Jimmy Carter

From BR Bullpen

James Earl Carter, Jr.

Born October 1, 1924 in Plains, GA USA

"In 1976, Jimmy Carter got the Secret Service on his team and they consistently beat the media." - TV newsman Sam Donaldson

"Next time, get your ass here before the seventh game." - Rick Dempsey, speaking about the only major league game (the last one of the 1979 World Series) that Carter attended while President

Jimmy Carter was the thirty-ninth President of the United States (1977-1981), and later won the Nobel Peace Prize. He was not very interested in attending major league baseball games but was a fanatic softball player. He had been a pitcher for his baseball team "in submarines", as he put it (he was a naval officer under Hyman Rickover in the Navy's nuclear submarine program). When he was president, he was such a serious softball player that his Secret Service people felt pressure to perform well on the field.