US presidents hope baseball 'players' vigor, valiance and glamour' rubs 'off on them.' NY Times

• (Sometimes they put on a big act to make people think they're baseball fans when they're not).

NY Times: "But baseball, as the national pastime and one of the country’s oldest organized sports,

• has a special place at the White House.

Many presidents played the game (or rounders, in the case of the earlier presidents) and looked for any chance to connect with voters.

• They also hoped that the players’ vigor, valiance and glamour
• rubbed off on them."...

from NY Times article by Ken Belson, 4/24/10, "At the White House, it's often good politics to play ball"

• (The NY Times article doesn't mention the current president pretending to be a fan when he never was). ed.

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