Harrison was the first to attend a major league game, but not the first to attend a baseball game. Andrew Johnson not only attended an amateur game being played in the vicinity of the White House, but he took the executive staff out there with him, and then invited the players inside.
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Harrison was the first to attend a major league game, but not the first to attend a baseball game. Andrew Johnson not only attended an amateur game being played in the vicinity of the White House, but he took the executive staff out there with him, and then invited the players inside.