Obama and "Cominskey Park"

A few thoughts on Barack Obama and last night's Major League Baseball All Star Game.

Fox showed the president throw out the ceremonial first pitch, but they didn't show where the ball landed. By the way, there were some clearly noticeable boos after Obama was introduced.

Was this something the White House demanded from Fox--so embarrassing clips of Obama throwing a limp pitch ending up 10 feet from home plate wouldn't end up on YouTube for eternity?

Shortly after the midsummer classic started, Obama was interviewed by Tim McCarver and Joe Buck.
The president, who claims to be a longtime Chicago White Sox fan, referred to the park they play in as "Cominskey Park." It was Comiskey Park until 2003, when it became US Cellular Field.

And finally, which baseball team, if any, did Barack Obama support when he was a kid growing up in Hawaii? I believe most Hawaiians follow the San Francisco Giants, many others are devoted to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

As for myself, I've been a White Sox fan for as long as I remember.

Regarding the name of the park, I prefer the name of the old stadium had when I was little: White Sox Park. Simple, but effective.

As for Obama, he's a bandwagon hopper. He picked the right church--at the time--after he moved to Chicago which was of course the Reverend Jeremiah Wright's Trinity United Church of Christ. And he chose to cheer the team most blacks in Chicago support--the White Sox.

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