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Nats unveil Taft as newest racing president
After getting his first ever win in 2012, Teddy has some new competition in the Washington Nationals' presidents’ race.
President William Howard Taft is the Nationals' newest racing president, the team unveiled at a fan event Saturday.
Taft will now join Presidents
Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson and Teddy Roosevelt in the Nationals’ 4th inning
presidents’ race.
Taft, the 27th president, had a real-life rivalry with Teddy Roosevelt, the 26th, as Roosevelt mounted a third-party challenge against Taft that led to defeat for both presidents.
Teddy had famously never won a race until last year, leading to a website and Twitter account, “Let Teddy Win.” He broke the years-long losing streak in the Nationals final regular season game as they went to the playoffs for the first time.
Like Teddy — whose Twitter account @Teddy26Nats has more than 10,000 followers —Taft is already on Twitter at @NatsBigChief27.
“Listen up, @Teddy26Nats - we've run against each other in the past, now we'll run together in 2013! #5thPresident,” Taft tweeted, telling followers to call him “Bill.”
Image via blog.letteddywin.com.
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