Yanks Headed To Washington

Prior to their series with the pathetic Baltimore Orioles, the Yankees will spend their off day in the Washington D.C. at the White House, where they will be honored by President Obama for winning the World Series last year.

It will be the third time since 2001 the Yankees will be honored at the White House. They were honored in 2001 by George W. Bush that year for winning the 2000 World Series. In 1999 Bill Clinton toasted them for sweeping the 1998 Series. Last April, after failing to make the playoffs in 2008, a small group of Yankees that included Joba Chamberlain and Nick Swisher, took a tour of the White House.

Politics aside, it's gotta be a thrill for these guys to meet the President and hang out in the White House.

I wonder if Obama--a White Sox fan--will put a Yankees hat on for the occasion. I doubt it, he even wore a Sox cap when he threw out the first pitch at opening day for the Nationals this year.