VP throws first pitch

The vice president lobbed a high ball to catcher Chad Moeller to kick off the O's season.

(CNN) – Vice President Joe Biden took the mound Monday, throwing the ceremonial first pitch at the Baltimore Orioles' home opener against the New York Yankees.

The vice president lobbed a high ball to catcher Chad Moeller to kick off the O's season.

And Biden had some help with the pitch. Eight youth from the Baltimore Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities League, a program founded by Major League Baseball and sponsored by the Baltimore Orioles Charitable Foundation, accompanied the vice president onto the mound at Camden Yards.