2009 All Star Game: Barack Obama throws out first pitch - video

July 15, 2009

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President Barack Obama threw out the ceremonial first pitch and it barely reached the plate Tuesday night. St. Louis Cardinals star Albert Pujols helped the president, moving up on the plate and reaching out to scoop the low toss.

Obama had warmed up on the White House grounds Monday night, and was determined his pitch would get there on a fly, according to Washington Times.

"We did a little practicing in the Rose Garden," he said during a half-inning with the FOX broadcasters. "This is as much fun as I've had in quite some time."

Wearing a Chicago White Sox jacket, jeans and sneakers, and cheered by the sellout crowd at Busch Stadium, Obama walked out of the National League's dugout on the first-base side, shook hands with Cardinals Hall of Famer Stan Musial and trotted to the mound.

"I did not play organized baseball when I was a kid and so, you know, I think some of these natural moves aren't so natural to me," Obama said.