Washington Nationals are 2019 World Series Champions #LockHimUp
Source: The New York Times
As we celebrate Black History Month and Jackie Robinson’s 100th birthday, we celebrate the life of all whose courage opened the gates for everybody, and in the process, made America better.
— Barack Obama @BarackObama - Feb 1, 2019
👏👏👏 Mr. President 📣 #YesWeCan #BlackExcellence 🏆
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Taekwondoist and actress Tae-Mi threw out the first pitch at Jamsil Stadium in Seoul, South Korea before the Doosan Bears game. Source video
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The champions who visited the White House included women and men from college and professional sports.
Ironically, the first team was from Philadelphia, the Phillies visited on May 15, 2009. The last team to visit Obama was the 2016 World Series champion Chicago Cubs on Jan. 16, 2017.
Check out the post from Newsday to see the rest. Photos and dates are included.
- 2008 World Series champion Philadelphia Phillies
- 2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson
- 2008 WNBA champion Detroit Shock
- 2008-09 BCS champion Florida Gators
- 2008-09 NCAA men's basketball champion North Carolina Tar Heels
- 2008-09 NCAA women's basketball champion UConn Huskies
- Super Bowl XLIII champion Pittsburgh Steelers
- 2008-09 NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers
- 2008-09 Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins
- 2009 WBNA champion Phoenix Mercury
- 2009 World Series champion Yankees
- 2009 MLS champion Real Salt Lake
- 2009 WPS champion Sky Blue FC
- 2009 NCAA men's lacrosse champion Syracuse Orange **Joe Biden
- 2009-10 BCS champion Alabama Crimson Tide
- Super Bowl XLIV champion New Orleans Saints
- 2009-10 NCAA men's basketball champion Duke Blue Devils
- 2009-10 NCAA women's basketball champion UConn Huskies
- 2009-10 Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks
- 2010 MLS champion Colorado Rapids
- 2010 WNBA champion Seattle Storm
- 2010 World Series champion San Francisco Giants
- 2010-11 NBA champion Dallas Mavericks
- 2010-11 Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruins
- Super Bowl XLV champion Green Bay Packers
- 2010-11 NCAA women's basketball champion Texas A&M Aggies
- 2010-11 BCS national champion Auburn TIgers
- 2011 MLS champion Los Angeles Galaxy
- 2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Tony Stewart
#PhillyStrong 2008 ~ 2018
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Chicago Cubs win their first World Series in 108 years
America's game!
The Chicago White Sox are playing an actual MLB baseball game the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards in Baltimore today in a completely empty stadium due to the unrest over the death of Freddie Gray. Here are a few pictures that show the game happening to a crowd of no one. It looks like, well, what an empty stadium is supposed to look like.
Camden Yards has a seating capacity of 45,971. No one was in any of those seats. The only people at the stadium were the players, the umpires, a few scouts and the press (and perhaps a skeleton maintenance crew?). Basically, everyone can hear everything.