The Nationals kicked off a season of “Ten Year Tuesdays” this evening at Nationals Park, featuring theme events and giveaways to celebrate ten years of Nationals history. So in the fourth inning, the racing presidents chipped in with a tribute of their own.
Back in 2006, before the Lerner family bought the Washington Nationals from Major League Baseball, the Nationals presidents race was simply an animated scoreboard diversion on the original RFK Stadium “jumbotron” (the graphics, which were limited by the RFK scoreboard, look positively primitive by today’s standards).
On Tuesday night, rather than run a live race, the original Rushmore Four — George Tom, Abe, and Teddy — lined up by the finish line with giant joysticks and looked toward the Nationals Park scoreboard, where they “replayed” the inaugural video game version of the presidents race.
As William Howard Taft looked on, George Washington was able to relive his historic victory of April 11, 2006 before then turning to cross the finish line.
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LET TEDDY WIN 