Obama plans to throw out first pitch

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama plans to throw out the ceremonial first pitch before the All-Star game at Busch Stadium in St. Louis on July 14.

The White House said Tuesday that Major League Baseball's focus on community service matches Obama's service initiative this summer, known as United We Serve.

Obama, a White Sox fan, will be the fourth president to throw out the first pitch at an All-Star game, following John F. Kennedy (1962 in Washington), Richard Nixon (1970 in Cincinnati) and Gerald Ford (1976 in Philadelphia).

In addition, Franklin D. Roosevelt attended the 1937 game in Washington, and George H.W. Bush went to the 1991 game at Toronto and the 1992 game at San Diego.

-- The Associated Press