History of White House Involvement With Baseball
George Washington and his men played a ball game called "Rounders" at Valley Forge.
President John Adams played a game called "bat and ball".
President Andrew Jackson played a ball game called "one old cat".
President Abraham Lincoln was depicted in an 1860 political cartoon showed Lincoln and his opponents on a baseball diamond.
President Andrew Johnson, gave his White House staff time off from work to go to baseball games.
President Benjamin Harrison was the first President to attend a major league game on June 6, 1892 when he saw Cincinnati beat Washington 7-4.
William Howard Taft was the first President to throw the ceremonial first pitch on opening day on April 14, 1910 for the Washington Senators. Since then, most Presidents have followed this tradition.
Woodrow Wilson brought his fiance, Edith Galt, to the World Series.
Franklin Roosevelt encouraged Major League Baseball to continue playing ball during World War II.
Ronald Reagan worked as a radio announcer for the Chicago Cubs.
George H. W. Bush captained the Yale baseball team. A left-handed first baseman, Bush played in the first College World Series.
President George W. Bush was a former managing partner for the Texas Rangers major league baseball team.
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