Rumor: President Obama May Throw Out Ceremonial First Pitch at Marlins Park

[Party]

This is something I was made aware of earlier this week. I was going to sit on it until Samson said the ceremonial first pitch for Opening Day was a 'surprise' today at fan fest.

[Bobbob1313]

Festa's gonna be so mad.

[TheMendozaLine]

By "surprise" he meant "Emilio Estefan," though I imagine Jon Secada is also receiving strong consideration.

[tr305]

I would give up my season tickets.

[Bobbob1313]

Obama talked about throwing out first pitches on the Bill Simmons podcast this week. Said it's very stressful and tough to do with the bulletproof vest on.

Sounded like a humblebrag.
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I would give up my season tickets.

[BobbyBowden]

Will he ever be able to throw a strike like W did?

[Party]

Never. He throws like someone who has never thrown a baseball before.

[Namaste]

Wouldn't the Secret Service be ridiculously tight lipped about something like this?

[Party]

Not at all. The President has events on his schedules months in advance.

[flamarlins3]

Pretty cool if true. Security will be a pain (oh well). Was at the game at Nationals park when he threw first pitch a couple years ago. Took forever to get into the stadium.

[Jorge18]

As much as I like President Obama, I really hope this isn't the case. It's already going to be a nightmare getting in and out of that place, this is going to make it a million times worse!

[lou]

As much as I like President Obama, I really hope this isn't the case. It's already going to be a nightmare getting in and out of that place, this is going to make it a million times worse!

Who the fuck cares. It's opening day in the new ballpark!