President Obama threw out his first first pitch at the MLB All-Star baseball game in St. Louis on July 14, 2009. He just barely reached his goal of getting it over the plate thanks to a helping hand from Albert Pujols, who moved up to catch the ball when it fell slightly short. Obama celebrated with a left-handed fist pump. The president also threw out the ceremonial first at today's game between the Washington Nationals and the Phillies. (He missed Opening Day last year to attend the G-20 conference.) Obama, wearing a Nationals warm-up jacket and the cap of his beloved White Sox, delivered a woobly, high-arcing pitch that was way way off the plate. But at least he wasn't sporting Dad jeans. Jeff Roberson / AP Photo Plenty of big men can bring the heat, but as William Howard Taft, our country's heaviest president—at 6-feet tall and more than 350 pounds—delivers the first pitch at a Yankee game in 1910, it looks like the only thing he's going to throw out is his back. David Wells he's not. Rogers Photo Archive / Getty Images Technically speaking, Wilson wasn't the President of the United States when he threw out this first pitch in 1910, but he was the president of Princeton University. Based on his delivery, it would appear he was more of a batting practice coach than a power pitcher. Rogers Photo Archive / Getty Images Warren Harding (seen here throwing out the first pitch on opening day in 1922) became president in the first election in which women had the right to vote. Based on the reaction by the ladies in his box, he no longer had his fastball. Rogers Photo Archive / Getty Images "Next to religion," Herbert Hoover once said, "baseball has furnished a greater impact on American life than any other institution." Though he once joked that he wasn't much of a shortstop, Hoover, seen here in 1930, looks as if he might have had more success on the mound. Rogers Photo Archive / Getty Images FDR was careful not to be seen in public with a wheelchair, and is supported here as he throws out the first pitch to open the World Series. During World War II, he famously wrote to baseball’s commissioner, urging him to keep the games going, even after those of military age went into service, as “the greater use of older players [will] not damped the popularity of the sport.” Rogers Photo Archive / Getty Images Truman, seen here at an opening day between the Washington Senators and the New York Yankees, was the first southpaw president to throw out a first pitch. He also attended more baseball games than any other president in history, but based on his aim here, he obviously believed in the high heat. Rogers Photo Archive / Getty Images Quite the athlete, Eisenhower once said not making the baseball team at West Point was “one of the greatest disappointments of [his] life.” The impressive spitter he threw in June 1953 for the Senators’ season proved the academy’s mistake. George Skadding, Time Life Pictures / Getty Images In January 1964, the Cuban president threw out a pitch for a local Havana team, giving new meaning to the words Cuban Missile. Ben Martin, Time Life Pictures / Getty Images Among the nattily dressed crowd observing Johnson’s first pitch of the 1967 season are future President Gerald Ford and Senator Edmund Muskie. Note LBJ’s left hand—the 36th President apparenty tried to employ the ol’ hidden ball trick. Arnold Sachs / Getty Images President Nixon threw out the pitch in 1969 on the American League’s opening day. Years before, Harry Truman warned his friend, Washington Senators owner Clark Griffith, of Tricky Dick via telegram: "BEST OF LUCK TO YOU ON OPENING DAY AND EVERY DAY. WATCH OUT FOR THAT NIXON. DON'T LET HIM THROW YOU A CURVE. YOUR FRIEND, HARRY TRUMAN." AP Photo One of the best athletes ever to live in the White House, the 38th president threw out the first pitch at the 1976 Texas Rangers game in Arlington, and should have stayed in his seat. Instead he left, missing an eleven-inning pitcher duel. MLB Photos / Getty Images Nicaraguan President Violeta Chamorro really got into the spirit of the game, throwing out the first pitch in October 1991 at a tournament celebrating 100 years of baseball in her home country. If only she had remembered to bring the right glove… Matias Recart, AFP / Getty Images President Jimmy Carter was a huge softball fan, but who ever heard of a ceremonial first softball pitch? The former Georgia governor threw out the first pitch at Game One of the 1992 World Series between the Atlanta Braves and the Toronto Blue Jays, but his form wouldn’t intimidate a Little Leaguer. MLB Photos / Getty Images When he threw out the first pitch at a Baltimore Orioles game in 1993, Clinton was the first president ever to make it from the pitcher’s mound to the catcher’s mitt. And based on his grip on the ball, it appears that as with interns, when it came to baseball, Clinton also liked curves. Scott Wachter, Allsport / Getty Images Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez came stateside to throw out the ceremonial first pitch before a 1999 New York Mets game at Shea Stadium. He’s got the game face and the form, but you have to think he’s also pretty wild. Matt Campbell, AFP / Getty Images While attending Yale, Bush 41 he was captain of the school’s baseball team, and the left-handed first baseman played in the first two College World Series (And even got to meet Babe Ruth before a game.) Bush still had the right stuff in 2003 when he threw out the ceremonial first pitch at a Pittsburgh Pirates and Cincinnati Reds game. Jonathan Daniel / Getty Images Longtime baseball fan George W. Bush once owned a stake in his beloved Texas Rangers team and served as managing general partner until elected as the state’s governor. His presidential appearance at Game 3 of the World Series between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the New York Yankees, only six weeks after 9/11 helped reassure the a stunned city—and the nation. Say what you will about George W. Bush, but the man stood on the rubber that night and threw a perfect strike. Doug Mills / AP Photo