The Arkanssouri Blog.: I heard more boos than cheers.

Monday, July 26, 2004

I heard more boos than cheers.

From suntimes.com
Boston baseball fans followed their usual pattern of booing and cheering the person who throws out the pitch. Kerry, the crowd's hometown senator, kept smiling as he threw a ball that sank and hit the dirt before the catcher -- a soldier home from Iraq -- could catch it

This article from WorldNetDaily doesn't sound much like "the usual pattern of booing and cheering" to me. It sounds like a lot of booing and a few desperate individuals cheering. Just like it sounded on ESPN last night.

Take a gander at the goofball
here.

Contrast that with
this shot of the President not looking like a total doofus while throwing out the first pitch in Yankee Stadium of the World Series after 9/11.

From the 10/30/2001
CNNSI.com:

NEW YORK (AP) -- President Bush threw out the ceremonial opening pitch of World Series Game 3 at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday night, aiming to project an air of normalcy even after the government warned of possible new terror attacks.

Bush received a thunderous cheer as he strode to the mound from the Yankees' dugout, wearing a sweatshirt emblazoned with "FDNY," a tribute to the New York City Fire Department.

He stood on the pitcher's mound and scanned the upper reaches of a sellout crowd of more than 57,000, then gave a thumbs-up sign. With flashbulbs popping and dozens of flags waving, Bush lingered on the mound for a moment, seeming to relish the moment.

Then, with a quick windup, he threw the ball just off the center of the plate -- a strike -- to Yankees backup catcher Todd Greene, and walked off the mound to chants of "U-S-A, U-S-A."

"He threw a strike, too," Yankees third baseman Scott Brosius said. "He had a good arm."




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