Nats unveil Taft as newest racing president

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.

{mosads}Now they will battle it out racing around the Nationals
outfield in the presidents’ race, where Teddy is already a fan favorite.

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.