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Freeper dmd25 gave me a great idea when he posted a few photos from the facts of President Bush’s T-Ball initiative http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2443909/replies?c=433 So I thought I would let us go back into the memory lane and post photos of the T Ball games at the White House which we all enjoyed reading about.

PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: President and Mrs. Bush spent the weekend at the White House, where they attended a T-ball game today. The President will meet with Polish President Lech Kaczynski tomorrow to discuss plans for a U.S. missile shield in Eastern Europe. Bush and Polish president to focus on missile shield Reuters WARSAW: President George W. Bush meets President Lech Kaczynski of Poland on Monday to iron out details of plans for a U.S. missile shield in Eastern Europe that is straining relations with Moscow. Underlining the growing tension between Russia and the West, President Vladimir Putin on...

UNIONTOWN, Pa. -- A youth league baseball coach convicted of getting one of his players to injure a teammate was sentenced to one to six years in prison today. Fayette County Judge Ralph Warman said the actions by Mark Downs Jr., of Dunbar, in June 2005 were "outrageous" and "extremely reprehensible" because he was coaching a league of children 7 to 9 years old. Testimony indicated Mr. Downs promised $25 to one of his best players if he hurled a ball at Harry Bowers Jr., 11, an autistic and mildly retarded teammate, presumably to keep him from playing in a...

Jury convicts T-ball coach of beaning Coach ordered 8-year-old to throw ball at autistic teammate A Fayette County jury yesterday convicted a Uniontown youth league baseball coach of hiring an 8-year-old to injure a teammate last summer. After almost seven hours of deliberation, and twice asking a judge to clarify the charges, the jury convicted Mark R. Downs Jr., 29, of Dunbar, of criminal conspiracy to commit simple assault and corruption of minors for promising $25 to one of his best players if he hurled a ball at Harry Bowers Jr., 11, an autistic and mildly retarded teammate. Mr. Downs...

T-Ball Coach Allegedly Has Boy Hurt Disabled Player Child Has Autism, Mild Retardation, Speech ImpairmentPOSTED: 7:24 am EDT September 13, 2006 UNIONTOWN, Pa. -- A T-ball coach's desire to win at all costs became a crime when he twice asked an 8-year-old boy to hurl baseballs at a disabled teammate for $25, a prosecutor said Tuesday. The trial continues Wednesday. Mark Downs Jr., 29, who lives in Dunbar, Pa., is charged with criminal solicitation to commit aggravated assault, corruption of minors and reckless endangerment. Prosecutors said Downs did not want then-9-year old Harry Bowers Jr. to play in a T-ball...

MCLEAN, Va., June 26, 2006 – America Supports You member organization "Our Military Kids," a nonprofit group based here that's dedicated to funding essential extracurricular activities for children of deployed Reserve and National Guard military people, organized an outing for 30 children and 20 adults to attend T-Ball on the South Lawn of the White House on June 23. A team member of the Dolcom Little League Indians from Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Conn., has his sight on the ball during the opening T-Ball game of the 2006 season on the South Lawn of the White House,...

WASHINGTON, June 25, 2006 – President Bush honored military children June 23 as he kicked off the 2006 "T-Ball on the South Lawn" series at the White House with two teams of military Little Leaguers. President Bush and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Peter Pace share a light moment with "Dugout," mascot for the Little League of America, during the June 23 "T-Ball on the South Lawn" series at the White House. Photo by Cdr. Jane Campbell, USN  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Five- and 6-year-olds from McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., and Naval Submarine Base New London in...

PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: The President and Mrs. Bush are spending the weekend in Washington according to assistant WH press secretary Trent Duffy (from yesterday's press gaggle aboard AF1). Here's an interesting tidbit from yesterday's day trip: Bob Johnson, Chairman of BET (Black Entertainment Television) was a guest of GWB aboard Air Force One and accompanied the President throughout the day. Mr. Johnson strongly supports the CAFTA legislation. He's also on the President's Commission To Save and Strengthen Social Security. He has ties to the North Carolina region. [Bu...bu...but...isn't this the Dims' locked-in solid voting block?!] THE WEEK AHEAD:...

PITTSBURGH — A youth baseball coach paid one of his players to hurt an 8-year-old mentally disabled teammate so the boy wouldn't be able to play in a game, state police said Friday. Mark R. Downs Jr. (search), 27, of Dunbar, offered one of his players $25 to hit the boy in the head with a baseball, police said. Witnesses told police Downs didn't want the boy to play in the T-ball game because of his disability. The solicited player hit the boy in the head and in the groin with a baseball just before a game, and the disabled...

By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press Writer Sun Jun 26, 6:24 PM ET WASHINGTON - President Bush and two dozen kids from inner-city teams kicked off the fifth season of White House T-ball Sunday on the South Lawn. The president performed the equivalent of throwing out the first pitch when he leaned over, placed a ball on the tee at home plate and shouted, "Play ball!" The one-inning game set the Jackie Robinson South Ward Little League Black Yankees of Newark, N.J., against the South Side Little League Memphis Red Sox from Chicago. The teams are named after Negro League teams...

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush led youngsters in the Little League pledge on a muggy Sunday as the second game of the White House T-ball season began on the South Lawn. The temperature was 86 degrees with barely a breeze to cool fans or players - this time mentally and physically disabled children from Delaware and Pennsylvania. Part of the Little League's Challenger Division, the players, including a few who rounded the bases in wheelchairs, were accompanied on the field by "buddies," who are not disabled. The president and first lady Laura Bush watched from the bleachers, which were set...

<p>CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) — Until last month, President Bush hadn't been to a NASCAR race since he was governor of Texas and running for president. On Monday, he goes to a rodeo and livestock exhibition in Houston — again, for the first time since he was governor. Such appearances at sporting events this election year help Bush shore up his standing with his core supporters: white men.</p>

<p>WASHINGTON (AP) — A T-ball game on the South Lawn of the White House gave President Bush a few laughs Sunday afternoon as he prepared for a more sobering task of addressing the nation about the global war on terrorism.</p>