Donald Trump turns down offer to throw ceremonial first pitch at Nationals' game

President Donald Trump will not throw the ceremonial first pitch at the Washington Nationals' opening game. The president was invited by the Nationals baseball team to throw the first pitch for their opening season, but he declined due to a scheduling conflict. Trump would have been the 14th president in a row to perform the ceremonial tradition. The tradition began in 1910 when then-president William Howard Taft threw the first pitch for the Washington Senators.