US Presidents have thrown out the first pitch for MLB's opening day for over 100 years - here's the history from Taft to Obama

President Barack Obama threw the first pitch at a Washington Nationals vs. Philadelphia Phillies game on opening day 2010.

In 2009, Vice President Joe Biden threw the first pitch at the Baltimore Orioles vs. New York Yankees opening-day game.

George W. Bush threw the first pitch at the Milwaukee Brewers vs. Cincinnati Reds game in 2001, the first year of his presidency.

President Bill Clinton threw the first pitch for the Baltimore Orioles' opening-day games multiple times during his presidency. While he grew up in Arkansas, his wife Hillary Clinton turned him into a Chicago Cubs fan.

Source: The Baseball Almanac

George H.W. Bush, a lifelong lover of the sport, threw out many first pitches during his political career. Here he is in 1988 at the New York Mets opening day.

Back in the 1930s, President Ronald Reagan's broadcasted play-by-play re-enactments of Chicago Cubs games for an Iowa radio station. He threw out many first pitches during his political career.

Sources: ESPN, New York Times

President John F. Kennedy once threw out the first pitch wearing a suit. He was a baseball fan throughout his entire life, and cultivated the support of prominent baseball players during his campaigns for political office.

Source: New York Times

President and General Dwight Eisenhower had a secret career playing minor league baseball before attending West Point Military Academy in the early 20th century.

Source: New York Times

Baseball was a comforting distraction to many Americans during the Great Depression and World War II, and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt encouraged the sport to carry on during the nation's most difficult times.

Source: National Archives

The first US President known to ever throw the first pitch at an opening-day baseball game was William Howard Taft in 1910.

Source: ESPN