Everyone needs another reason to hate Jimmy Carter

Baseball comes back to Washington, DC tonight. I hate Washington, DC but the more baseball around, the better. Besides, the new team leaves us only one ill-considered team away from purifying baseball of its cross-border errors.

Coincidentally, today is the anniversary of the first Presidential First pitch. Take it away ESPN:

The tradition dates back to 1910 – 95 years ago to this very day, believe it or not – when President William H. Taft, once a teenage ballplayer, flipped a pitch to Senators pitcher Walter Johnson. Ever since, every commander in chief save softball-lovin’ President Carter has thrown at least one Opening Day ball.

Didn’t Taft also invent the 7th Inning stretch? And get stuck in his own bathtub?

Baseball’s back. And we are all the better for it.

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