On behalf of the City of Cincinnati...

[VolcanoJen]

... I'd like to apologize to baseball fans and Americans in general for what you are about to witness on your television screens. Seeing him in that Reds jacket is enough to crush a girl's spirit.

Nobody asked me,
Jennifer :-)

[mdmc]

1. whats goin on out in OH, Jen?

[VolcanoJen]

3. Chimpy's about to throw out the first pitch, live on CNN.

:-( :mad: :-(

[mdmc]

9. nothin wrong with that

remember when his dad did it? :)

[kurth]

12. Uncle Dick helping him?

[RobertSeattle]

2. explain...

[90-percent]

4. GWB tossing out opening pitch

what do I win?

-85% Jimmy

[warrens]

5. One of the Cubs pitchers was asked if he was thrilled about Bush

He said, really sarcastically, oh, yeah, I'm just THRILLED to be kept waiting two hours while they search all of us, all our equipment, and if we happen to step out of the clubhouse before the game, we have to do it all over again. I think it was Ryan Dempster.

[VolcanoJen]

8. It was Ryan!!

Woohooo Dempster!!!!

[maveric]

25. Baseball can be telling. 1992 All Atar Game, San Diego. I was there...

GHWB was prez and in attendence. Pre-game ceremony had San Diego native Ted Williams come out to the mound to throw a ceremonial pitch. The crowd was on its feet, cheering for 5 minutes. Teddy throws out the pitch, then they announce that the president will also throw out a ball. They announced Poppy and he was BOOED mercilously! 66,000 baseball fans BOOed him. This is a sitting prez in an election year in a red", military area, getting booed at the Major League All Star game.
We all know what happened after that.

[VolcanoJen]

6. Sweet!!! Nice mixture of boos and cheers!

Interesting... CNN called it "A big Red State Welcome" but boos could clearly be heard!!

[Bill McBlueState]

10. only a cable news network...

Would still be referring to Ohio as a Red State when it supported Bush by the thinnest of margins a year and a half ago.

[VolcanoJen]

14. They were just goin' nutty on CNN!

The way they continue to carry this man's water... it's nauseating.

"Look at that pitch!! High and tight, strike one!" cried the CNN announcer.

Thing is, the angle was shot from home plate; you couldn't see where the pitch landed. :wtf:

[Missy M]

22. I guess that is to show what a manly, man he is......

he is so athletic and in such good shape, the best shape of any president:puke:

[Itchinjim]

7. Any booing?

Let us know please.

[tcfrogs]

16. Heard mostly cheering

on the radio broadcast.

[VolcanoJen]

17. The cheering was loud, but there was a low chorus of boos...

... clearly audible on the radio and TV.

[TahitiNut]

11. When will the grounds crew clear that elephant turd off the field?

:grr:

[VolcanoJen]

18. LOL

:rofl:

[ismnotwasm]

19. Oh God that cracked me up

Elephant turd.

[VolcanoJen]

28. Seeing Sen. Mike DeWine sitting next to Bush in the Presidential Box...

... just cracked me up.

So now we know why Chimpy came to Ohio! LOL

[Missy M]

13. This is such a silly ceremony no matter who is president....

imagine what it costs the taxpayer just to throw one baseball. I don't get it.

[VolcanoJen]

15. Made a damned mess of traffic this afternoon, too

And if he sticks around for a couple hours of ballplaying, rush hour is going to be a nightmare.

[Bill McBlueState]

20. Where the hell was he last night?

The first game of the baseball season, of course, was last night on the South Side of Chicago. I suppose a Bush appearance at the true opening game wouldn't have been good for business.

[VolcanoJen]

21. Them's fightin' words

The traditional opener is always held in Cincinnati, the birthplace of professional baseball.

Do you guys have a parade? Does your entire city close down as if it's a national holiday?

Damn Chicagoans. :P

[Bill McBlueState]

23. hey, I'm a neutral party!

But here in New England, words like "first" and "opener" mean "happened before all the others."

:P

[VolcanoJen]

24. Cubbies 2, Reds 0, still in the first inning

Thanks for the curse, Chimpy!!!

:mad:

[Craig3410]

26. Try seeing him in a Cardinals jacket.

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:


/away washing out eyes with bleach

[VolcanoJen]

27. Cubbies 5, Reds ZIP

Fuck off, Chimpy.

[politicasista]

29. I heard it on WGN, and it sounded like a hand-picked people cheering

unless the volume deliberately turned down the low booing.

[VolcanoJen]

30. Interesting post...

... from rocknation:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=828918&mesg_id=829073

Any chance it could be true?

[politicasista]

31. Wouldn't be suprised.

Rove always has something up his sleeve. Maybe they made a deal with the PR people.

[VolcanoJen]

32. 5-4 Cubs, bottom of the 3rd!

C'mon Reds!!!

Buck the Curse of the Chimp!!!!

[mtnester]

33. When you listen to the game on the radio, the ambiance is so much better

and their is always the one person you can clearly hear saying "boo!' whenever there is a bad call or play.

I am that person today.

Now, the Reds DO need some pitching.:sarcasm: (As a total fan, I can say that...we love 'em and we love to bash them)

Sorry Cincinnati, get used to Dumbo, he and his cronies will be making MANY MANY visits to Ohio in the next 6 months.

We will be down on September 10 for a game or two ourselves.

[LaCrosseDem]

34. what a freakin' RAG ARM

It's 60' 6" to home plate and there's an arc on the damned ball.