Say what you want about health care or any other hot-button issue facing our country, but it's been a good year for Barack Obama, Presidential Prognosticator.No. 44 correctly picked the Steelers in the Super Bowl in February and he nailed North Carolina as the national champion in his March Madness bracket. In other words, when the world's most famous White Sox fan hazards a sports prediction maybe we should all take notice.
While Obama has yet to make an official World Series prediction, he did hint strongly at who he likes this October on Meet the Press.
The President hailed Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols as "unbelievable" and Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter as "a classic" after he broke Lou Gehrig's franchise record for hits on the Sunday morning interview and public affairs show.
OK, so with that you can lightly pencil in St. Louis and New York as the presidential picks, and, hey, you could do a lot worse.
Entering play Sunday, the Cardinals and Yankees are a combined 82-37 since the All-Star break, good for a blistering .689 winning percentage. There aren't two hotter teams in baseball since the start of the second half.
In the interest of being fair and balanced, maybe someone should ask Obama's predecessor what his picks would be. After all, he does know a thing or two about the national pastime.
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9-20-2009 @ 11:14PM
Robbin said...
How is it that the President of the U.S. soesn't have time to "know very much about" the ACORN scandal, or how much money the Federal Government gives them...but he has time to pick who he thinks will be int the World Series? "Not a big issue right now" Mr. President? Are you serious????
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9-21-2009 @ 2:23PM
mike and judy said...
Robbin, I could simply say 'what a Butthead' but you deserve more than that. If your whole life revolves around Politics and Hatred for Democrats that Makes you a real looser. Give yourself a break and find something useful and rewarding to do with your time.
10-27-2009 @ 4:06AM
Greg said...
Or what about the tripling of the deficit in 10 months (plot that along the course of 38 more months, and you have CATASTROPHE). Bottom line is the guy is clueless, and heed the advice, America: don't put someone in a position when they AREN'T QUALIFIED.
Plus he's communist, too. Or at least a postmodernist. And this isn't some "Red Scare" nonsense, but real. Check this clip out: in a world of countless people who've taken a stand, one of his CZARS cited Mao Tse Tung (of all people) -- a man under which 60 million Chinese people were killed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiYjTcpNdUE
Sorry to crash the baseball party; but this country is going down the drain -- fast.
9-21-2009 @ 10:15AM
Conor said...
Robbin, shut up. It's a hobby of his. His entire life is not his job. Even if he is the president. And really, you want to bring up ACORN? They're morons, sure, but that should not be Obama's concern, health care legislation and the economy should be.
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9-21-2009 @ 1:33PM
mike said...
Hey robbin why do you have time to post on here shouldnt you be more worried about your job?
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9-21-2009 @ 3:36PM
buford1 said...
Mr. Obama, STFU. You already ruined the All Star game. You are on TV every day and people are sick of you dang face.
We do not care who you pick, waht you eat or what you say because you are a liar.
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9-22-2009 @ 10:02AM
psu74dl said...
it would be a good matchup and would actually get some ratings. St. Louis proved the other year that they cant pull ratings because it was the lowest rated world series ever in the history of televised games, With the Yankees going it has a shot at getting people to watch it however the best matchup of all as far as TV is concerned would be New York Yankees vs. LA Dodgers
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9-22-2009 @ 11:05AM
tomkduffer said...
Well - that's what is most important - tv ratings; that's what all of sports is based on; how many nincompoops on the east a left coast turn on their tv set instead of going out to swipe some hubcaps, steal a car, knock over a liquor store, in order to perpetuate the spiraling cost for the midwest family to attend a ball-game more than once a season.
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9-27-2009 @ 2:58AM
sfornicolasr said...
What the.....? I thought this was a baseball topic. Geeeeez, ya can't get away from the damn politics. Give it a damn break will ya? I don't care if you like him or hate him. Hell, I don't like him either but can't we enjoy something without friggin' politics screwin' it up?
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9-27-2009 @ 8:00AM
Mark said...
I agree the LA-Yanks would be a ratings winner but so would the LA-Red Sox . The media would be all over "Manny returns to Boston"
When it comes right down to it. Anything to do with the Sox and Yanks is a ratings winner. Look what they are when neither team is still playing
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10-01-2009 @ 7:15PM
whispers395 said...
He hasn't picked anything right yet, The guys a moron and you're only as good as the people around you, Lmaooooooooooooo at the people he has around him Good luck with your change, it's all you're going to have left
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