[KarlInOhio]

The incident if filled with high symbolism. This is the way Obama handles everything in life. He starts out with good form, then fails to deliver, but acts instead like he over-delivered.

And with the initial camera angle by Fox showing only Obama but not the plate, you would never have know that he failed. Kind of like how the State Run Media always shows him.

[SparkyBass]

"The incident if filled with high symbolism. This is the way Obama handles everything in life. He starts out with good form, then fails to deliver, but acts instead like he over-delivered."

And then the "Press" covers up for his shortcoming.

Our local paper, here in podunk, AZ, carried an AP story:

"Obama tosses first pitch: ... true to his word: He didn't bounce it.... the ceremonial first pitch ... would reach the plate on the fly... Obama delivered!"

Uh, no, it did not reach the plate. Silly, just a tiny fib... but covering for any and every shortcoming is just the way it is now.

[Mr. Mojo]

There's little doubt that before Obama would agree to tossing out the first pitch several conditions had to be met. ....and making sure that the cameras would only show his throwing motion and not where the ball ended up was of primary importance. Of course Fox happily complied.

By contrast, check out George Bush's first pitch at the World Series right after 9/11. First of all he throws like a man. Secondly the camera angles are where they should be -- as they are in actual games. And lastly, it was a perfect strike.