Obama reps Chicago's South Side, delivers first All-Star pitch

Yahoo Sports ^ | July14 | 'Duk

[PghBaldy]

ST LOUIS — Where did it land? Was it a strike or wasn't it? Why didn't the network choose a better camera to shoot from? Those were the questions that viewers of baseball's All-Star Game were asking themselves at home after Fox elected to show President Barack Obama's ceremonial first pitch at the 80th All-Star Game from a tight angle....Obama's southpaw delivery landed a little short of the plate, but Cardinals star Albert Pujols(notes) was able to save it by quickly scooping it up....Though Obama was roundly cheered by the All-Star fans, his live presence still didn't attract the applause that George W. Bush did during a taped announcement by the four previous Presidents before the game and some boos could even be heard among the cheers.

[DrDeb]

. . . a real president indeed! Now I can go to bed with a smile on my face!

[traderrob6]

“A 57-foot pitcher in a 60-foot world.”

Nicely stated.

[ohioWfan]

Earlier on Tuesday, the President said that he planned to throw his first Presidential pitch high so it'd get to the plate without bouncing, but his control was lacking. He clearly didn't throw a strike like George W. Bush famously did during the 2001 World Series in New York just weeks after Sept. 11.

I like this quote too.

I will never, ever forget that blazing strike that pumped courage into the American people after 9/11. It was an amazing event!

Thanks for the ping, DrDeb!

(Obama throws like a girl. I KNEW it!)

[GeronL]

roundly cheered?

[erman]

Did he throw like a girl?

I saw the video... he threw just like someone that hasn't thrown a ball .... ever. He threw like a little girl...

No shoulder rotation. He turned , then faced forward and flipped it with a PUSH..hahahahahahaha... It wasn't KINDA like a girl throwing... It was EXACTLY like a girl throws.. bwahahahaha... that camera angle that was "allowed" by the white house on the low opposite side NOT SHOWING the pitch was as good as they were going to get.. It was hilarious.

Here is a simulation of the presidential baseball throwing mechanics.. click on this

[Humal]

Were the boos for GWB or Obama? I saw the “pitch” on Greta tonight, and she had more oomph behind her pitch than he did.

[GeronL]

are you trying to say Barry is a catcher?

[50mm]

Be my guest.

[glorgau]

Sad. He gave himself a fist pump when he couldn’t even put it over the plate?

Now we know why Michelle is always so angry.

[KansasGirl]

The boos were for Obama.

[Sarah Barracuda]

According to Larry Sinclair he is LOL

[ohioWfan]

A real President - a real pitch....

[ScottinVA]

Ladies and Gentleman, the starting pitcher is Barack Obama, with an ERA of one trillion!!

[machogirl]

Hey, I throw like that. But I’m a girl.

[Miss Behave]

OMG maggie. That makes me ILL. Just ILL. He is a SICK clown to be laughed at.

[ScottinVA]

People can say what they want about Bush, but he was all guy. Not so for the little pu%%y boy 0bama.

[ohioWfan]

I don't throw like that.............and I'm a girl, too. :)

[Humal]

In an interview after he left office, the President was asked, “What was his scariest moment?” He said, “Throwing out the first pitch at Yankee Stadium”. He looks nervous in this video.

[DrDeb]

the boos were for Obama . . . GWB received more and LOUDER cheers for a TAPED message than Obama received for actually showing up in person!

[Havisham]

OMG, I just saw the second camera angle. Peeuuww. Then to punctuate the absurdity, Obama gives himself a little congratulatory pump. ?? You know what this means? Well, as a lady I’m thinkin not so great in the sack. sry