Even Trump can’t overshadow Washington’s World Series run

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In Washington, there are two kinds of sport – politics and the real thing. Until this weekend, the second one hadn’t mattered so much in a while

Now the two have entered their championship phase simultaneously. On the one hand, the Washington Nationals will play in the World Series against the Houston Astros. On the other, a president under threat of impeachment.

The tradition of ceremonial first pitches was started by a president – William Taft. He did it here in Washington on Opening Day 1910. Bush came out wearing a New York fire department pullover. He didn’t dawdle over the wind-up as most do. He threw a strike. He let a few “U-S-A” chants wash over him and then quickly departed the field. It may have been the finest political performance of his career.

On Tuesday, Drake released his unfiltered thoughts on the impeachment process. He’s not a fan. So much so that he said he planned to buy an assault rifle and prepare himself for the coming “cival war” . He ended the all-caps rocket with “#MAGA2020.” But despite a competitive roster and a lovely, modern park set along the river, baseball never quite caught on.

But once Trump was injected into the mix, intermingling the two key Washington news cycles, interest peaked.

 

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Please please please don't throw down a challenge like that. You know it'll just make him try harder to grab all the attention for himself. ItsAllAboutHim

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