No one gonna mention Hillary, that great Yankees fan from Arkansas ???
I thought he grew up in Indonesia, and therefore it would be hard to follow baseball, other than perhaps the Hanshin Tigers.
Listen to this audio, as Boston’s Howie Carr rips Obama a new one — and remember, those callers are all blue-collar guys.
This is beautiful.
http://audio.wrko.com/m/audio/30146503/obama-fan-but-know-no-players.htm
Title: Obama Fan but know No Players
Published: Mon, 5 Apr 2010
Description: Carlton Fisk, Frank “the Big Hurt” Thomas, Tom Seaver, Rich “Goose” Gossage – all names that any Chicago White Sox fan knows by heart. But today, while being interviewed by Washington Nationals booth announcers Bob Carpenter and Rob Dibble, President Barack Obama couldn’t muster up a single name. The Commander-in-Chief, who has referred to himself a “White Sox kid” during the interview, was hard pressed to name a favorite player on a team that has been around since the late 19th century. Are you surprised?
The press would have crucified Bush over something like this.
I think I would ask him if I was a reporter :
“Mr. President which is your favorite of the 57 states?”
Being a life time White Sox fan, this is very encouraging to me. It has always been a bit of embarassment to me that he liked my team.