<P> In 2014, Ozzie Smith, with the support of Anheuser - Busch, began a campaign using the We the People site on WhiteHouse.gov to petition the U.S. government to make Opening Day an official national holiday . </P> <P> In 1907, the New York Giants forfeited their game at the Polo Grounds to the Philadelphia Phillies, 9--0, after rowdy fans made and threw snowballs . Without police available to restore order, umpire Bill Klem awarded the game to the Phillies . </P> <P> In 1940, Cleveland Indians pitcher Bob Feller threw a no - hitter to open the season against the Chicago White Sox . It remains the only no - hitter in Opening Day history . </P> <P> Twelve U.S. Presidents have thrown the first ball of the season . On April 14, 1910, baseball enthusiast William Howard Taft attended the home opener in Washington, D.C., becoming the first U.S. President to throw out the first pitch to start a season . Harry S. Truman threw first pitches with both his right and left arm in 1950 . On April 4, 1994, Bill Clinton inaugurated the Cleveland Indians' new ballpark, then known as Jacobs Field and now as Progressive Field, with the first pitch . </P>

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