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White Sox, White House

By: Jeff Dufour and Kiki Ryan
Washington Examiner
04/20/09 6:34 PM EDT

Tiger Woods wasn’t the only pro athlete to grace the hall of the West Wing on Monday. The Chicago White Sox, President BArack Obama’s hometown team, also got a private tour. The Pale Hose begin a series with the Orioles in Baltimore today, so they made the 30-mile trip south on their day off to meet the commander in chief and check out his office.

The Chicago Tribune reports about 35 players, family and team officials got the tour, which was arranged by Obama senior adviser David Axelrod.

The team already has shown its thanks to its most important fan: In January, the South Siders announced they developed two prototype designs of a team hat with Obama insignia on the side and back. Major League Baseball has approved the design, but the team is still waiting for the White House to weigh in before they can be produced.




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