"I just couldn't believe that any politician could look that comfortable out there. [...] It was obvious he had played before. You could just tell, the way he shifted his feet and changed position. He had one difficult fielding chance. He knocked the ball down and threw to the pitcher for the out."
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Presidents of the United StatesPoliticians from TexasNon-fiction authors from the United StatesPoliticians from BostonUnited States presidential candidates, 1992
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Jim Burris (Denver Bears GM), regarding the sitting Vice President's participation in an otherwise exclusively MLB-based Old-Timer's Game held at Mile High Stadium on Friday, July 13, 1984; as quoted in "Sports People; Who's On First" in The New York Times (July 15, 1984), p. C2
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