Snugs, I don't know if your newspapers reported it (and this has nothing to do with the wonderful campaign photos you posted but does have to do with Dubya's incredible memory for people - faces and names) but when the Prez visited the dugouts - or maybe it was the locker rooms of the two teams at Thursday night's opening game for the Nationals, before one of the players on the team could introduce himself, the President recognized him, remember hiring him for the Rangers, and then where he traded him to - and said something like "that wasn't a good trade" meaning that he felt they'd traded a "good guy" that they should have kept!!!!
Likewise, on the rope line, either Thursday or Friday - at the White House South lawn, when people are given tickets to show up and wave at the President, as he was passing to or from Marine1, he recognized Luiz Gonzalez and his wife from the Arizona Diamondbacks. He went right over to the rope line, saw another teammate and his wife, called them by name - and invited them in for a tour of the Oval Office!!!!! NO newspaper reported this - I heard it on the game yesterday afternoon, when one of the announcers mentioned how gracious the President was, and "what a fantastic memory he has" and of course, how the players thought it was spectacular that he gave the baseball players a personal tour of his office!!!
Not only does he love people, but the President has been gifted with an extraordinary memory for people's names and faces, and he uses it, whereas so many people can't be bothered.....except for "people important to them" when they can "do" something for them later. This President remembers everybody!
I LOVE this President!
I may have said that a time or two before. Not sure. ;o)
I'm not surprised he knew Luis G, since Luis campaigned for and with him in Arizona and elsewhere, I'm pretty sure. No doubt Luis helped him win the Hispanic vote.
Still your point is correct, the man must have an incredible memory for people. Like the rest of us, he remembers what he's interested in better, so it may be no surprise that baseball players are especially memorable to him.