Fauci throws out first pitch as MLB officially starts season

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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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1. Meanwhile Trump tweeted ...

“Many have told me I throw the baseball better than any other president,
with maybe the exception of Abraham Lincoln.”

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4. I wonder if Trump sleeps in that suit and tie?

[yonder]

6. No shit. I get that he wanted to wear the jersey for the pitch,

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]

2. Trump is so jealous of him

[OAITW r.2.0]

3. Stick with your day Job, Dr.! LOL

[House of Roberts]

5. When I saw the still photo above,

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.