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William Howard Taft will be fifth president in races at Nationals Park

January 25, 2013 - 09:31 pm

The Washington Nationals will announce Saturday afternoon at NatsFest that they have chosen William Howard Taft to be the fifth Racing President , according to the Curly W Blog on the MLBlogs Network.

Taft was the 27th president and the most corpulent.

Taft succeeded Teddy Roosevelt and the two were allies for a while. But TR ran against Taft on a third party ticket in 1912, allowing Woodrow Wilson to win.

At his girth, will Taft become the perennial underdog in the races at Nationals Park?

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