Baltimore: A Heartbeat Away from Being As Awesome As DC

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One of the cool things about DC is that it’s relatively easy to get the President of the United States to swing by and throw out the first pitch of your team’s baseball season. I happen to think it’s cool no matter what I think of the person occupying the office at the time. 

And it’s one of the things that gives me a little case of DC-superiority; the Nationals will have President Obama throwing out their first pitch a week from today at their home opener. The Baltimore Orioles’ home opener today, and they’ll be settling for Vice President Biden. So the guy in this picture will go through just as much security today as I will next week, but he’ll see the person whose Constitutional role consists of little more than, “That Other Guy on the Ticket.”  But it’s still a big deal- VP Biden will be the first sitting vice president to throw out a ceremonial first pitch (edited to add) at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. (Thanks for catching that one, mysterious anonymous commenter.)

Tiffany Baxendell Bridge is an Internet enthusiast and an incurable smartass. When not heckling the neighborhood political scene on Twitter, she can be found goofing off with her ukulele, Bollywood dancing, or obsessing about cult TV. She is That Woman With the Baby In the Bar.

Tiffany lives in Brookland with her husband Tom, son Charlie, and two high-maintenance cats. Read why Tiffany loves DC.

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5 thoughts on “Baltimore: A Heartbeat Away from Being As Awesome As DC”

  1. “But it’s still a big deal- VP Biden will be the first sitting vice president to throw out a ceremonial first pitch.”

    Nope, in 2006 we had that too.

  2. Oh, you’re right, Cheney threw out the first pitch here a few years ago. I misread the article- Biden is the first VP to do it at Camden. I’ll amend the post.

  3. Frankly, Baltimore is not in D.C.’s league, literally and figuratively, so I don’t see the need to compete with them.

    Also, I can still hear the boos directed at Dick Cheney from his 2006 Nats opener appearance.