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Presidents At Griffith Stadium

  • William Howard Taft watched the Senators bow to the ChiSox, August 13, 1912

  • Woodrow Wilson opens the season at Griffith Stadium, April 20, 1916

  • Future President Hoover (l) and current President Harding and wives, 1922

  • Calvin Coolidge gets to meet pitcher Walter Johnson, June 18, 1925

  • Hoover again, now as President. Opening Day, 1929, at Griffith Stadium

  • Players jump for the "first ball", tossed by Franklin D. Roosevelt at the All-Star Game, July 7, 1937

  • Harry S. Truman throws out first ball at the season opener, April 15, 1952

  • John F. Kennedy throws out the first ball, Opening Day, April 10, 1961

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