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Sox plan for opener without Obama
MLB.com ^ | 4/2/09 | Scott Merkin

Posted on 04/02/2009 10:26:25 PM PDT by hole_n_one

PHOENIX -- Barack Obama was not able to accept the White Sox invitation to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at Monday's Opening Day contest against the Royals.

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President Obama will not get a chance to tour this new area on Monday, with the White Sox receiving the official news from the White House on Tuesday. But, according to White Sox vice president of communications Scott Reifert, Obama has a standing offer for the first pitch anytime during the 2009 season.

"It's wide open for him," said Reifert with a laugh of President Obama throwing out the first pitch. "The biggest challenge is his schedule, but he can name the day."

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: baseball; obama
The biggest challenge is his schedule......

I suspect the biggest challenge is his not bouncing the ball several times to the plate.........or having to throw it underhand.

Maybe the TOTUS could slip away for a couple of hours.............


1 posted on 04/02/2009 10:26:25 PM PDT by hole_n_one
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To: hole_n_one

Lucky for some of the younger players on the Sox, Obama thinks it’s wrong to kill people older than infants.


2 posted on 04/02/2009 10:30:47 PM PDT by exist
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To: hole_n_one

LOL, excellent graphic!!


3 posted on 04/02/2009 10:39:18 PM PDT by voteNRA (A citizenry armed with rifles simply can not be tyrannized)
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To: hole_n_one

Obama probably throws like a little girl. Let not the pretender throw the first pitch for my favorite team!

GO SOX!!!


4 posted on 04/02/2009 10:41:58 PM PDT by DieHard the Hunter (Is mise an ceann-cinnidh. Cha ghéill mi do dhuine. Fàg am bealach.)
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To: hole_n_one

cracked me up..


5 posted on 04/02/2009 10:45:00 PM PDT by alaskamomma
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To: hole_n_one

cracked me up..


6 posted on 04/02/2009 10:45:15 PM PDT by alaskamomma
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To: hole_n_one

Fantastic image, Freeper.


7 posted on 04/02/2009 10:54:39 PM PDT by max americana
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To: DieHard the Hunter

I’m sure his pitching ranks up there with his bowling. That said, please let him find the time to toss the first pitch for your guys!

GO TWINS!!!


8 posted on 04/02/2009 10:58:40 PM PDT by voteNRA (A citizenry armed with rifles simply can not be tyrannized)
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To: voteNRA

(grin!) Touche!


9 posted on 04/02/2009 11:23:09 PM PDT by DieHard the Hunter (Is mise an ceann-cinnidh. Cha ghéill mi do dhuine. Fàg am bealach.)
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Yeah it is hard to read a ball across the plate. But a ball game could deliver a huge BOO incident as well, I bet that is what the his highness is dodging..

It could be trouble if he tried to speak and started reading numbers off the scoreboard, or the ads on the outfield wall....


10 posted on 04/02/2009 11:26:54 PM PDT by uncle fenders
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To: hole_n_one

Muslims don’t play baseball.


11 posted on 04/02/2009 11:30:08 PM PDT by exit82 (The Obama Cabinet: There was more brainpower on Gilligan's Island.)
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To: hole_n_one

LOL...That is one great picture.


12 posted on 04/02/2009 11:31:48 PM PDT by Irish Eyes
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To: hole_n_one

Send MO, give her a great op to “show her arms”.


13 posted on 04/03/2009 3:38:19 AM PDT by OBXWanderer
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To: hole_n_one

Love the graphic! Alos, I doubt Obama knows how to pitch a ball.


14 posted on 04/03/2009 5:26:11 AM PDT by Gumdrop
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To: hole_n_one
But, according to White Sox vice president of communications Scott Reifert, Obama has a standing offer for the first pitch anytime during the 2009 season.


15 posted on 04/03/2009 6:06:51 AM PDT by yankeedame ("Oh, I can take it but I'd much rather dish it out.")
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To: hole_n_one

The POTUS is unable to throw out the first pitch because he is too busy running his car company.


16 posted on 04/03/2009 6:41:59 AM PDT by CommerceComet
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To: exit82

And the color of the ball is just so racist...


17 posted on 04/03/2009 6:59:48 AM PDT by freebird5850 (O-Bomba is not the Messia. Jesus was a carpenter and could build a cabinet!)
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To: hole_n_one

He can shoot a basteball. With a limp wrist, but he can shoot it. Hell, I think that swish from three point land in Iraq is what won him the presidency.


18 posted on 04/03/2009 7:02:06 AM PDT by ichabod1 (I am rolling over in my grave and I am not even dead yet (GOP Poet))
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