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...time at Yale and his partial ownership of the Texas Rangers in the 1990’s, the fictional Wayne Palmer, according to his biographical profile on the show’s official website, attended Stanford on a baseball scholarship and was even named “NCAA Baseball Pitcher of the Year,” a distinction that to the best of my knowledge does not actually exist...
...couldn’t help but wonder, in the wake of this startling discovery, first off, what kind of pitcher Wayne would have been for the Cardinal. More broadly, though, I’m curious how this apparent connection between baseball prowess and political success informs our understanding of the qualifications for each position—Division I hurler and Commander-in-Chief...
With his lanky frame, I envision Palmer as a clever righty with decent velocity in the mold of fellow Stanford alum Mike Mussina (or, rather, Mussina is in the Palmer mold). But reigning Ivy League Pitcher of the Year, junior Shawn Haviland, a breaking-ball specialist with excellent control, disagrees...
Perhaps the most interesting aspect of the online Wayne Palmer resume, however, is the implication that Palmer, despite being a decorated collegiate pitcher coming out of a major conference in the Pac 10, had no professional career, instead joining the Marines and afterwards continuing his education at Yale Law School. (In case you’re wondering, Wayne isn’t the only one with Ivy League ties. Bill Buchanan has a degree in English from Brown—doesn’t strike me as the type—and Karen Hayes went to Princeton...
...College baseball pitchers would make good presidents,” he wrote, “because as a pitcher you are in control of the game and have all the pressure on your shoulders...