Baseball fans aren't known for being reticent with their emotions, which might help explain why the President was met with a chorus of boos at Game 5 of the World Series on Sunday night.
. None of this seemed to bother Trump, who continued to smile and wave with his inimitable sangfroid.
Politicians at baseball games often throw out the first pitch for some easy goodwill, but Trump wasn’t in the running for the honor, according to Washington Nationals principal owner Mark Lerner, who: “The first pitches are our call, and we felt there are many other candidates that should be considered before [Trump].”
It might seem shocking to see the President of the United States booed en masse at a sporting event, but in another sense, it’s a perfect encapsulation of our national spirit; what could be more patriotic than taking a moment out from baseball—America’s pastime, as it’s so often called—to exercise the constitutionally protected First Amendment right to freedom of expression? Baseball has so frequently acted as a mirror for America, reflecting...
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