Mr. President, Baseball Lasts Til Almost November

January 13, 2012 by Ted Leavengood · 3 Comments

The St. Louis Cardinals are in the Rose Garden soon for the customary victory lap stop-over at the White House. It will be a rare baseball event for President Obama, and that is a sad commentary for both the game and for a president whose political advisors are so clearly asleep at the switch. Presidents […]

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DC Opening Day Always a Historic Moment

April 1, 2011 by Ted Leavengood · Leave a Comment

Opening Day in Washington today was notable for the absence of two persons, the first being President Obama. Â Starting with President Taft more than a hundred years ago in 1910, they have been there. Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Nixon–so many have been there throwing out the first pitch in Washington, DC and the renewal of that […]

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