Missing From Friday's World Series Lineup in Washington: The President
The president won’t be at the first World Series game in D.C. since 1933. But he said he would go to Sunday’s game, if there is one, though he has no plans to throw out a ball.
(LOTS of history here.)
*Until now, Mr. Trump has never attended a Major League Baseball game while living in the White House, the first president since 1910 to dispense with an apple-pie tradition that has provided unifying moments even in divisive times. While the rest of the town has reveled in the stunning triumphs of Juan Soto, Howie Kendrick and the once-left-for-dead Nats, as they lead the series, 2-0, Mr. Trump has stayed uncharacteristically quiet. . .
Even without the president, who will be at Camp David, Friday night’s game stands as a landmark moment for a city cursed by the baseball gods for generations. The last time baseball’s championship was played in Washington was in 1933, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt threw out the ceremonial first pitch. Roosevelt “made an imposing entry” and was given “a boisterous reception,” as The New York Times recorded, although “the president of course maintained an attitude of strict neutrality.”
The Washington Senators, also commonly called the Nationals at the time, went on to beat the New York Giants at Griffith Stadium, 4-0, on that rainy day but lost the series. After that, the town fell on hard baseball times, so much so that “Damn Yankees” featured a desperate Senators fan willing to sell his soul to the devil for just one long-ball hitter.'>>>
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/24/us/politics/trump-world-series-nationals.html?
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