Among the tributes: a “midnight pardon” for a Chicago sports fan whose baseball loyalties are for that city’s other baseball team, the White Sox. “Best swag I’ve gotten as president,” Obama said. When the Cubs ended their historic championship drought last fall, Obama quickly invited the team to visit him at the White House before he left office. The White House has issued detailed readouts of conversations Obama has held with coaches, some longer than statements sent out following discussions with foreign leaders. Herbert Hoover played medicine ball on the White House South Lawn with members of his Cabinet, members of the Supreme Court and even reporters many mornings.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 16, 2017 21:03 UTC