Bush Throws 1st Pitch at Japan Series

W. Opens Game 3 of Japan's Version of Baseball World Series

(AP)  Former President George W. Bush threw out the ceremonial first pitch before Game 3 of the Japan Series between the Yomiuri Giants and Nippon Ham Fighters.

Bush, wearing a Yomiuri warmup jacket, took the mound Tuesday at Tokyo Dome and threw a pitch to Giants catcher Shinnosuke Abe that bounced once in the dirt before being caught.

Bush chatted briefly with several players after walking off the field and watched the game in a private box with former Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. Also in the box were Japanese home run king Sadaharu Oh and U.S. Ambassador John Roos.

The Giants won the game 7-4 to take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series, Japan's version of the World Series.

[mljohns00]

Hurry. Close the borders.

[uswarrior]

Thank you, President Bush, for having the courage to stand-up to the Muslim extremists who want to enslave our country to their religion at gun point. Thank you for having the courage, strength and boldness to take the fight to the enemy who attacked our country and will do so again given the chance. Thanks for being a leader who didn't balk at giving me and the other Armed Forces the resources we needed to win. Thank you for having the guts to give the Iraqi people the chance to have a prospering democracy. Thank you for sacrificing yourself to the ridicule of those Americans who have no clue or respect for the protection you've provided for them. And thanks to the Japanese people who honored you. I saw how excellent their education system is when I was stationed there and now I see its proven to have produced a populace way smarter than a whole lot of Americans.

[wyodutch]

And don't forget that while other pilots were running off to VietNam... Lieutenant Bush was keeping Texas safe from the communist hordes.
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He's such an under-appreciated little fellow.

[tafhdyd]

First, thanks for serving our country. Second, we didn't win with all the resources you speak of, in fact you still haven't captured or killed the 6'7" camel jockey you went after in the first place.

[pluckerup]

Must feel great to be so disliked in your own country. Couldn't even campaign for his own party! Hey Dallas, your village idiot is missing!

[wyodutch]

Hmmmm. I wonder if there's any way we can keep him from returning.

[stinger1z]

Japan, you can keep him, he is useless here.

[presjfk]

I would like to see the video of this and hear the audience's booing.

[hermitdave]

The Kenny Bunk Port Horseless Cowboy is out there playing as usual. It must be nice to have a rich daddy and get to play like you are someone important to the world. Uncle Dick let him play president for 8 years. He played rancher at rent a cow not a horse ranch in Crawford Texas. Played oil company owner with money from Osama Bin Ladens brother. Played baseball team owner with money from his daddy's friends. Played pilot at the Texas Air National Guard for sons of rich people who didn't want their boys hurt in Vietnam. But they say he actually does pick up his dogs poop in his mansion in Big D.

For sure no one is going to seek out this make believe cowboy for any wisdom or intelligent conversation. Have fun George, don't even think about all those evil things you saw Uncle Dick doing for 8 years. You were busy cutting brush in Crawford when the serious work leading to the slaughter if innocent Muslim women and children was formatted.

[stupa3]

The only series that would let him throw a pitch...the Japanese..
go figure...

[Surelyoujest]

Yeah! But can he get a shoe across home plate?

[Ms_enza]

I love to watch the video of the shoe-tosser. The expression on Bush's face is priceless. He genuinely did not understand why the man was throwing his shoe. Which is incredibly sad since easily 90% of all Americans understood that to be an insult from watching YEARS of coverage from Iraq.

Bush was bewildered. (as usual)