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LeftyAndProud60 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-06-10 10:18 PM
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Obama is never going to live down that pitch on opening day. Even Jon Stewart is dogging him
I saw the guys on ESPN getting on him too this morning. If he owned a team like the other guy, I'm sure he would throw better.
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Guy Whitey Corngood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-06-10 10:22 PM
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1. How does that make you feel? nt
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demosincebirth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-06-10 10:30 PM
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2. I think he should have practiced a little.
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LeftyAndProud60 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-06-10 10:31 PM
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3. I'm sure he practiced, he probably shouldn't have tried to wind up like a pticher. Just throw normal
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dionysus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 08:24 AM
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13. is there anything he does that doesn't "concern" you?
:rofl:
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Yavin4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-06-10 10:50 PM
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4. He Had On A Huge Bulletproof Vest Underneath That Jacket
That would throw off anybody's motion.
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Raine1967 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-06-10 10:53 PM
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5. Seriously?
Screw the haters. The guy has a perfect three point shot.

If this is all they have -- screw em.
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nevergiveup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-06-10 11:00 PM
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6. As bad as that pitch was
he is still a better baseball player than he is a bowler.
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Yupster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 01:24 AM
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11. That was my first thought too
Who scores less than 40 in bowling?

That's just nuts.
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Fruittree Donating Member (488 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 04:55 AM
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12. Me...
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GoCubsGo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 08:33 AM
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15. Me, too.
And, just about everyone else who doesn't bowl on a regular basis.
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ChazII Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 04:42 PM
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46. I also bowl in the 40's
but then I only bowl once or twice a decade. Seriously, there are more important things to discuss then how any president pitches.
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Perky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 08:38 AM
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16. I typically bowl a 200 game..... on Wiii (LOL)
but that does not translate very well with an actual 12 pound ball
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Dr Morbius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 10:45 AM
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22. I'll tell you who scores less than 40 points in bowling.
Left-handed guys who only have right-handed balls available.

And who have never bowled.

It is quite likely the President, who's very fit, would have done a LOT better had that bowling alley possessed bowling balls drilled for left-handed bowlers.

Also, I suspect the President threw badly on purpose, so those who love to criticize him have something meaningless on which to concentrate. I wouldn't put it past him; if being self-effacing makes him more charming to a voter, he'll be self-effacing. If he senses being brash helps him, he's brash. Very smart guy.
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damonm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 11:08 AM
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25. That doesn't fly.
my 8-YO is a lefty, uses balls drilled for righties, and STILL rolls in the mid -70's...
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Dr Morbius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 11:55 AM
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28. His first game?
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damonm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 12:36 PM
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32. Yup. 75 first time out...
WITH bumpers, though.
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Twinguard Donating Member (486 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 03:45 PM
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43. My average bowling score is in the 40 range.
One time, about 10 years ago, I rolled a score of 101. I felt invincible. I broke a 100!! Time to go pro, right? Of course, I was so excited about that score that my next game was a 29.
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Jennicut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-06-10 11:00 PM
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7. On my list of important things facing myself and this country, Obama's opening pitch
is not even on the radar screen. At least he didn't throw it in the dirt like Poppy Bush once did.
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EffieBlack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-06-10 11:07 PM
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8. President Obama is one of the most athletic and physically graceful presidents in recent history
So he threw a baseball high. Big deal.

Several Nationals pitchers followed him and hardly threw any better than he did, as evidenced by the 11-1 butt whoopin.

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karynnj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-06-10 11:11 PM
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9. I really do not get the importance of a President having to be athletic
It is beyond stupid - and completely unrelated to the job. Not to mention, Obama is great at basketball.

Who makes these rules - and decides that it is ok to fall off bikes nearly every time you ride, but not ok to show less than perfect form throwing a baseball.
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Perky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 08:38 AM
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18. Kinda makes you wonder how Hillary would have done...
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MidwestRick Donating Member (604 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 11:00 AM
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23. She would have thrown...
like a girl? :) I kid, I kid.
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Arkana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 12:22 PM
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31. According to Hillaryis44 she would have thrown a 98 mph fastball right over the plate.
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damonm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 12:38 PM
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33. Bullshit...
she'd have thrown a 12-6 curveball that looked like it rolled off a table...
:P
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jesus_of_suburbia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 02:58 PM
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41. I don't believe for one second the people on that site are Dems.
It's a cesspool. I don't even believe they are Hillary supporters.

and lol at "she would have thrown a 98 mph fastball right over the plate".
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CakeGrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 01:58 PM
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35. Yeah, let's primary him! Is it 2012 yet?
:rofl:
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Uzybone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 02:51 PM
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40. +1000000
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Aramchek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-06-10 11:14 PM
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10. He's not a Pitcher, He's a President
Bush could throw a ball,
but he ran the Country into the ground
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Balbus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 08:28 AM
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14. Nor should he.
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HughMoran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 08:38 AM
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17. Well, I can hide this thread
...a good start!
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goclark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 08:41 AM
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19. I didn't vote for him to see how he threw a ball
Edited on Wed Apr-07-10 08:41 AM by goclark
It was fine with me that he even had the time to do it.

He is damned if he does and damned if he doesn't according to the Rethugs Media.

I saw some positive coverage of the throw however.
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 08:44 AM
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20. Yeah?
BFD




:hi:
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TwilightGardener Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 08:48 AM
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21. Can't even begin to care.
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alcibiades_mystery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 11:05 AM
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24. The whole thing will be forgotten in two weeks
Get out more.
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DevonRex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 11:11 AM
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26. Never? Really?
:eyes:
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Peacetrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 11:51 AM
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27. Oh for the love of GOD... Like I am going to lose any sleep over this..
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DevonRex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 12:08 PM
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29. And, not only will he NEVER live that down...
OMG, he's gonna nuke Iran! And OMG he's ignoring hte constitution! This is a very strange DU day.

:hi:
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Arkana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 12:22 PM
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30. Well gee, I guess the guy we elected to run the country
and keep things from going to shit everywhere should spend less time governing and more time working on his pitching arm!
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CakeGrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 01:57 PM
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34. Somehow I think he'll survive.
What does everyone find so bad they have to keep ragging him about it? It's not as if it hit the dirt in front of home plate or the pitcher had to leave his position to go after it.

Some people have a lot of time on their hands...
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Doremus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 02:04 PM
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36. And we're supposed to care because ...... ? nt
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shanti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 02:20 PM
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37. meh...
he plays basketball, not baseball!
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ClarkUSA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 02:22 PM
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38. Oh, it's you with another snarky OP that is oh-so-full of "concern"...
Edited on Wed Apr-07-10 02:25 PM by ClarkUSA
:eyes:
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WI_DEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 02:42 PM
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39. Didn't Bush throw one out that didn't even make it to home plate?
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SoxFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 03:23 PM
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42. The first pitch brings out the worst in everyone!
Edited on Wed Apr-07-10 03:24 PM by SoxFan
My brother, who hosts the afternoon drive show on a local radio station, was invited to throw out the first pitch at a minor league game (NH Fisher Cats, a Blue Jays farm club). He's been playing ball most of his life. He was a decent ptucher in high school, and still plays in a men's league every summer.

He spent a week practicing for his big day. He warmed up with stretches and a little long-toss.

And he bounced the thing eight feet in front of the plate.

And being the supportive older sibling that I am, I laughed my ass off and promptly emailed our entire family.

"Oh, don't worry, there couldn't have been more than 4,000 people laughing at you!"
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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 04:35 PM
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44. The "other guy" screwed this entire nation for eight years.
Edited on Wed Apr-07-10 04:38 PM by Arugula Latte
I doubt we'll recover from Bush's stinking, putrid, corrupt presidency for many years.

And, seriously, the mentality of people who care about this stuff -- really, truly care about bad pitches -- has got to be on par with a slime mold, which means they're Teabaggers, Freepers and Repukes already.
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polichick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-10 04:38 PM
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45. Didn't see it and don't think pitching balls is a critical skill for a prez. nt
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