Obama's first pitch: Wild, to the left

By Dana Milbank
WashPost
Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Yes, they booed President Obama at Nationals Park on Monday. And he deserved it.

To be precise, there were two waves of boos. The first came when he walked out of the dugout and onto the field to throw out the Opening Day first pitch; those unsportsmanlike boos undoubtedly came from agitators in the crowd sympathetic to the visiting Philadelphia Phillies, while the well-behaved and long-suffering Nats fans, the Silent Majority, applauded respectfully.

But then, as Obama took the mound wearing a red Nationals jacket, he made a costly error. He whipped from his glove a folded Chicago White Sox cap, shook it open and put the traitorous garment on his head. This time the boos came from Nats fans, too.

It was so cruel to torment the hapless Nats (who furthered their reputation as the worst team in baseball with an 11-1 loss to the defending National League champions) that it seems only fair to point out a few things about Obama's pitching motion.

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