The President loves baseball
My Time With President Obama (Don’t Trip Over the Nuclear Football)
July 17, 2009 by David Bergman
President Obama went to each locker and shook hands with every player and coach. He’s just as personable as I expected and was all smiles.
He even gave Derek Jeter a hard time about being one of the older players at the game.
It was fun to see major league players like Curtis Granderson and Nelson Cruz getting autographs and shooting cell phone pictures.
…and signed a few baseballs.
At that point, I figured I’d better get in position to shoot the pitch. I was able to stand in the first-base photo box next to the tunnel where President Obama was going to enter the field. As he waited for them to announce his name, he took a second or two to close his eyes and collect himself.
As he entered the field, he stopped to shake a few hands. At one point, he seemed to reach out to me, but I was too busy taking photos and didn’t want to lower my camera. He wound up shaking the hand of the guy next to me.
My position wasn’t great for the actual pitch because the TV cameraman was in every shot.
I wasn’t too worried about it because the pitch would be well documented by the other photographers and my goal is always to get something different.
He left the field out of the same tunnel, so I was able to get another shot as he walked back towards me.
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Thank you David Bergman! Great photos.
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Never saw that when I posted the smiley~ 
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