Obama and Baseball

Today will welcome a historic day for America. As the 44th president of the United States is sworn in, it will mark an emotional day for a country that once embraced slavery, and now sees an African-American become president. Barak Obama is all of this, as well as fan of sports. Here’s but a handful of stories about our 44th president and baseball. MLB.com to Stream Inauguration To start, it has been 133 years and 26 United States Presidents since Major League Baseball’s National League was officially formed in 1876. To commemorate the storied history of baseball and its place as a social institution, MLB.com will offer fans live coverage of the Inauguration of President Barack Obama, beginning at 9:00 a.m. (EST) on Tuesday, January 20, 2009. MLB.com will begin its coverage with streams of six past Presidential Inaugurations, including John F. Kennedy (1961), Lyndon B. Johnson (1965), Jimmy Carter (1977), Ronald Reagan (1981), George H. W. Bush (1989) and Bill Clinton (1993). Ea...