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Izaiah Robinson, center, whose father is deployed in Bahrain, was one of nine military children with family members either recently or currently deployed invited to spend opening day of the Major League Baseball season at Washington Nationals Park in Washington D.C., April 5, 2010. The children got to take the field with the Nationals' nine starting players to see President Barack Obama throw out the first pitch. The Nationals lost 11-1 to the Philadephia Phillies.

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Izaiah Robinson, center, whose father is deployed in Bahrain, was one of nine military children with family members either recently or currently deployed invited to spend opening day of the Major League Baseball season at Washington Nationals Park in Washington D.C., April 5, 2010. The children got to take the field with the Nationals' nine starting players to see President Barack Obama throw out the first pitch. The Nationals lost 11-1 to the Philadephia Phillies.

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