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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