Mark McGwire your pants are on fire!!! (Video)

Does this man expect us to actually believe he did not take steriods to increase his baseball ability? This man is an abomination. What a liar!!



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President Obama talks baseball with Bob Costas (Video)

POTUS w/Willie Mays



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POTUS throws out the first pitch @ All Star Game



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Concerned Troll, Joe Scarborough mocks Obama throwing the pitch at the All Star Game, "like a girl" (Video)

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President Obama throws out the first pitch at the All Star Game, along with a message (Video)

President Obama arrives at St. Louis, Missouri with Hall of Famer, Willie Mays



Obama goes low with All-Star first pitch

President Barack Obama was true to his word: He didn’t bounce it.

Obama’s ceremonial first pitch at the All-Star game barely reached the plate Tuesday night. St. Louis Cardinals star Albert Pujols helped the president, moving up on the plate and reaching out to scoop the low toss.

Obama had warmed up on the White House grounds Monday night, and was determined his pitch would get there on a fly.

“We did a little practicing in the Rose Garden,” he said during a half-inning with the FOX broadcasters. “This is as much fun as I’ve had in quite some time.”

Wearing a Chicago White Sox jacket, jeans and sneakers, and cheered by the sellout crowd at Busch Stadium, Obama walked out of the National League’s dugout on the first-base side, shook hands with Cardinals Hall of Famer Stan Musial and trotted to the mound.

From right on the rubber, 60 feet and 6 inches away, Obama wound up and bit his lip as he let go. The left-hander grimaced slightly, and gave a fist pump when Pujols — a Gold Glove first baseman — made the neat grab with a specially made black mitt with “Obama .44” and an American flag on it.

Obama became the latest Chicago hoopster to try his hand at baseball. Like Michael Jordan, the president looked more natural in his other job.

“I did not play organized baseball when I was a kid and so, you know, I think some of these natural moves aren’t so natural to me,” Obama said.

The All-Star game capped off a big sports outing for the president. He began the day by greeting Wimbledon champion Serena Williams at the White House, then picked up Hall of Famer Willie Mays in Michigan for the flight to St. Louis.

Asked what advice he gave Obama, the Say Hey Kid said: “Follow through.”

“He’ll be fine. I guarantee it,” Mays said aboard Air Force One. read more here.....

President Obama with the legendary Stan Musial

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Obama and his pitching style for tonight All-Star Game (Video)

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Obama headed to St. Louis to throw out first pitch for All-Star Game

I was wondering when he was going to throw out that PITCH...

Major League Baseball announced today that known basketball fan Barack Obama, who never got around to going down the street in Washington to see a hockey playoff game, will travel all the way to St. Louis in three weeks to be the starting pitcher in baseball's annual All-Star Game.

The 47-year-old liberal southpaw out of Chicago known for his eloquent fastballs and embarrassing gutterballs is expected to be pulled after one pitch, the ceremonial opening one.

He'll be, of course, standing to throw the ball in Busch Stadium in front of a nationwide Fox Sports TV audience during Missouri's vaunted mid-summer humidity. But he'll also be only the fourth sitting president to do so -- after John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. That makes 2 D's and 2 R's now out of 44 total presidents, although early presidents were not fans. (Scroll down for a complete list of all presidential appearances at the mid-summer classic.)

This being politics, there is, not surprisingly, a catch to the president's appearance. read more here....

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A-Rod, Alex Rodriguez admitted taking a banned substance (Off Topic)

When this story broke this weekend, I was not shocked.

Major League Baseball is mired with untruths from these athletes and even to an extent to the team they play for.

So, now A-Rod gives an exclusive to ESPN and admits he was stupid. Yes, very stupid and legacy is at risk. If you don't believe it, ask Mark McGuire.

Is it hypocritical? Yes, but everyone is doing it or has done it. And for what? The almighty dollar, that is for what.

His voice shaking at times, Alex Rodriguez met head-on allegations that he tested positive for steroids six years ago, telling ESPN on Monday that he did take performance-enhancing drugs while playing for the Texas Rangers during a three-year period beginning in 2001.

"When I arrived in Texas in 2001, I felt an enormous amount of pressure. I needed to perform, and perform at a high level every day," Rodriguez told ESPN's Peter Gammons in an interview in Miami Beach, Fla. "Back then, [baseball] was a different culture. It was very loose. I was young, I was stupid, I was naïve. I wanted to prove to everyone I was worth being one of the greatest players of all time.

"I did take a banned substance. For that, I'm very sorry and deeply regretful."

For me, baseball is a joke. Really, it is.

And remember, that Katie Couric asked A-Rod, directly if he used any PEDs and he said NO. December 17, 2007



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