# President Obama throwing out the first pitch - predictions and reviews

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**Created:** [July 14, 2009, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-throwing-out-the-first-pitch-predictions-and-reviews/503034 "2009-07-14T21:04:41Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 16, 2009, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-obama-throwing-out-the-first-pitch-predictions-and-reviews/503034/21 "2009-07-16T02:01:10Z")

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> [@Marley23](#):
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> After looking at the video on the Seattle Post-Intelligencer blog a few more times, I’m going to agree - he did catch the ball in the air, but just barely. (It’s a YouTube video filmed off someone’s TV, so it’s not the clearest.) Pujols appeared to be right over the plate. If he’d been in a normal catcher’s position I think it probably would’ve landed right on the plate or right in front of it.

From ESPN’s Bill Simmons’ [twitter account](http://twitter.com/sportsguy33):

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> Please don’t blame the Prez for throwing a lousy first pitch. He was wearing a bulletproof vest the size of Dustin Pedroia.

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