George W. Bush throws out first pitch in Japan

[discocrisco01]

Source: AP

TOKYO (AP) - Former President George W. Bush threw out the ceremonial first pitch before Game 3 of the Japan Series between the Yomiuri Giants and Nippon Ham Fighters.

Bush, wearing a Yomiuri warmup jacket, took the mound Tuesday at Tokyo Dome and threw a pitch to Giants catcher Shinnosuke Abe that bounced once in the dirt before being caught.


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[rurallib]

1. Did he get drunk and end up in Japan?

[8 track mind]

11. "am I in japan or iz thish jush a fig newton of my imag (hic) imagination?"

[fascisthunter]

2. did people cheer for that loser?

[EFerrari]

6. The Japanese are gracious people.

I'd like to see him try it in any American City.

[JackintheGreen]

3. Ham Fighters? n/t

[Robb]

4. I know. Me too!

:rofl:

[peekaloo]

7. Fighty the Mascot

"During the 1980's the Fighters wore bright orange-and-yellow uniforms in an attempt to attract fans. The team eventually opted for blue pinstripes but kept their fluorescent pink mascot, Fighty, who resembles a fuzzy pterodactyl and rides a bicycle"

sounds like a refuge from Pee Wee's Playhouse :rofl:

[UTUSN]

5. Wouldn't that be the second pitch?!1 After Poppy's pitching in the P.M.'s lap?!1 n/t

[peekaloo]

8. Doing his best Nixon impersonation he yelled "sake to me" to the crowd.

not really

[Frustratedlady]

9. Japan is probably the only country that would accept him graciously.

And, he's taller than most of them, so he once again feels like a big man.

[8 track mind]

10. He was so drunk he wound up throwing it to second base. N/t

[paparush]

12. What? No honorable Japanese citizen offered Shrub a tanto?

[peekaloo]

15. He thinks Hari Kari was the late announcer for the Cubs.

wouldn't work on a gutless coward anyway.

[asjr]

13. And the ongoing "Help GW raise money" tour

continues. Did Walmart reject him for a job?

[Submariner]

14. Stay there AWOL-boy

Go to Hiroshima and have a personal orgasm for what might have been if only you and 5-deferment cheenee could have sneaked those B-52 nukes from North Dakota to Louisiana and on to Baghdad.

[zonkers]

16. Japan ain't Canada.

[trusty elf]

17. "bounced once in the dirt before being caught"