I was born to live in DC. What other city is able to mix American-history facts and baseball so easily? I don’t have the exact answer to that question, but I bet there aren’t many, and DC accomplishes this with ease!
Tonight I went to the Washington National’s game, and I realized that this is a team I could follow–not because I enjoy them as a professional baseball team (I am a diehard Colorado Rockies fan), but because I want to be at the game when
We snuck down to great center field seats. From this location, we could see the "presidential race," as well as be in the general area that homeruns were being sent. It was a good game overall.
Teddy wins a presidential race.
During every home game for the Nationals, there is a “presidential race” in the fourth inning. At the top of the fourth, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt pummel out of the center field gate. Every time, without a doubt, Teddy Roosevelt doesn’t come in first. Either he trips or does something illegal like riding a Segway.
In many ways, the city of DC is obsessed with watching the Nats play to see when Teddy will win. Fans spit curse words and scream at the top of their lungs for Teddy during the race. Sometimes, there is more emotion during the presidential race then there is during the game itself.
Tonight’s game is the third I have attended at National’s stadium, which made me curious about why Teddy always loses. A lot of speculations float around the stadium, but no one at the seems to have proof as to why Teddy never wins.
After spending thirty minutes on google and asking several people with “ask me” written across their shirts, a guy with a badge that read “supervisor” told me he thinks he has a pretty good idea why.
Run Teddy Run. Check out http://blog.letteddywin.com/
Apparently Teddy Roosevelt was known for accomplishing a lot of “firsts” throughout both his presidency and his life.
According to a website dedicated to Theodore Roosevelt, Teddy was the first president to fly in an airplane, to be submerged in a submarine, own a car, have a telephone in his home, and travel outside of America’s borders while still in office. Furthermore, Teddy founded many American institutions that Americans take for granted today, such as the national monuments.
So, because of his adventurous spirit that caused him to explore, the Washington Nationals are punishing his great legacy.
Seriously, I think I was made to live in this city.
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