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Nationals new racing president: William Howard Taft
William Howard Taft is the Washington Nationals’ new racing president, joining George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Teddy Roosevelt in the team’s fourth-inning presidents race. The...
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Nationals introduce William Howard Taft (Photos, Video)
The Washington Nationals introduced their new racing president Saturday at the team’s NatsFest fan festival. With a packed crowd gathered around the NatsFest mainstage, Nationals broadcaster Charlie...
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Teddy takes an early lead in fan voting as race vs. Taft begins
Nats Racing presidents Teddy Roosevelt and William Howard Taft took off this morning on their Executive Adventure to Mt. Rushmore, with Taft tweeting a photo from the starting line. Fans who follow the...
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Taft Gains on Teddy in race to Mt. Rushmore
Racing president William Howard Taft gained ground on Teddy Roosevelt late Friday evening as they both crossed the Illinois line after just one day of their race to Mt. Rushmore. The Big Chief followed...
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Taft skips first presidents race of 2013, Gecko flattens Washington
New racing president William Howard Taft sat out the first presidents race of 2013 at Nationals Park. The unofficial race was part of Friday’s exhibition opener vs. the New York Yankees. Taft wasn’t...
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Video: Winthrop Roosevelt no help as William Howard Taft pushes Teddy around...
Winthrop Roosevelt was on hand to cheer on his great-great grandfather for the opening day presidents race at Nationals Park, but the Nats’ newest racing president established himself as an enforcer...
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Video: Washington gets his revenge on WH Taft
After William Howard Taft tried to knock out the competition during his debut presidents race on opening day, George Washington decided to send a message. On Wednesday night at Nationals Park, Taft...
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Seamheads.com & SABRmetrics expert says dump Taft, Let Teddy Win
The folks over at Seamheads.com know a thing or two about baseball, having authored 90 books about the subject. So the Washington Nationals might do well to pay attention when Seamheads managing...
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Video: Taft notches his first-ever presidents race victory, beating Teddy at...
The recent spate of violence and cheating in the Nationals’ presidents race escalated Saturday afternoon at Nationals Park as Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, and George Washington all got into the...
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Video: Big Bill Taft leads wire to wire, earns victory #2
The Nats returned from a lengthy west coast road trip Friday night, and Jordan Zimmermann welcomed fans and Phillies back to Nationals Park with a dominating performance. In the fourth inning...
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Orioles Bird takes out racing presidents, struggles with Taft
Baltimore Orioles mascot “The Bird” made his annual appearance at Nationals Park Tuesday night as the Nats took on the Orioles in the “Battle of the Beltways.” The creatively named mascot has been...
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Videos: Taft competes with Teddy for Twitter followers, Abe slams him with a...
The cheating is getting out of hand in the Nationals presidents race, and if that sounds like nothing new, the difference vs. previous years is that now even Teddy isn’t getting disqualified. On...
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Taft plays Jason for Friday the 13th, gets clocked by George
The Nationals racing presidents kicked off the final homestand of the season as the presidents race was meant to be, with the Rushmore four — George, Tom, Abe, and Teddy — racing closely along the...
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Video: Taft & Lincoln stop presidents race to commemorate dedication of...
You have to hand it to the Nationals mascot team. They really do their homework. Friday marked the 92nd anniversary of the dedication of D.C.’s Lincoln Memorial — a ceremony presided over by the 27th...
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Taft recruits rats from National Opera to ambush his fellow racing presidents
Whether William Howard Taft is a rat may be subject to debate, but Saturday left no doubt whether the newest racing president hangs out with them. After Taft won his second race on Friday, his fellow...
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GIF: Taft’s wife Nellie pops up to disrupt Nationals presidents race
Friday night marked the anniversary of “Nellie” Taft’s death in 1943, and to memorialize the occasion with dignity, the 27th first lady popped out from a jack-in-the-box to spook the Nationals’ racing...
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