Asked about the pitch, Obama made it clear he’s been thinking about it. “Well, I think it’s fair to say that I wanted to loosen up my arm a little bit,”  Spokesman Tommy Vietor said the president plans to warm up before the pitch with St. Louis Cardinal slugger Albert Pujols.

Below is a Video of President Obama’s First Pitch

Pictures of President Obama’s First Pitch are below.

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Obama-First-Pitch-2009-All-Star-Game

“I’m a great baseball fan. I didn’t play org baseball when I was a kid, so I think some of these natural moves aren’t so natural to me,” he said.

The president deferred from picking a 2009 World Series winner but said there is a lot of parity in the sport, which he considered a good thing.

“Everybody around the country has a little bit of hope for their team. … Maybe the exception would be the Nationals who are still young and just had a new ballpark,” Obama said, referring to his new hometown team in Washington. Before the game, Obama visited both the American and National league clubhouses.