President Lyndon Johnson Baseball Related Quotations

Lyndon Johnson was the first President to dedicated a new ballpark and saw that game in 1965, at the Astrodome with his wife. When he was a youth he played catcher and loved the game of baseball, but as a President he had little time to attend games due to a number of problems in the Country.

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"We cheer for the Senators, we pray for the Senators, and we hope that the Supreme Court does not declare that unconstitutional." - Lyndon Johnson

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Lyndon Johnson : April 12, 1965

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"We cheer for the Senators, we pray for the Senators, and we hope that the Supreme Court does not declare that unconstitutional."

"They booed Ted Williams too, remember? They'll say about me I knocked the ball over the fence, but they don't like the way he stands at the plate."

"You ought to be very proud of this stadium (Astrodome). It is massive, beautiful, and it will be a very great asset."

"Being in Washington opened so many opportunities for you. We used to have all kinds of senators come out to the ballpark... Senator George of Georgia, Senator Johnson of Texas. He used to come out and eat hot dogs. I used to go out and sit with them and tell them about all these new ballplayers and who was coming. Of course that's when he was minority leader. When he became majority leader he had to change his style of living." - Clark Griffith

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In 1955 Lyndon Johnson personally attended some Spring Training games while he was doing some work in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Did you know that President Lyndon Johnson appointed Stan Musial to head the President's council on Physical Fitness?

James Kaplan was the first poster boy in 1968 for the Arthritis Foundation and President Lyndon Johnson gave him a signed baseball.