Obama prepping pitching arm in Rose Garden for opening day appearance
By APMonday, April 5, 2010
Obama loosens throwing arm for first-pitch outing
WASHINGTON — Barack Obama knows pregame. Even when it’s about a real baseball game, and not just another round of political strategizing.
Word is, the lefthander has been loosening up for that important, ceremonial first pitch he will throw to mark the Washington Nationals 2010 season opener.
Spokesman Robert Gibbs says Obama has hurling pitches at personal assistant Reggie Love and White House trip director Marvin Nicholson, as he prepared with workouts in the White House Rose garden. Obama threw out the first pitch at last year’s All-Star game in St. Louis, wearing a White Sox jacket, a nod to his hometown Chicago team. Gibbs wouldn’t comment on Obama’s choice for a jacket to wear at Monday afternoon’s game.
