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The first regular season game in Yankee Stadium was played on April 18, 1923. The first pitch was thrown by Yankees right hander Bob Shawkey. Shawkey was the winning pitcher as the Yankees defeated the Boston Red Sox, 4-1.
The New York Yankees. She later threw the first pitch at Yankee Stadium to open the 1968 season.
The 2001 World Series was played in the wake of the 9/11 terrorists attacks. The first pitch was given to the honors of President George Bush for game three, the first game played at Yankees Stadium.
The ceremonial first pitch was by President Bush. The first pitch of the game was by Curt Schilling.
George W. Bush threw the ceremonial first pitch.
Jack Fisher
Maybe because he had some kind of surgery or First Lady did.
David Wells pitched one perfect game against the Minnesota Twins at Yankee Stadium on May 17 1998
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Southpaw Paul Splittorff.
William Taft started the tradition of presidents throwing a ceremonial first pitch. He did it on opening day (April 14) of 1910, throwing the first pitch to Walter Johnson. One of his predecessors, William McKinley, had thrown a ceremonial first pitch when he was Governor of Ohio, but not when he was president.
Willian Howard Taft threw out the first ceremonial first pitch in the Washington Senators home opener against the Philadelphia Athletics in 1910.