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Sherman was the first vice president to throw the first pitch in what sport?

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  • Football

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Answer

Baseball holds the distinction of being the first sport to witness a vice president's ceremonial first pitch. Vice President Sherman, the second vice president under President Rutherford B. Hayes, made history in 1884 when he stepped up to the mound and tossed the inaugural first pitch at a game between the Washington Nationals and the Philadelphia Athletics.
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