A Grand Tradition

[trosmok]

Just read the President will be throwing out the first pitch in Cincinnati on opening day for the Reds, April 3 against my Cubs. No matter what you think about Dubya, it is outstanding that he will continue a time honored practice of the sitting prez officially opening the baseball season.

C'mon opening day, and go Cubs!:gt

[mojorisin71]

It's about time Opening Day returned to Cincinnati.

[Astro]

Just read the President will be throwing out the first pitch in Cincinnati on opening day for the Reds, April 3 against my Cubs. No matter what you think about Dubya, it is outstanding that he will continue a time honored practice of the sitting prez officially opening the baseball season.

C'mon opening day, and go Cubs!:gt

On a side note, Bush will be the best pitcher on the mound for the home team that day

[efin98]

It will be even more grand if he does it for the Nats' home opener on the 11th as well.

Nothing like baseball in DC than the President throwing out the first pitch.

[redlegsfan21]

C'mon Astro, Aaron Harang has to be better than W.

[redlegsfan21]

Because I'm a stat geek, here are team records when the president attends the game.

Team	Games	W	L	T	WP
CWS	5	5	0	0	1.000
WSH	2	2	0	0	1.000
COL	1	1	0	0	1.000
NYM	1	1	0	0	1.000
LAA	5	3	2	0	0.600
NL	5	3	2	0	0.600
PHI	5	3	2	0	0.600
PIT	5	3	2	0	0.600
STL	5	3	2	0	0.600
NYY	25	14	11	0	0.560
BOS	24	13	11	0	0.542
BAL	22	11	10	1	0.524
MIN	78	39	38	1	0.506
OAK	20	10	10	0	0.500
MIL	6	3	3	0	0.500
CLE	5	2	2	1	0.500
LAD	2	1	1	0	0.500
AL	5	2	3	0	0.400
TEX	21	8	13	0	0.381
DET	10	3	6	1	0.333
CHC	6	2	4	0	0.333
TOR	3	1	2	0	0.333
ARI	3	1	2	0	0.333
SF	7	2	5	0	0.286
CIN	4	1	3	0	0.250
ATL	1	0	1	0	0.000
SEA	1	0	1	0	0.000
KC	2	0	2	0	0.000
HOU	0	0	0	0	
SD	0	0	0	0	
TB	0	0	0	0	
FLA	0	0	0	0

The last time the Reds won with the president in attendance is 6/6/1892 when Benjamin Harrison was in office.

More stats about W.

President	Date	             Location	W. Team	   L. Team	Score
George W. Bush	4/6/2001        Milwaukee, WI	MIL     CIN     5-4
George W. Bush	8/14/2001	Denver, CO	COL     ATL     5-4(10)
George W. Bush	10/30/2001	New York, NY	NYY	ARI	2-1
George W. Bush	4/5/2004	St. Louis, MO	MIL	STL	8-6
George W. Bush	4/14/2005	Washington D.C.	WSH	ARI	5-3
George W. Bush	6/24/2005	Washington D.C.	WSH	TOR	3-0