This president attended an interleague game between his favorite team, the Chicago White Sox, and the Strasburg-led Washington Nationals.
This president, former owner of the Texas Rangers, once said, 'I never dreamed about being President, I wanted to be Willie Mays.'
During the longest stoppage in MLB history, this president said, 'Clearly they are not capable of settling this strike without an umpire.'
This future president performed six minutes of improvised broadcasting after the telegraph feed went down during a scoreless ninth inning between the Cubs and Cardinals in 1934.
An avid softball player, this president still cared enough about baseball to write the article 'It's Time to Forgive Pete Rose'.
This president was a fan of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League team from Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he grew up and is buried.
This president, for whom Jackie Robinson openly campaigned, was named 'Baseball's Number 1 Fan' by MLB Commissioner Bowie Kuhn.
This president said to Stan Musial, 'A couple of years ago, they told me I was too young to be President and you were too old to be playing baseball. But we fooled them.'
This president wrote a letter to Don Larsen congratulating him on his perfect game.
This president was the first to attend a night game.
During his campaign, this future president threw out the ceremonial first pitch for the game with Babe Ruth's 'called shot'.
This president was often booed at games because of the state of the nation, although he loved baseball, saying that only religion had made a greater impact on American life.
This president was visited by Babe Ruth seven times, owned a Minor League team, and thought that taking sides when watching 'is the soul of the game'.
This president was the first to attend a World Series game and sometimes tossed first pitches to Walter Johnson.
This president was friends with Pud Galvin and Cap Anson, yet never attended a game while in office, due to a sense of duty and concern for what the American people would think.
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