Dr. Anthony Fauci throws out first pitch before MLB opener between Nationals and Yankees, a season delayed since March due to COVID-19
WASHINGTON — In an appropriate intersection of the world we’ve lived in the past five months and the way we would like it to be, celebrated immunologist Anthony Fauci climbed to the mound at Nationals Park on Thursday night and lobbed the first pitch of the 2020 Major League Baseball season, a campaign delayed since March, when the novel coronavirus that Fauci is helping to fight shut down most of the globe.
The sport grinded to a halt on March 12, shutting down spring training and pushing back the March 26 Opening Day to a date unknown.Fauci, who has served as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases since 1984, is a Nationals fan by proximity, even if his longtime allegiances run toward Washington’s opponent Thursday night, the New York Yankees.
He has used sports as a conduit to the general public in the time of COVID-19, co-hosting an Instagram Live program with two-time NBA MVP Steph Curry and joining Nationals first baseman Ryan Zimmerman on a handful of video chats.
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