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President Trump on Thursday told reporters that he will throw out a ceremonial first pitch at Yankee Stadium next month.
Trump said he was speaking with New York Yankees president Randy Levine and agreed to participate at a game next month.
"I think Im doing that on Aug. 15 at Yankee Stadium," Trump said at a briefing on the coronavirus. "And I say, 'Hows the crowd going to be?' And, you know, its like you dont have a crowd."
The president made the announcement as Major League Baseball prepared for Opening Day on Thursday night. Former Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera was in attendance for the briefing and was expected to join Trump in the Rose Garden for an event with Little Leaguers to promote the start of the season.
Trump has not thrown out a first pitch during his time in office, making him an outlier among his predecessors. He attended a World Series game at Nationals Park last year, where he was harshly booed.
No fans will be allowed in stadiums for the start of the baseball season, though some state and local leaders have indicated that could change if coronavirus cases drop as the season progresses.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/508801-trump-says-he-will-throw-out-first-pitch-at-yankees-game-next-month
NanceGreggs
(27,815 posts)BlueTsunami2018
(3,493 posts)Because hed be booed off the field.
Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)Merely being "booed" would be easy.
HoosierDebbie
(292 posts)Does he take the ball and go home?
Doodley
(9,099 posts)Salviati
(6,008 posts)make it loud enough to hear, even in an empty stadium
Cha
(297,355 posts)knows what a Racist Treasonous Fuck he is.
TeamPooka
(24,232 posts)global1
(25,253 posts)He couldn't let Fauci show him up.
Grokenstein
(5,726 posts)Link to tweet
Did Littlehands really set out to snatch the media spotlight away from Fauci's pitch? I know Donny's the pettiest little motherfucker in the known universe, but this would still astonish me.
captain queeg
(10,210 posts)Unless his parents somehow coerced other parents to force their kids to play with him. He has no athletic ability (remember the video of him trying to play volleyball years ago) and he would be such a terrible cheater and whiner no one would play with him. The first time they picked sides and he was the last one picked hed cry and go home.