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Zim catches the Prez

by Dave McNair
published 1:06pm Monday Apr 5, 2010
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news-zimmermanFormer Virginia baseball star and Hook HotSeater Ryan Zimmerman will catch the first pitch from President Barack Obama at the Washington National’s home opener today against the Philadelphia Phillies. Since being drafted by the Nationals in 2005, the third-baseman has become the face of the franchise.

10 comments

  • Austro April 5th, 2010 | 3:36 pm

    HEY! I see YA, ZIP!!!!

  • Tim Brown April 5th, 2010 | 3:48 pm

    Zip is lookin fresh in that polo. Amazing what some 0’s at the end of your salary can do for ya

  • Voted wrong in 2008 April 5th, 2010 | 3:58 pm

    He should throw it back at him.

  • Albeboy April 5th, 2010 | 4:28 pm

    That pitch was just awful.

  • Tim Brown April 5th, 2010 | 6:43 pm

    You got that right Albeboy. That would have been called illegal for height in a slow pitch softball game even before it crossed the plate

  • log April 5th, 2010 | 7:43 pm

    If the pitch had been better you would have criticized him for wasting time practicing. H8ters.

  • HarryD April 6th, 2010 | 12:16 pm

    If the pitch had been better I would have suggested that he quit his day job and try to improve on the pitching- as he is not improving on his position as CEO of The U.S………speaking of high salaries without performance

  • Albeboy April 6th, 2010 | 1:07 pm

    That WAS his pitch after practicing, log.

  • HarryD April 6th, 2010 | 10:53 pm

    …..and did you hear his interview in the broadcast booth? Couldn’t name one player on the Sox- his favorite home town team, and called it Kamisky Field- yea, he’s a player………..

    actually he couldn’t answer the question and did the Obama shuffle….

  • Huh? April 6th, 2010 | 11:48 pm

    From the Wikipedia article on US Cellular Field:

    Many sportscasters and fans continue to use the name Comiskey Park.

    Or were you correcting his pronunciation with your phonetic spelling?

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