I found this line a bit distasteful

[hwkcrz1]

Rick Morrissey's latest column, on Barack Obama's poor opening pitch at all-star game. Is the bolded line below really necessary?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/chi-17-morrissey-barack-obama-jul17,0,1559411.column



If you're a sports fan, you have to feel good that one among us works in the Oval Office.

President Barack Obama is a huge White Sox fan, even if he did refer to the former Comiskey Park as "Cominskey Field" in a recent national TV interview. (On the other hand, better Cominskey than the thoroughly unromantic-sounding U.S. Cellular Field.)

Obama has politicked for a college football playoff system, and though he is seriously misguided on the subject, the fact he cares is a good thing.

We know all about his passion for playing hoops. His personal aide, Reggie Love, played football and basketball at Duke.


The White House pretty much has a revolving door set up for sports teams that want to meet Obama. If you're an athlete and haven't gotten an invite, you must be having a very bad year.

The temptation might be to call Obama the Jock Sniffer in Chief, but the alternative is much, much worse: having someone in the most powerful position on earth who doesn't know a fly ball from a football.

Which brings us to his ceremonial first pitch Tuesday night at the All-Star Game. How best to put this? He throws like a ... wait, I'm not going to say it. It's not worth the protests by the U.S. women's national softball team that inevitably will blossom outside Tribune Tower.

Let's just say he throws like someone who hardly has played sports. If the Cardinals' Albert Pujols hadn't stepped up and made a catch, Obama's pitch would have bounced in front of the plate, the ultimate humiliation.

If I'm North Korea, I attack right now.

How can someone who professes such deep love for baseball, someone who plays basketball so frequently, someone who puts everything else on hold to sit down with ESPN to fill out his college basketball brackets -- how can that person throw a baseball so badly?

Obama's explanation is he didn't play organized baseball growing up. Sorry, but that's not enough for a free pass.

 

[Den1983]

No, no it is not. Completely unnecessary.

 

[spnited]

The entire column isn't necessary.
Damn, the President didn't throw an 90-mile-an-hour strike.
Impeach the son of a *****!


Total ****ing stupidity.

 

[srnitz86]

You shouldn't waste your time reading Morrissey.

 

[Tucsondriver]

The temptation might be to call Obama the Jock Sniffer in Chief, but the alternative is much, much worse: having someone in the most powerful position on earth who doesn't know a fly ball from a football.

This one too... Jeeez?

 

[Colton]

Yikes... I'm pleased my guys didn't run this while I'm out on vacation/furlough.

Stupidity.

 

[Football_Bat]

If Morrissey was trying to be tongue-in-cheek, it fell flatter than Writing Irish's home terrain.

Teh Stoopid is spreading.

 

[huntsie]

Dumb and unnecessary...

 

[forever_town]

The entire column isn't necessary.
Damn, the President didn't throw an 90-mile-an-hour strike.
Impeach the son of a *****!


Total ****ing stupidity.

Took the words right off my keyboard.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

He should be bludgeoned in his bed.

 

[clutchcargo]

I mean, let's just fire the guy, OK? Like, he can't write.

 

[mustangj17]

He should be bludgeoned in his bed.

My thoughts exactly. How dare anyone use sarcasm in this day and age.

 

[clutchcargo]

Count Morrissey among those who get battered by others in the media for not having an unconditional idolatry of Pres. Obama.

 

[reformedhack]

If I'm North Korea, I attack the Tribune building right now.

 

[lone star scribe]

If I'm North Korea, I attack the Tribune building right now.

If I'm North Korea, I attack the Tribune building right now.

No need to attack. Cheaper to buy it and shut it down.

 

[Walter Burns]

Is it a good thing or a bad thing that as I'm reading this thread, I hear Michael Douglas from the beginning of "The American President" saying, "Well, let's take him out back and beat the **** out of him!"

 

[forever_town]

Count Morrissey among those who get battered by others in the media for not having an unconditional idolatry of Pres. Obama.

I don't think any of us are saying Morrissey should be fired because he doesn't genuflect in front of Obama's portrait every night. But of course, don't let the facts stop you from getting in a cheap dig on anyone you disagree with. :

 

[mustangj17]

Count Morrissey among those who get battered by others in the media for not having an unconditional idolatry of Pres. Obama.

I don't think any of us are saying Morrissey should be fired because he doesn't genuflect in front of Obama's portrait every night. But of course, don't let the facts stop you from getting in a cheap dig on anyone you disagree with. :

I don't think that's what he said.

 

[Bamadog]

Barry is weak. A weak thrower. Weak on defense. He constantly badmouths his own country at every stop. The Russkies laughed in his face. He's a worthless hypocritical Marxist bum and I'm still pissed that the All-Star announcing crew spent their entire time with him fellating him like he's the Second Coming. That and that craptastic camera angle that didn't show where Barack's wimpy little toss went. He gives a good speech. And that's about it.

 

[SF_Express]

I don't understand the problem with the column or the line...Oh, well...