Since the tradition was began by Taft in 1910, Jimmy Carter was the only president who never threw out an opening day pitch . He did throw out the first pitch at a World Series game in 1079.
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William Howard Taft, on April 14th 1910. He threw the first pitch to the Washington senator's pitcher to begin the game, then stayed to watch the rest of it, enjoying himself so mucht hat every president since has done the same thing.
It was President William Howard Taft who threw out the ceremonial first pitch for the Washington Senators home opener against the Philadelphia Athletics to start the 1910 American League season.
Theodore Roosevelt :)
Baseball is a game of balls and strikes: the pitcher throws the ball, and the batter tries to hit it. If the batter swings at the ball and misses, that is called a strike. A batter gets three strikes (three efforts to swing at the ball) before being called "out."
What Theodore Roosevelt said was not "walk softly but carry a big stick" as is often mis-quoted. He gave his famous quote during a speech in 1903: There is a homely old adage which runs: "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far." If the American nation will speak softly, and yet build and keep at a pitch of the highest training a thoroughly efficient navy, the Monroe Doctrine will go far. Source:mediatinker