Bush's 2001 one is easily the most significant, throwing a perfect pitch a month after 9/11 in New York during the World Series nonetheless is remarkable and powerful.
No Less From Middle English no lesse, na leasse. Compare none the less and Old English nōhte þon lǣssa (“none the less”). Adverb no less (not comparable) 1.) Even, furthermore, not to mention. He graduated this year - at the top of his class, no less! 2.) (literally) Just as, equally, as much/many as, not less, none the less. Diet sodas are no less unhealthy than regular ones. The driver had drunk no less than eight pints of beer.
Interestingly enough, only 1/33 out of the first 33 presidents was left handed (actually ambidextrous), while 5/13 of the presidents since then have been left handed. This probably has to do with people being forced to become right handed back in the day though.
Well, it wasn't really TV footage until probably Kennedy. Maybe Eisenhower. Before that, they would have been shown in theaters as news reels before movies. As far as i know, Taft was the first, so i don't think Teddy would have thrown out a first pitch.
i swear jimmy carter doesn’t get weaker when he ages he threw that pretty good pitch in his 70s and continued to build houses up through most of his 90s
Wow too bad you couldn't find the first one. In 1910. William Taft is the president that started this tradition and you had almost all but him. No Roosevelt either... Awesome video! Thank you for sharing!
There's other footage online as well. Eisenhower had at least one opening pitch better than the one shown here. Turns out that even in his 60s, he could throw a straight-flying ROCKET! He was very possibly top four at it, though George W. Bush likely will forever stand as having the best...unless a former MLB player becomes President.
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Even if u didnt vote BUSH that Pitch after 9/11 was Goosebumps It wasnt Red vs Blue that was the one time the 🇺🇸 was literally US and I'll never forget that as i watched on the Southside Of Chicago
I find it funny how much better they threw the ball as time went on. It is as if overall, their soul got weak over time, yet the blind drive got stronger.
I think that’s why it took him that long to throw a pitch. Most presidents do it in their first term, Reagan waited until his last year of his second term. Reagan also was the first President to throw it from the field instead of the “box.” Carter threw it from the box during his presidency, but after Reagan everyone moved to the field.
Bush played baseball in high school. Your brain doesn't forget how to throw a baseball after years of doing it. The only thing is you may be rusty. Dubya clearly wasn't rusty 🤘
Bush's 2001 one is easily the most significant, throwing a perfect pitch a month after 9/11 in New York during the World Series nonetheless is remarkable and powerful.
yep.. and it's sad that today we are letting kids who weren't even fucking alive during 9/11 to embarrass us EVERY FUCKING DAY on the news dude....
@Falcon can u explain to us the difference between no less and nonetheless?
No Less
From Middle English no lesse, na leasse. Compare none the less and Old English nōhte þon lǣssa (“none the less”).
Adverb
no less (not comparable)
1.) Even, furthermore, not to mention.
He graduated this year - at the top of his class, no less!
2.) (literally) Just as, equally, as much/many as, not less, none the less.
Diet sodas are no less unhealthy than regular ones.
The driver had drunk no less than eight pints of beer.
weird the second definition of "no less" means "none the less" according to Wiktionary. words are weird.
you are incorrect, the definitions i stated were the correct ones.
Jimmy Carter had some smoke on that pitch. Also, anyone notice how many lefty-presidents we got? (Not politically-left... but left-handed)
Interestingly enough, only 1/33 out of the first 33 presidents was left handed (actually ambidextrous), while 5/13 of the presidents since then have been left handed.
This probably has to do with people being forced to become right handed back in the day though.
Jimmy Carter was over 70 when he threw that pitch!
And he still made a clean throw!
Carter’s body only gave out in the past year or two.
That literally clocked in at 43
Jimmy Carter will never die
I did not know we had TV footage of presidents throwing out first pitches going back THAT far. Wow!
Same, I thought the earliest would be back during Eisenhower - then I saw Truman, Coolidge, and Wilson. WTF, that's amazing.
royals1231 Tv may not have taken off until the fifties, but movie cameras were 20 years old by the time Wilson was president.
No Teddy though
Well, it wasn't really TV footage until probably Kennedy. Maybe Eisenhower. Before that, they would have been shown in theaters as news reels before movies. As far as i know, Taft was the first, so i don't think Teddy would have thrown out a first pitch.
Bryan G No Teddy because President Taft started the tradition
Carter brought the heat for a guy in his 70s, must be all that peanut farming and building houses for the less fortunate🙏
it was a solid pitch
fr
He was 95 and still building houses.
Man alive, 145-year-old Jimmy Carter threw a better pitch than I ever have in my entire life
i swear jimmy carter doesn’t get weaker when he ages he threw that pretty good pitch in his 70s and continued to build houses up through most of his 90s
LOL....I had no clue the first "pitches" back then was thrown from the crowd seating.
RenegadeX28 maybe they don’t want the president on the field for safety reasons
@@jetfallzone4583 That's what I was thinking-safety.
Great video, RD. The Jimmy Carter pitch was my favorite. Fascinating.
Wish we had footage of his game 7 of the World Series in 1979. I’m sure it’s out there, but not on RUclips.
@martyc909 m.ruclips.net/video/xiNn3Gi7sL8/видео.html
2:32 calvin coolidge just yeeted it
That’s a sentence I never thought I’d read
@Tslav TV If cutting off immigration of Jews and Catholics is conservative, then I guess he was a conservative.
Wow too bad you couldn't find the first one. In 1910. William Taft is the president that started this tradition and you had almost all but him. No Roosevelt either... Awesome video! Thank you for sharing!
I got FDR on there. It's a very brief clip.
@@richarddargan i watched it twice lol I see it now. Too much pot smokin sorry
@@zipg246 LOL no problem it's a blink-and-you-miss-it clip.
searched for this thinking I would just find a handful of presidents.. was amazed how far back you were able to find footage!
This is freakin cool, I know it's 4 years later, but I still highly enjoyed it. Thanks!
That George W. Bush pitch was perfect hahahaha
He played ball didn't he?
Obama: Wearing mom jeans before it became cool again.
OMG. Obama's pants were so embarrasing....
@@trekkiejunk , Obama is embarrassing
Gayest throw I’ve ever seen 🤦
@@nearlydead6986 Trump too fat to throw
gah damn jimmy carter has an arm
Especially considering he was in his 70s then 😮
Wow, nice pitch Mr.Carter!
Jimmy Carter's got a cannon
You can clearly see FDR struggling to stay on foot as his posture was weird and his hand was trembling
Not a fan of Jimmy Carter but that pitch was fire 🔥
true
1:04
Man if you have any of those balls thrown by the presidents, you better have those locked up safely. That is a treasure.
Pres Carter had some Heat on that ball lol
PA : Sir the First World War is raging, are you sure about this?
Woodrow Wilson : Baseball comes first, bruh
More like Woodrow Wilson: What do you mean the FIRST world war?
Ford with the ambidextrous first pitches! Impressive!
This was an amazing video. I did not expect to see past Reagan.
There's other footage online as well. Eisenhower had at least one opening pitch better than the one shown here. Turns out that even in his 60s, he could throw a straight-flying ROCKET! He was very possibly top four at it, though George W. Bush likely will forever stand as having the best...unless a former MLB player becomes President.
its the way nixon almost takes out the lady behind him for me xD
George H. and Carter had strong pitches
Keep in mind that H. played first base for Yale back in the day.
Carter did best here imo
1:12 Look at Ford and his 2 ball ambidextrous pitching.
kind of surprised there were so many lefty presidents. Reagan, Bush I, Clinton, and Obama were also leftys (in handiness not politics).
@@cg28270 truman as well
@@mikesawchyn2349 eight presidents have been left handed = 18%
vs 10% in gen population
truman:
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and
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Even if u didnt vote BUSH that Pitch after 9/11 was Goosebumps It wasnt Red vs Blue that was the one time the 🇺🇸 was literally US and I'll never forget that as i watched on the Southside Of Chicago
Baseball sure has changed.
really thought they were just gonna keep going at the end
George W. Bush throwing a strike for the 2001 WS G3, wow
I threw the heater from my seat
I find it funny how much better they threw the ball as time went on. It is as if overall, their soul got weak over time, yet the blind drive got stronger.
“Dixie Dominates“
Switch pitching action from Gerald Ford
What is with Obamas pants
You can tell the Bush's have definitely played ball during their younger days
The younger Bush Owned the Rangers, well part of it. Obviously he had backers with lots of money. I think his stake was 2% or thereabouts.
I love my country it used to be so dope 🥲💔
Why was Warren G Harding skipped?
That Nixon throw into the stands...not bad!
0:47 not bad for a guy who got shot in the chest seven years prior.
And was 77 years old
I think that’s why it took him that long to throw a pitch. Most presidents do it in their first term, Reagan waited until his last year of his second term. Reagan also was the first President to throw it from the field instead of the “box.” Carter threw it from the box during his presidency, but after Reagan everyone moved to the field.
Gerald ford is like the closest president to the players
pretty cool
Harding?
Lotta Lefties in the mix!!! Truman wrote with his right hand but threw left-handed!!!
I'm the opposite -- I throw right-handed and write left-handed.
Damn, Reagan sucked. Kind of surprising was Bush #1. He played for Yale, but...ouch. And Carter throws a strike.
In fairness, that was 40-some years after Bush played in college.
W X V A Kind of like riding a bike, you never forget how to throw at your friends riding off on their bikes when they say something smartass.
Seems like the farther back you go the worse the throwing motion.
I think Wilson had some pop on his pitch.
I cant even imagine how much that JFK first pitch baseball will sell for if its still around...
Taft:Do i not Exist?
The Bush family loves baseball. That's not exactly a secret. So of course, they'd be eager to throw the first pitch.
PKA made me curious
Obama, does your husband play cricket?
Carter and Cobb from GEORGIA.
George Homework Bush
George W and Carter
Where’s trumps
please, not while i'm eating.
Urkle ruining yet one more tradition
Eli T who is that?
Mom jean wearing no throwing Obama
Kevin Lipps Obama actually participated in the tradition unlike the coward Trump.
@@fayguled900 When was Trump invited to? Do you think the president has the authority to dictate this?
Have a few Lefty Presidents i see as well didnt know that
Trump never threw out the first pitch. He ended the presidential tradition.
He did, or the MLB did because they're petty woketards? btw he threw first pitches BEFORE he suddenly became public enemy #1.
Bush's was the best
Just like the cesars of old, but instead of a snotty napkin its a baseball.
Bush played baseball in high school. Your brain doesn't forget how to throw a baseball after years of doing it. The only thing is you may be rusty. Dubya clearly wasn't rusty 🤘
Bush Jr was definitely the best
George HW Bush played college baseball.
Jimmy Carter wins!
Donald Trump had one.
Barack threw like a 12 yr old girl.
Obamas was... yikes
Obama threw like a girl. W. threw like an athlete.
W is a loser.
Lotta lefties
Shoulda showed Obama’s real first pitch.. it was embarrassing
Chris Rowe so was Nixon’s. You could tell they never played catch with their fathers.
Can Trump’s fatass even walk to the pitcher’s mound and back?
He was embarrassed period
Man, Obama throws like a girl
Trump never threw a pitch because he's weak.
Barack your not an athlete.
Lame