He'd been to three games the season before, but William Howard Taft made history 111 years ago Wednesday. The portly president started a tradition that would continue into the next century when he threw out the ceremonial first pitch before the Washington Nationals' Opening Day game. Now, what appears to be the lone surviving original photo from that day is on … [Read more...] about Original Photo of Baseball’s 1st Presidential First Pitch Up for Auction
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Griffey Jr. Dresses as His Rookie Card in New Macklemore Video
It doesn’t really matter if you’re into the musical genre or even if you know who Macklemore is, although after he appeared in the 2015 Topps First Pitch subset, you might even if rap isn’t your groove. What really matters is that director Jason Koenig, Macklemore and partner Ryan Lewis managed to insert Ken Griffey Junior—posing as his 1989 Upper Deck rookie card—into … [Read more...] about Griffey Jr. Dresses as His Rookie Card in New Macklemore Video
Photo of the Day: Harding’s First Pitch
The first U.S. president to throw out a ceremonial first pitch was William Howard Taft in 1910. A dozen years later, the Washington D.C. tradition was alive and well. Our Photo of the Day from RMY Auctions is an original news photo from April 1922 showing the chief executive getting ready to deliver the pitch just prior to the Senators’ contest against the New York … [Read more...] about Photo of the Day: Harding’s First Pitch