Last week we told you about Nationals' Presidents Race tryouts, and it looks like quite a few intrepid bloggers went down to RFK Stadium to don giant president heads and try their racing abilities. Both Christmas Ape from Deadspin and Bruce from 567 Miles from Home blogged about the experience, and it sounds like a pretty funny one. There were also some mainstream reporters from the Times and WTOP.

The Times says that the 30 folks who showed up were culled from the 120 or so applicants, and 15 to 20 will be hired. The prospective presidents tried on the 11-12 feet tall suits and raced down the first base line. The video above, which many of you have likely already seen, shows one poor Thomas Jefferson who fell flat on his face. Looks like he needed to lean back. Posture, Tom! What did Mama Jefferson teach you?

But in watching the video and looking at the photos, we noticed something amiss — where's Teddy? Teddy Roosevelt, of course, being the president who always loses the race, even if he takes a zipline or gets carried on a palanquin with a Secret Service escort. Tom Davis, not the Congressman but the guy who manages the races, told WTOP, "He needs to rest up. He's had a rough couple of years. He's looking to get back in shape." Yeah right, Tom. Trying to throw us off the trail. Maybe Tom Davis the congressman should look into this.

Clearly Teddy is a plant from the Nats who runs really slowly on purpose, or perhaps an animatronic slowpoke like the Rock-afire Explosion from Showbiz Pizza. Then again, it's possible there's some kind of special equipment to slow down whoever is in Teddy. We bet the diabolical Nats didn't want to show bloggers and the press their secret robo-Teddy slow machine. Yeah, that's it.

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