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President Obama to Spend Inning in All-Star Game Broadcast Booth

Jul 13, 2009 – 3:52 PM
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Barack ObamaWe know that President Barack Obama is passionate about his fantasy football team. He also campaigned on Monday Night Football about fixing the BCS. So maybe on Tuesday night, while he's sitting in the broadcast booth with Joe Buck and Tim McCarver for the 80th Major League Baseball All-Star Game, the sports savvy President can enact a law eliminating ties in the Midsummer Classic.

Yes, Obama, who will throw out the ceremonial first pitch at Busch Stadium to Albert Pujols, will head upstairs to spend an inning with Buck and McCarver at some point between the third and the fifth inning of the game. Live baseball doesn't lend well to teleprompters, so we'll see if President Obama stays on the color commentary side of the booth or tries his hand at a little play-by-play action.

In other presidential baseball news, every living United States president will take part in a video presentation to promote community service. Former presidents Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush, will join Obama in encouraging Americans into volunteer work within their communities. The video, which is a seven-minute tribute honoring All-Stars Among Us, captures the heroic contributions of 30 individuals to their communities.
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