President Trump postpones plans to throw out first pitch at Yankee Stadium

President Donald Trump will not be throwing out the ceremonial first pitch at a New York Yankees-Boston Red Sox game next month, as he announced at the White House last Thursday.

The planned Aug. 15 appearance at Yankee Stadium would have been the first time during his presidency that Trump has thrown out a first pitch at a Major League Baseball game.

Trump cited “scheduled meetings on vaccines, the economy and much else” as his reasons for opting out, but he said he will do so later in the season. 

The president had revealed his plans at a news conference on Thursday, after which he joined a group of Little Leaguers and Baseball Hall of Famer Mariano Rivera on the White House lawn for a game of catch to celebrate the opening of the MLB season. 

Asked about throwing out a ceremonial first pitch at last year’s World Series, Trump joked that MLB and the Secret Service would “have to dress me up in a lot of heavy armor.  I’ll look too heavy.”

Trump, who played baseball in high school, has performed first-pitch duties in the past, however, including at Fenway Park in 2006 – home of the Red Sox. 

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