karen travers explains. >> reporter: in milwaukee they have sausages, in san diego, a chicken. in philadelphia they have whatever this is. but in washington we have presidents. >> good morning. >> reporter: no, not those presidents. these presidents. lincoln, washington, jefferson and teddy roosevelt. and they run in the presidents' race a fourth inning tration at every washington nationals home baseball game. the concept is simple. four presidents, one mad dash to the finish line. though the nationals have struggled losing more than 100 games this season, the presidents' race always gets the fans out of their seats. teddy roosevelt is the clear fan favorite. and a lovable loser. >> let teddy win. >> reporter: teddy is winless in nearly 300 races though he often comes close to victory. why do you still have any hope. >> when he starts winning they'll start winning. >> reporter: his tactics include riding a segway, a motorcycle and bringing in extra help from the stands. >> kind of like the trickster for kids rabbit. always screws up. >> reporter: they say it's not fixed and ted