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Trump to Uphold Tradition of Presidents and Baseball

Associated Press

   NEW YORK - President Donald Trump's plan to attend Game 5 of the World
   Series Sunday will continue a rich tradition of intertwining the
   American presidency with America's pastime.

   Franklin D. Roosevelt's limousine drove onto to the field ahead of the
   1933 World Series, the last time the nation's capital hosted the Fall
   Classic. Congressional hearings on the stock market collapse were
   postponed so senators could attend the game.

   Harry S. Truman tossed out a first pitch from the stands of a regular
   season game in August 1945, just days after the end of World War II,
   giving Americans a sense that normalcy was returning after years of
   global conflict.

   George W. Bush wore a bulletproof vest under his jacket when he threw a
   perfect strike from the Yankee Stadium mound during the 2001 World
   Series, not 10 miles from where the World Trade Center was attacked a
   month earlier.

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