on Saturday with former NFL quarterback Brett Favre, tweeted on Sunday afternoon that he now won't be able to throw out the opening pitch because he just doesn't have the time, thanks to his "strong focus" on the coronavirus pandemic, which includes "scheduled meetings on Vaccines, our economy, and much else." He might be too busy now, but Trump said he will "make it later in the season!"

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.