FAUCI DIARY ARCHIVE — Thursday, July 23, 2020
https://faucisdiary.com/diary/2020-07-23

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DIARY ENTRY — Thursday, July 23, 2020
Source: Tony's Diary Package, pp. 261–262 of 2026.07.24_Tonys-Diary-Package.pdf
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Global - 14,800,000/612,000; USA – 3,950,000/143,000

Uneventful day with usual NIH meetings. Did not go down to White House. Getting
nervous about throwing out the first ball at Nats stadium tonight in the Opening Day
ceremony of Nats versus Yankees game.

Amazing night at NATS Stradium where I threw out the first pitch to open the 2020
Baseball season with Nats – NY Yankees game. Unfortunately, I threw a “bouncer” to
the right of the plate. I felt really badly but the overwhelming public reaction to it was
sympathetic and positive. Mark Lerner (owner of Nats) had me sign dozens of baseballs
to be given out to people and one that will go into the Baseball Hall of Fame together
with 2 Louisville Slugger bats. I signed a Nats Jersey that will hang on the wall in Nats
stadium next to a similar shirt signed by President Obama. Game got rained out in the
6th inning and we went home. Yankees were leading 4-1.

PRESS: Interviewed with David Axelrod for “The Axe Files” podcast; Wall Street
Journal Article on AIDS activism;