Dirk is German and likely grew up never throwing a baseball. Considering the cir stances, the throw wasn't that bad.
Obama, however, threw out one of the most re ed looking first pitches I've ever seen. What's his excuse? Unless you're a got, every kid in the United States grew up playing at least some amount of baseball. Obama embarrassed the sport of baseball and the United States with a pitch not even worthy of a 10 year old girl.
The MLB probably should've replaced the ball with a clump of feces, since chimps are known to be adept at throwing their with great velocity and pin-point accuracy.