Major diplomatic embarrassment avoided

So Bill Clinton forgot to bring his glove to opening day in 1994, who could come to the rescue? Why, that great American diplomat Derek Lilliquist, of course!

"A major diplomatic embarrassment was avoided when Derek (a southpaw as is Mr. Clinton) loaned him his."

I had no idea not wearing a glove when throwing out the first pitch was a major diplomatic embarrassment. In fact, I did a google image search on "president throws first pitch" and in almost every picture the President is not wearing a glove. Presidents who weren't afraid of diplomatic embarrassment include Obama, Bush, Wilson, Ford, and Kennedy. Clinton seemed to be the only one who thought throwing without a glove was a danger to world peace. Here's a picture of him with Lilliquist's glove at that 1994 opener, in which Lilliquist, perhaps shaken by his brush with the Presidency, was shaky in a relief appearance.