Baseball Opening Day

Budweiser wants the White House to take us all out to the ball game on Opening Day.

Louis beer company’s White House petition to have the first day of the season declared a national holiday reached the minimum threshold of 100,000 signatures required for a response from the administration on Friday, several days ahead of the 30-day deadline.

While the White House has a self-imposed 60-day window to respond to any petitions that hit the 100,000 signature mark, Tom Kraus, the director Budweiser Brand Marketing at Anheuser-Busch InBev, said the conversation is already underway to get an answer before Opening Day arrives next Monday, March 31.

“But the real goal is having the White House recognize this effort and proclaim it a national day of observance.

The petition’s text highlighted the role of baseball — and the start of the season — as a day for Americans to come together.