President Donald Trump said Sunday that he would not throw out the first pitch at a New York Yankees game in mid-August, promising instead to do so later in the baseball season.
Trump said on Twitter that he cannot make it to New York on Aug. 15 because of his “strong focus” on the White House response to the novel-coronavirus pandemic.
At a White House coronavirus briefing Thursday, the president told reporters that he accepted an invitation from Yankees President Randy Levine to perform the pregame ceremony. The team subsequently confirmed that Trump would throw the ceremonial pitch at some point this season, according to ESPN.