President Barack Obama honored the Yankees this afternoon for their achievement last year. The Yankees won the World Series by making the Twins, Angels, and the Phillies look out of their league.
In other words, it was a mismatch. These three teams were powerless to stop the Yankees. It's hard to believe this year will be any different.
Obama spewed cliches about heroics and character when talking about the year the Yankees had. Is he kidding?
For one thing, heroics should not be associated when it comes to baseball players. It's not a big deal for great players to go hit a baseball, throw a strikeout, or catch a ball.
Heroics should be known only for nurses, doctors, firefighers, soldiers, and cops. Those people work a lot harder than baseball players. It's hard to call athletes heroes fo ...
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Yankees Trip To White House: Obama Loses Touch With Reality
Posted: 26th April 2010 by Leslie Monteiro in MLBComments Off on Yankees Trip To White House: Obama Loses Touch With Reality