Cubs Or White Sox? Obama Invites North Side Scorn

As you saw in our morning video pancake breakfast, ESPN's Stuart Scott figured that the best way to get to know Barack Obama was to play him in a game of one-on-one (hard foul, Obama takes an elbow to the head! Now they're brawling! ...). Scott then sat down with the Democratic Presidential nominee to talk sports, and things went pretty much as expected until the subject of baseball came up. So Obama was asked, does he prefer the Cubs or White Sox?

"Oh that's easy, White Sox. I'm not one of those fair weather fans. The Cubs, they're nice, you go to Wrigley Field, you have a beer, the beautiful people out there, people aren't watching the game. It's not serious. White Sox; that's baseball."

Click to view Ha. I don't know if this is true, but I have seen Ferris Bueller's Day Off, so I have an idea. Obama was also asked who his running mate would be if he had to pick an athlete. After first saying Walter Payton — perhaps not knowing he passed away in 1999? — he then went with Michael Jordan. "He's a winner. I'd just keep feeding him." To which I respond: Is it too late to switch? Obama: Cubs Fans 'Not Serious' [Chicago Sun-Times]