God Bless America

[BRUMP]

Baseball will always be OUR game!

http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=3218879&c_id=mlb

[Jocko]

Politics aside, ya gotta love this

[Dannytheman]

Politics aside, ya gotta love this

I remember this, he was damn brave. Flak jacket under his coat, he pitches from the rubber and throws a strike. Not one boo from the crowd.

Thanks for that memory, Trout.

[Jocko]

Politics aside, ya gotta love this

I remember this, he was damn brave. Flak jacket under his coat, he pitches from the rubber and throws a strike. Not one boo from the crowd.

Thanks for that memory, Trout.

:wave:

[Thunderheads]

THIS IS MY FAVORITE!!!! Pay attention to the locker room scene!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evb489N11Q4

[Dannytheman]

"Don't bounce it, or they will boo you."

I never knew the Secret Service had an agent dressed up as an Ump. That was something.

What a scary time that was.

[mstaylor]

I remember the discussion about there being the extra ump. Having worked many presidential events, the security is huge.

[Jocko]

THIS IS MY FAVORITE!!!! Pay attention to the locker room scene!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evb489N11Q4

Love that a mere 3 weeks after the worst terrorist attack in American history, the leader of the free world stands ALONE on the mound at Yankee Stadium and gives a thumbs-up to every American. Might as well have been shooting the bird to the terrorists. He could have had guys in LBT (ss probably pushed for it). HELL NO. This President stands in the loneliest place in the world, his closest agent some 60' away, and throws a change-up for a strike from 60'6". Derek Jeter was proud, I'm sure.

[BRUMP]

I never knew that fact about the umpires. It's actually a good idea.

[Replacematt]

I never knew that fact about the umpires. It's actually a good idea.

Ron Luciano actually pioneered it. His first game in the majors was in the opener in Washington, and his uniform didn't arrive in time. Nixon was throwing out the first pitch. Ron ended up on a five-man crew dressed in his personal suit working the RF (I believe) foul line, and in his words, he looked like a wayward Secret Service agent.