Caron Butler threw out the ceremonial first pitch before the Washington Nationals vs. Cleveland Indians game yesterday afternoon at RFK. If you saw highlights of this on the news, you probably saw that the pitch came up a little short. The fans in attendance gave the usual reaction after a short pitch, but showered him with love when he came back to the stands.

Butler also hosted his first annual 3-D basketball camp for boys and girls ages 8-16 at Bishop McNamara High School in Forestville, MD this past week. Check out the video below for our recap.

Butler also attended this past weekend’s NBA Nation event, which was held on Pennsylvania Ave in downtown DC. DeShawn Stevenson and former Wizard Juan Dixon also stopped by the festivities.

I can’t believe I didn’t see this over the weekend, but here’s Steinberg’s story on Caron Butler’s recent surprise visit to a neighborhood kid’s birthday party. (Edit: More on this courtesy of Lindsay Czarniak at NBC4.)

As if you needed another reason to like Caron Butler, this could be the definitive reason.

About two weeks ago, Caron received an invitation left on his door to a party left by a neighborhood kid who was going to celebrate his 16th birthday on May 12. Butler took the invitation and placed it on his fridge.

Fast forward to May 12 - Caron was walking through the kitchen and saw the invitation and basically said “Well since I’m not doing anything today…”.

Imagine the look on the faces of the kids at this house when they realized the person ringing the door bell was Caron Butler. CB didn’t just stop by to say hi, he ended up hanging out for an hour with the kids. They even gave Gilbert a call upon a request by some of those gathered.

Keep an eye out on DC Sports Bog - this story will go into much fuller detail (I’m told by my sources - yes I have sources) sometime this weekend via D.Steinberg.

Caron Butler met with several members of the media Tuesday at Verizon Center. Below are the entire interviews with WUSA-9’s Levan Reid and Comcast SportsNet’s Chick Hernandez.

Caron with WUSA-9’s Levan Reid

Caron with CSN’s Chick Hernandez

Topics touched on in the clips include his camp, how he’s recovered from the hand injury, the Wizards and Cavs (who would’ve won if Washington was healthy), the state of the team, and who will win the NBA title (think Eastern Conference).

Butler will host his first annual 3-D basketball camp for boys and girls ages 8-16 at Bishop McNamara High School in Forestville, Maryland. The cost for the camp is $300, registration is available until Monday, June 18 online at www.3dbasketballcamp.com. The camp will take place Monday, June 18 – Friday, June 22, 2007 (9 a.m - 4 p.m.).