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U.S. Presidents and Baseball

President Coolidge shaking hands with Walter Johnson at Griffith Stadium; Buck Harris in back.	President William H. Taft shaking hands with NY Giants catcher, Myers on the diamond at the West Side Grounds.	Pres. Hoover throwing out baseball, Griffith Stadium.
President Roosevelt opening the ball game at Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C., April 12, 1933.	Manager Stanley Harris, in the grandstand, presents President Coolidge with the baseball used to open the 1924 World Series.	Herbert Hoover and presidential party standing, with men holding their hats, at opening baseball game.
Left to right: Herbert Hoover, Mrs. Warren G. Harding, Warren G. Harding, Mrs. Herbert Hoover, … all standing, in grandstand, at baseball game	World Series of 1933, Washington, D.C. President tossing ball out.	President and Mrs. Herbert Hoover standing in the stands in a stadium during a World Series baseball game, Mrs. Hoover looking toward the camera.
President Woodrow Wilson throwing out the first ball, opening day, 1916.	World Series of 1933, Washington, D.C. President's arrival to the game.