April 02, 2007

Highlight of Opening Day

Theodore Roosevelt watched a bit of the game from the roof. And then he "flew" onto the field. Unfortunately, he still lost his daily race against George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Thomas Jefferson. Here is the video, courtesy of some guy on YouTube. (Here's the video from another angle, courtesy of some other guy on YouTube.)

2 comments:

jwh said...

sorry... the sausage race is better. I have no idea which organization copied who... but regardless... the sausage race is better.

dl004d said...

Milwaukee's live-action sausage race began in 1995; RFK launched its presidents race in July 2006. Still, there's something funny about watching America's dignified leaders try to race down the right-field line without falling.