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* Hail to the chief — Updated

April 5, 2010

Not Chief Bender or Wahoo, but Commander-in-Chief. President Obama is scheduled to throw out the first pitch at the Nationals home opener today. This year marks the 100th anniversary since Pres. William Howard Taft made his “delivery” at the Senators-Philadelphia Athletics inaugural on April 14, with Walter Johnson on the receiving end. The Associated Press […]

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* On this date

April 10, 2008

In 1913, in a game which features President Woodrow Wilson throwing out the first pitch, Washington’s Walter Johnson gives up an unearned run in the first inning of the home opener but will not yield another for 56 innings. The Senators beat the Yankees, 2-1. (Thanks to NationalPastime.com.)

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