Obama Catches the Sox Game

President Barack Obama ventured from the White House for some Friday night baseball as his hometown Chicago White Sox took on the Washington Nationals and their new star pitcher, Stephen Strasburg.

Obama made a surprise trip to the Nationals' stadium in Southeast D.C. to kick off Father's Day weekend and watch Strasburg, a sensation in Washington and the world of sports, make his third career start.

Obama, accompanied by daughters Sasha and Malia and brother-in-law Konrad Ng, arrived at the stadium with an entourage that included White House senior adviser David Axelrod. Read more at AP

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Obama Congratulates Sox Pitcher's Perfect Game

With e-word of Buehrle's perfect game arriving as the president headed for the airport, bound for Chicago and some party fundraisers tonight (including a $30,400 per-couple dinner at the home of Chicago hotel heiress and business executive Penny Pritzker), Obama telephoned Buehrle by cell phone from the limousine The pitcher stepped into Jerry Reinsdorf's office for the president's call.

Buehrle had retired 27 Tampa Bay batters in a 5-0 victory today to claim his place in club history. He was aided by a big catch by Chicago center-fielder Dewayne Wise, who also denied a home run by Tampa's Gabe Kapler.

Obama congratulated Buehrle on his "unbelievable achievement" and suggested that perhaps it helped that Obama had worn a Sox jacket when he threw out the opening albeit short, pitch of the All-Star game the other week. (And a pair of baggy jeans for which the president has taken no end of ribbing.) Read more at the Swamp

Obama Meets The Phillies

Obama says he didn't know who David Plouffe wanted to win more: Obama or the Phillies. Joe Biden is also a fan.

Obama's Bipartisan Super Bowl

Yesterday Obama invited congress members to a cocktail party. Robert Gibbs says more outreach this weekend over the Super Bowl game. Gibbs spoke at a press briefing today. Check out TheHyperFix if you're on Twitter. The Washington Post reporter writes The Fix and twittered about the press conference, adding some funny commentary about Chuck Todd's hair cut.
Will Obama throw out the opening pitch for the White Sox? Gibbs will check.

AP: President Barack Obama was welcoming House and Senate leaders from both parties to the White House for drinks Wednesday night as he continues to lobby lawmakers to pass his economic recovery bill despite stiff GOP opposition.
The getting-to-know-you-better session was to get under way after the House voted 244-188 to approve Obama's $819 billion stimulus bill. It was a swift victory for the new president, but it was achieved without a single Republican vote despite Obama's heavy push for a bipartisan show of support on the measure.
Republicans say the bill devotes too little money to tax cuts and too much on spending.