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Anthony Fauci, the U.S.'s top virologist and key member of the White House coronavirus task force, threw out the first pitch Thursday night at Nationals Park, as the Washington Nationals and the New York Yankees kicked off Major League Baseball's abbreviated season.
While Fauci is one the country's foremost doctors, his pitch was anything but elite, falling well short and to the right of home plate.
The MLB season was delayed five months from its usual March start because of the coronavirus pandemic. Each big league team will play a shortened 60-game schedule, with the top 16 teams competing in an expanded postseason format.
Late Thursday afternoon, the Nationals announced that Juan Soto, the team's star left fielder, had tested positive for COVID-19 and would not play in Thursday's game.
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/508831-fauci-throws-out-first-pitch-as-mlb-officially-starts-season
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left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)Many have told me I throw the baseball better than any other president,
with maybe the exception of Abraham Lincoln.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)yonder
(9,685 posts)but over his suit jacket? Take the damn thing off for a couple of minutes, throw the ball, put the hideous jacket back on. Simple.
JI7
(89,287 posts)OAITW r.2.0
(24,759 posts)House of Roberts
(5,197 posts)I knew he didn't get it very close to the plate, but geez!
He's looking up at the ball, and not at where it needs to go.