Ask any Nationals fan about the RFK Stadium experience and two common themes emerge:

• It’s fun making sure you received correct change after using a $20 to buy a $4.50 beef dog.
• More often than not, the Presidents Race is the highlight of the game (besides watching Dmitri Young shoot up insulin at first base.)

Every race features the four presidents from Mount Rushmore: Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson and T. Roosevelt. (Also because a race with FDR would be mean.)  The race starts from bullpen on the first base side in the middle of the fourth inning. Whoever crosses home plate first wins. Since the races began in 2006, Roosevelt has never won. (According to Wikipedia, Jefferson leads the season series.) Sometimes he falls down. Sometimes he tackles the leader. Once he chased after the Easter Bunny.

Read this article for more about the 26th President’s travails.

Poor Trust Buster.

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