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Petraeus and Broadwell: Teddy fans

David Petraeus throws out the first pitch at Nationals Park on Military Appreciation Day September 9, 2012 (AP)
David Petraeus throws out the first pitch at Nationals Park on Military Appreciation Day September 9, 2012 (AP)
Turns out General David Petraeus and Paula Broadwell were members of the Let Teddy Win movement. According to a new article by Dave Kindred, Petraeus, a known fitness freak, was asked about Teddy before a planned visit to Nationals Park on the team’s Military Appreciation Day in September.

Communicating through Broadwell, Kindred asked if Petraeus would be doing one of those segments where he coaches Teddy Roosevelt before the race. Broadwell told Kindred that Petraeus “insists he won’t coach unless the Nats let Teddy win.”

So that’s one thing that worked out well for them this fall.

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Presidents Race Fan

I am a huge Washington Nationals fan (and partial season ticket holder) whose son fell in love with the Presidents Race from that first day in July, 2006 when big-headed Teddy first came up short. It's wonderful to think that such a fan-friendly tradition could become established in DC so quickly. Who says DC doesn't have great fans? I hope that our chants of "Let Teddy Win!" during the Presidents Race will continue to add fun and excitement to Nationals Park, and help turn more and more young people into Washington Nationals fans. I started letteddywin.com to have fun and help fuel the fan spirit around the presidents race.

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  1. What really annoyed about that article was the line at the end that Teddy was rumored to have an affair. It quite clear if really look at Teddy’s life, especially reading the Edmund Morris books on him, he would not have had an affair.

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