Nationals Announce ‘Bill’ Taft as Fifth Racing President

January 25, 2013 8:43 PM

Washington Nationals mascot Teddy Roosevelt wins the president’s race for the first time during the game against the Philadelphia Phillies. (Credit: Greg Fiume/Getty Images)

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Remember this?

Well, Teddy has new competition.

The Washington Nationals will announce William Howard Taft as the fifth racing president at Nats Fest Saturday afternoon.

The team broke the news on its blog Friday evening, the country’s 27^th president would be joining the All-Star cast of Abe, George, Tom and Teddy for the once-a-game race around Nats Park during the 2013 baseball season.

BREAKING: #Nats come to terms with @NatsBigChief27 as #5thPresident, pending physical: atmlb.com/Urda7l
—
Washington Nationals (@Nationals) January 26, 2013

This is a major league addition to the time-honored tradition.

You may remember when Washington made ‘national’ headlines after Teddy raced to his first victory in more than 500 attempts last season.

And by the looks of it, he may finally have some help…

Listen up, @Teddy26Nats - we've run against each other in the past, now we'll run together in 2013! #5thPresident
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William Howard Taft (@NatsBigChief27) January 26, 2013