he throws like a grrrl

Vice President Cheney throws out the first pitch at the Washington Nationals first home game of the season, at RFK Stadium in Washington, April 11, 2006. REUTERS/Jason Reed

(you KNOW i'm kidding about the gender reference) my 12 and 11 year old nieces (as well as their 11 year old brother) play ball. they are ALL VERY good. if you don't think women can play sports check out the hartford wild rose kick ass rugby team. and someday children when you're old enough i'll tell you about the time my friend debbie and i accidently got into a game of pool against some members of the los solidos 'gang' . we of course kicked their proverbial asses.

Cheers, boos as Cheney opens baseball game
Tue Apr 11, 2006 2:46 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A loud mixture of cheers and boos greeted Vice President Dick Cheney on Tuesday as he threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the Washington Nationals baseball game.
Cheney, wearing a red Nationals warmup jacket, tossed a pitch that reached Nationals catcher Brian Schneider on one bounce.
The vice president, whose popularity is slumping along with that of President Bush, walked out on the field to cheering and booing from the near-sellout crowd. The boos appeared to be little louder than the cheers at RFK Memorial Stadium.
On the field with him were three U.S. servicemen, two of whom had been wounded in Iraq and a third who was injured in Afghanistan. ..

hey i just found this in editor & publisher shedding a little light on wapo's coverage of the BIG event

What Game Were They At? 'Wash Post' Deaf to Boos for Cheney
By E&P Staff Published: April 11, 2006 10:30 PM ET
NEW YORK The veteran Associated Press reporter Terence Hunt heard them. Reuters heard them. In fact, virtually every press account of opening day for the Washington Nationals baseball team at RFK Stadium this afternoon mentioned that when Vice President Dick Cheney was introduced to throw out the first pitch he was loudly booed or at the minimum received more jeers than cheers. A video of the event proves it. But here's how David Nakumura of the hometown Washington Post described it: "The first pitch of the Washington Nationals' second season at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium was low and away, bouncing in the dirt before being scooped up by catcher Brian Schneider."For that, Vice President Cheney received a round of boos from the home crowd this afternoon. But the catcalls didn't last long before the fans cheered for the Nationals, who took the field in their white uniforms with red trim against the New York Mets."No one else suggested that it was the quality of the pitch that set off the booing...........