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Baseball: the presidents' pastime
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Jimmy Carter to celebrate 98th birthday with family, friends, baseball
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Baseball: the presidents' pastime
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Our Baseball Presidents, Part 2, by John Thorn
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US Presidents have thrown out the first pitch for MLB's opening day for over 100 years - here's the history from Taft to Obama
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Astros 8, Rangers 5: How Houston won Game 3 of ALCS on the road
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Baseball: the presidents' pastime
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Beyond first pitch: Baseball's major role in US presidential history