Posted on 04/05/2010 1:52:51 PM PDT by Superstu321
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.
Obama went on to admit that growing up in Hawaii he was an Oakland Athletics fan and didn’t start to root for the White Sox until he got to Chicago and lived near the old Comiskey Park.
Video after the jump...
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This is brilliant
“This was an informal password test used on the front lines during WW2...the GIs would ask “who won the world series”...if you couldn’t get it, then you were probably German.”
We should ask him to name the starting lineup for the Sox in ANY year from 1988 on. If he truly became a fan when moved to chicago he should be able to.
This lyin POS gets more vile everyday
As I stated in a previous thread...what a douche
Why in the world would National League fans in Washington boo a ChiSox hat. There is no rivelry there. A Phillies or Mets hat would set them off, but White Sox? Might as well be the Toledo Mud Hens hat as far as a National League fans are concerned.
The hat was a ploy, a gimmick by Obamah handlers as the reason fans were boo’ing him.
You guys are cold-hearted...
He just had a minor slip up when he confused Comiskey field with the field he has always played on...Communisky Field.
1st MLB game I went to in 1967. Jerry Lumpe hit into a triple play. Line drive to Ruben Amaro, threw to Horace Clarke, then threw to Mickey Mantle at 1B.
...from his home country of Kenya.
Who were his favorites with the A's should have been the logical next question. Somehow a follow-up never happens with zero.
You’ve got to admit—he’s got good handlers!
Nobody, I mean nobody steps on the foul lines, it's bad lunch.
Double-Bad Luck for Obamah. ...bring it on.
Sorry, missed lunch.
I saw Obummer throw out the first pitch today. He threw a big, soft rainbow and missed home plate by a mile. He throws like a sissy. My 6th grade daughter can throw better than him.
LOL.
Did they ask him to name his favorite Athletic? But this doesn’t bug me, there’s too much else that does. Politicians have grafted on to sports teams to ingratiate themselves to the electorate.The most revolting example was 40 yrs ago. John Lindsay pretending to care that the Mets just won the Series. He was in a death struggle for reelection and showed up in the clubhouse after game 5. Lindsay couldn’t have named five players in the history of Organized baseball.
Such a fool and a liar.
He was probably a big fan of the Pockystahn cricket team.
The only thing Obama throws is the 5 finger shuffle.
You know, I’m a girl and even I can name a team and several players from my youth!
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