We should've known.
Posted on 07/25/2004 5:06:57 PM PDT by finnman69
Kerry just 'threw' out the opening pitch at the Boston-Yankees game. Just saw Kerry pitch a really weak opening pitch, well short of the plate, bouncing under the catcher. What a poser!
My hubby said Kerry got booed and I told him he was making that up! LOL......guess I need to apologyze. But New York fans and Boston fans booing the big lying dork?
Thought y'all would get a giggle out of this thread.
Can it get any better than that!? lmao!
Ping me when you do, por favor!
Kerry to Throw Yanks-Red Sox First Pitch
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040725/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_kerry_red_sox_1
29 minutes ago
By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press Writer
BOSTON - John Kerry (news - web sites) made a surprise appearance at the Yankees-Red Sox baseball game Sunday night to throw out the opening pitch to a soldier home from Iraq (news - web sites), making an early arrival in the city where Democratic delegates were gathering to nominate him for president.
Sen. Kerry arranged for his flight between the battleground states of Ohio and Florida to be diverted to his hometown of Boston, where he had not been scheduled to make his grand entrance to the convention city until Wednesday afternoon. He said he planned the trip in secret about a week ago.
"The idea of missing a Yankees-Red Sox series right before a convention week was not acceptable, so we changed the policy," Kerry told reporters on the plane.
Kerry was to throw out the first pitch to Will Pumyea, 23, a military police officer in the Massachusetts National Guard, from North Chelmsford, Mass., who had just returned from Iraq and who had previously served in Afghanistan (news - web sites).
After throwing the pitch, Kerry was to sit with his wife, his daughters, former Sen. John Glenn of Ohio, the owners of the Red Sox and Pumyea at the game at Fenway Park.
Fans attending the game Sunday night did not have to go through metal detectors, which is the normal procedure for anyone attending an event with the Democratic presidential candidate. At Fenway Park, supporters distributed signs reading, "Sox Fans for Kerry."
The game was the third in the Boston homestand between the two fierce rivals — who are also the teams representing the two convention cities. The Republicans gather in New York in late August. The Yankees won the first game Friday and the Red Sox came back with a dramatic two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning to win a fight-marred game Saturday.
Kerry planned to fly on to Florida on Sunday night after the game and resume his schedule.
You serious?
Just as Yankees fans are much different politically than the average NYC voter - I'm sure that the average Bosox fan is much different politically than the average Boston voter...
Didn't see it, but we gotta get that clip on this thread! With or without "the express written permission of Major League Baseball".
We should've known.
That's "penis challenged" person...
Tough home crowd eh?
ROTFLMAO!!!!
Oh well, it was still too far even when using the ladies tee.
Thanks for the report!
I did not even notice unitl I saw the pic, Ketchup boy was halfway to the plate. Bush pitched from the mound.
Yanks up 1-0
Our son turned on the game just in time for hubby to see the rubber-arm pitch, and he wants to know if they broadcast the national anthem. If so, was it the US National Anthem??????
For the sake of clarity for those reading this thread: That pic is of Bush throwing out the pitch at a Brewer's game in Milwaukee, not to be confused with the famous World Series strike.
Yep. And don't forget that it was pretty clear Bush was wearing a thick bulletproof vest under his jacket, too, which made it even harder for him to throw well.
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