President Trump declines to throw first pitch for Nationals

Washington said President Donald Trump declined an invitation to throw out the ceremonial first pitch before the team’s game on opening day.

A spokeswoman for the baseball team said the White House said Trump would not be at next week’s game at Nationals Park against the Miami Marlins because of a scheduling conflict.

President Barack Obama threw the ceremonial first pitch at the Nationals’ opener in 2010, marking the 100th anniversary of a presidential pitch to start the season. William Howard Taft first did it on April 14, 1910.