Donald Trump turned down an invitation by the Washington Nationals to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at their season opener on April 3 against the Miami Marlins.
The refusal to participate in what has become a presidential tradition going back to President William H. Taft is baffling to many. Wasn’t it Donald J. Trump who boasted he was the “best baseball player in New York” when he was young?
Below are the top 10 reasons why Trump declined to throw the first pitch:
- It could bring back childhood taunts he “threw like a girl.”
- His offer to throw out a golf ball instead of a baseball was nixed by the team.
- He is afraid of splitting his pants.
- He was warned against the idea by Chris Christie.
- He is concerned the ball might slip out of his small hand.
- It’s hard to throw wearing a long, over-sized coat.
- His bone spur makes it hard on his plant foot.
- The mound isn’t elevated enough for him.
- His long red tie might cause him to trip.
- He might be booed in a city that gave him only 4% of the vote!
For the record, the White House has said Trump has a “scheduling conflict” that makes him unavailable.
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Unfortunately you cannot “unsee” that photo of Christie!
Photo gives me nightmares.
#10 is the #1 reason. They all hate his guts.
For sure!!
He was scouted as a high school student by the Phillies, and reportedly, the Red Sox, but decided to go to college and earn real money.
All the more reason he should throw first pitch, don’t you think? All that great info would come out. Why would he give up such a great opportunity? Hmmm?
Unlike his predecessor, he keeps a busy schedule.
Of course, since he is Donald Trump, we can read in comments on articles like this all sorts of other outlandish, implausible, and frankly childish and nasty explanations.
Since he is not Hillary Clinton, even his choice of toothpaste is evil and treasonous.
All those golf weekends at Mar-a-Lago, at 3 million a pop to Mr. and Mrs. John Q. Public, can be very exhausting, I’ll admit.
Cute. You might consider comparing the amount of time the two of them have spent at their desks.
Won’t even begin to ask what that means.
Shameful, isn’t it. Marjorie Merriwether Post built Mar-a-Lago in the twenties with the intention that it be used by American Presidents. The government couldn’t afford the upkeep, and returned it to the Post estate.
Now Donald Trump, who OWNS IT is making it available to meet with and entertain foreign dignitaries, as originally intended, AT HIS EXPENSE. I didn’t notice President Obama forgoing the use of Secret Service protection or Air Force one when he travelled.
And Trump has played very little golf, mostly with people he needs to get to know, not just a few buddies who will keep his handicap private.
But Donald Trump is the devil, unlike Saints Hillary and Barack, so everything he does is evil.
Joseph, maybe you should put down that crack pipe.Trump has played very little golf? How about 13 times in only his first nine weeks in office. This was the man who criticized President Obama for golfing on his annual vacations. Trump is on vacation nearly every weekend at TAXPAYER’S EXPENSE! Are you for real? Golfing with people he needs to get to know … like Rory McIlroy?
Maybe you might want to re-read what I wrote about Mar-a-Lago–and check it out for yourself.
“Put down the crack pipe”? Is that really the best you can do?
I guess having played a round with Rory McIlroy means he didn’t play with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe?
How do you sleep at night… really? How can you support and defend a con man, pussy grabber, traitor, corrupt narcissist in the White House? (and I’ve just mentioned some of his good points!)