batting practice. and i was raised by bleacher bums in the 1960s at wrigley field. you got to throw out the first pitch at wrigley field. what was that like for you? it was really scary because there s no do-over. and i knew that. the president threw it in the dirt. the camera didn t show it. but at the all-star game, he threw it in the dirt. i found out from somebody in the cubs organization that something like over 90% of the people who throw out the first pitch throw it in the dirt. so i practiced with my son and my daughter who likes baseball. so i threw what my son charitably called a change-up. but it was really kind of more of a pop-up. but it did get all the way to the plate. good job. tomorrow at this time, jonathan shares behind-the-scenes insights he s gathered and why one insiders says the