Cardinals Manager Says Team Never Got White House Call After Series Win

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Posted: 11/5/2011 1:59:13 PM EDT

One has to wonder if this would have been the case if Ron Washington and the Texas Rangers had prevailed.

Cardinals Manager Says Team Never Got White House Call After Series Win
Published November 05, 2011
| FoxNews.com

AP
Oct. 31, 2011: Retiring St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa speaks at a news conference at Busch Stadium in St. Louis.
Winning the World Series just wasn't enough.
The retired manager of the St. Louis Cardinals told a local radio station that his team never got the traditional phone call from the White House after their 6-2 Series win over the Texas Rangers last week.
Tony La Russa told CBS affiliate KMOX that amid the celebration last week, "We never did get a call."
He recalled that the White House had called earlier to make sure they had the "correct number" for his office before the World Series began.
But amid the European debt crisis and a sustained push at home over job creation, President Obama apparently never picked up the phone.
Obama is hardly averse to calling and hosting sports teams from time to time. He hosted the San Francisco Giants, last year's World Series winners, over the summer. In September, he even invited the Chicago Bears team that won the Super Bowl more than 25 years ago –– he was making up for a missed visit, since the 1986 explosion of the space shuttle Challenger got in the way of any White House recognition for the Bears at the time. The Bears are also Obama's home team.

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Posted: 11/5/2011 2:01:41 PM EDT

[#1]

Messiahs don't abide tradition.

Posted: 11/5/2011 2:02:15 PM EDT

[#2]

I'm sure he was busy fixing stuff.

Posted: 11/5/2011 2:03:41 PM EDT

[#3]

Who gives a fuck?

Posted: 11/5/2011 2:05:55 PM EDT

[#4]

He was probably drunk and passed out.

Posted: 11/5/2011 2:07:19 PM EDT

[#5]

He likes basketball better.

Posted: 11/5/2011 2:18:18 PM EDT

[#6]

Indonesian muslim boys grow up playing soccer.

Posted: 11/5/2011 2:20:52 PM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:

One has to wonder if this would have been the case if Ron Washington and the Texas Rangers had prevailed.

The Texas Rangers, aka "The team that George W Bush used to own a stake in."
I'm going to go with no phone call either.

Posted: 11/5/2011 2:21:00 PM EDT

[#8]

Quoted:
Indonesian muslim boys grow up playing soccer.

+1 and bowing

Posted: 11/5/2011 2:22:28 PM EDT

[#9]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Indonesian muslim boys grow up playing soccer.

+1 and bowing

+2 and dating creatures from the Himalayas

Posted: 11/5/2011 2:24:14 PM EDT

[#10]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Indonesian muslim boys grow up playing soccer.

+1 and bowing

+2 and dating creatures from the Himalayas

And, as mentioned - who gives a fuck! Does any self respecting person want a call from the shit house right now?

Posted: 11/5/2011 2:33:39 PM EDT

[#11]

Marxist muslim morons hate baseball!

Posted: 11/5/2011 2:47:54 PM EDT

[#12]

Missouri voted for McCain in 2008 the One does not forget!!

And we sure as hell are not voting for him in 2012 ether! FBO

Posted: 11/5/2011 2:50:39 PM EDT

[#13]

Can't make congratulatory calls with a dick in your mouth.

Posted: 11/5/2011 2:51:31 PM EDT

[#14]

Personally, I would be thankful he didn't call were I on that team.

Posted: 11/5/2011 2:52:03 PM EDT

[#15]

Quoted:

Who gives a fuck?

Posted: 11/5/2011 2:54:07 PM EDT

[#16]

Maybe because O throws like a bitch.

Posted: 11/5/2011 2:54:34 PM EDT

[#17]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Who gives a fuck?

Posted: 11/5/2011 2:55:06 PM EDT

[#18]

Stupid tradition anyway.

Posted: 11/5/2011 2:55:28 PM EDT

[#19]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Who gives a fuck?

I've got to go with this.

But it does go against modern traditions...

Posted: 11/5/2011 2:58:25 PM EDT

[#20]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Who gives a fuck?

I've got to go with this.

But it does go against modern traditions...

this

Posted: 11/5/2011 3:00:47 PM EDT

[#21]

Quoted:
Who gives a fuck?

Gonna have to go with this one.

Posted: 11/5/2011 3:06:34 PM EDT

[#22]

What a shame with Tony La Russa being such a left wing libtard suckass. Bet he is heart broke.

Posted: 11/5/2011 3:09:26 PM EDT

[#23]

Whether Obama is a citizen or not I'll leave to speculation, but he's not an American in his heart and soul.

Posted: 11/5/2011 3:15:15 PM EDT

[#24]

He be a Bassetball Jones. He called the WNBA champs....cuz wimmenz bassetball be impotent.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/more/10/27/obama.congratulates.lynx.ap/index.html

Link left cold because no one gives a fuck.

Posted: 11/5/2011 3:18:22 PM EDT

[#25]

Maybe he's like me and DONT GIVE A FUCK!

Posted: 11/5/2011 3:22:01 PM EDT

[#26]

Quoted:
Stupid tradition anyway.

This for sure. Almost as dumb as going to the WH after a championship.

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Posted: 11/5/2011 3:25:31 PM EDT

[#27]

The role of government is not intended to be a primetime, in the spotlight hour for celebrities.

Posted: 11/5/2011 3:54:30 PM EDT

[#28]

Meh, why should a Kenyan know/care about our traditions?

Posted: 11/5/2011 4:03:20 PM EDT

[#29]

Quoted:
Personally, I would be thankful he didn't call were I on that team.

Posted: 11/5/2011 4:18:56 PM EDT

[#30]

Quoted:
He likes basketball better.

I was gonna say if it had been basketball I bet he would have called.

Fuck American tradition

Posted: 11/5/2011 4:26:35 PM EDT

[#31]

Quoted:
Whether Obama is a citizen or not I'll leave to speculation, but he's not an American in his heart and soul.

Baseball is the great American passtime.

Posted: 11/5/2011 4:28:10 PM EDT

[#32]

Seriously who gives a fuck?

You're paid millions to play a kids game, you won the world series and all the attendent hoopla....just shut the fuck up and enjoy your time off. Fuckwad.

Maybe the fucking UN should award you a peace prize too? Would that make you happy, asswipe?

Talk about Entitlement Mentality..... sheesh.

Posted: 11/5/2011 4:29:45 PM EDT

[#33]

Quoted:
Can't make congratulatory calls with a dick in your mouth.

I like this one.

Posted: 11/5/2011 5:07:07 PM EDT

[#34]

Fuck the Cardinals. They didn't get a call from me either. And I'm way more important than the president.

Go Rangers you Missouri bitches!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted: 11/5/2011 5:09:20 PM EDT

[#35]

Of all his faults, this ranks near the bottom of the list.

Posted: 11/5/2011 5:15:42 PM EDT

[#36]

I agree, in the big scheme of things, it doesn't really matter. But this is just another in a long string of things this idiot fucks up. People expect a certain kind of behavior in their President, especially in these troubled times. Little things like a phone call to winning team of World Series is comforting and lets people know that things are still going the way they are supposed to. Obama is clueless. The idiots that surround him are clueless.

Posted: 11/5/2011 5:20:14 PM EDT

[#37]

The man child in chief has no class. It's really that simple.

Posted: 11/5/2011 5:22:12 PM EDT

[#38]

Quoted:

The man child in chief has no class. It's really that simple.

The great uniter:

August 2010,[/span] St. Louis Cardinals Manager Tony La Russa introduced Cardinal great Albert Pujols at Glenn Beck’s "Restoring Honor” Rally in Washington DC. Pujols was awarded the "Hope” Award at the massive rally.

Cardinals Manager Tony La Russa came out in favor of the tea party movement and the Arizona immigration bill.

Posted: 11/5/2011 5:24:16 PM EDT

[#39]

He was on a smoke break

Posted: 11/5/2011 5:24:22 PM EDT

[#40]

Who gives a fuck?

Posted: 11/5/2011 5:28:27 PM EDT

[#41]

Quoted:
Stupid tradition anyway.

I concur. And with the other posters who said "who gives a fuck".

I probably would not have called either. Baseball is not what is used to be anyway.

Posted: 11/5/2011 5:37:12 PM EDT

[#42]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Stupid tradition anyway.

I concur. And with the other posters who said "who gives a fuck".

I probably would not have called either. Baseball is not what is used to be anyway.

Yet the White House called to confirm the number?

That's either being an idiot, or a total asshole.

TR85.

Posted: 11/5/2011 5:47:12 PM EDT

[#43]

In reality, WE don't really give a fuck, because dumbo is more concerned on being on Jay Leno or the view, than taking care of our Country!

Posted: 11/5/2011 5:49:41 PM EDT

[#44]

Quoted:

Quoted:
The man child in chief has no class. It's really that simple.

The great uniter:

August 2010,[/span] St. Louis Cardinals Manager Tony La Russa introduced Cardinal great Albert Pujols at Glenn Beck’s "Restoring Honor” Rally in Washington DC. Pujols was awarded the "Hope” Award at the massive rally.

Cardinals Manager Tony La Russa came out in favor of the tea party movement and the Arizona immigration bill.

So you think there might be a connection?

Posted: 11/5/2011 5:54:17 PM EDT

[#45]

Quoted:

Quoted:
The man child in chief has no class. It's really that simple.

The great uniter:

August 2010,[/span] St. Louis Cardinals Manager Tony La Russa introduced Cardinal great Albert Pujols at Glenn Beck’s "Restoring Honor” Rally in Washington DC. Pujols was awarded the "Hope” Award at the massive rally.

Cardinals Manager Tony La Russa came out in favor of the tea party movement and the Arizona immigration bill.

This

Posted: 11/5/2011 6:24:12 PM EDT

[#46]

Quoted:
One has to wonder if this would have been the case if Ron Washington and the Texas Rangers had prevailed.

Cardinals Manager Says Team Never Got White House Call After Series Win
Published November 05, 2011
| FoxNews.com

AP
Oct. 31, 2011: Retiring St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa speaks at a news conference at Busch Stadium in St. Louis.
Winning the World Series just wasn't enough.
The retired manager of the St. Louis Cardinals told a local radio station that his team never got the traditional phone call from the White House after their 6-2 Series win over the Texas Rangers last week.
Tony La Russa told CBS affiliate KMOX that amid the celebration last week, "We never did get a call."
He recalled that the White House had called earlier to make sure they had the "correct number" for his office before the World Series began.
But amid the European debt crisis and a sustained push at home over job creation, President Obama apparently never picked up the phone.
Obama is hardly averse to calling and hosting sports teams from time to time. He hosted the San Francisco Giants, last year's World Series winners, over the summer. In September, he even invited the Chicago Bears team that won the Super Bowl more than 25 years ago –– he was making up for a missed visit, since the 1986 explosion of the space shuttle Challenger got in the way of any White House recognition for the Bears at the time. The Bears are also Obama's home team.

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I'm guessing he's a Cubs fan. (which is kind of sad in and of it's self) At least a junkie can go to rehab.