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During this season of primary politics and curious political antics, we are thankfully distracted by our great American pastime, baseball, where hot dogs, peanuts and Cracker Jack still prevail in stadiums across the country.\xa0While our 40th president spent more time on the track, in the pool, and on the gridiron, baseball was still a great love of his and an important part of his life. Even his father, Jack Reagan, played a little baseball around the late 1800\u2019s in Bennett, Iowa.\xa0Starting in the early 30\u2019s, Ronald Reagan became the play-by-play reenactment voice for the Chicago Cubs. As \u201cDutch Reagan\u201d on Iowa\u2019s WHO, he would receive game updates via telegraph and then, accompanied by sound effects, bring the action to life with a vivid description of the details. In one famous instance, the telegraph feed went down in the ninth inning of a tight ballgame, forcing the young announcer to improvise on the spot. So, with that story in mind, let\u2019s listen to our 40th president warmly welcome some of baseball\u2019s finest to the White House.