Obama honors Red Sox for World Series win

Yesterday at 11:56 PM The president gets his own jersey during a ceremony on the White House lawn.

By David Espo The Associated Press

WASHINGTON President Barack Obama welcomed the World Series champion RedSox to the White House Tuesday, praising their triumph on the field while hailing them as a symbol of their city's "grit and resilience" in the wake of last year's Boston Marathon bombing.

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Boston Red Sox player David "Big Papi" Ortiz takes a selfie with President Barack Obama while holding a Boston Red Sox jersey presented to the president at the White House on Tuesday. Obama's jersey number reflects that he's the 44th president.

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Not all of the ceremonial greeting was quite so serious. David Ortiz, Boston's best-known player, presented the president with a RedSox jersey emblazoned with "Obama" and the number 44 on the back, then promptly took a cell phone picture of himself and the chief executive. "What an honor, thanks for the #selfie @BarackObama" he quickly tweeted.

And Jonny Gomes, an outfielder, strolled the White House grounds dressed in a sports jacket that looked like an American flag, stars on one half, and stripes on the other.

Standing in front of players and team officials, Obama noted that the RedSox have won three championships in the past decade, more than any other team.

He said sports sometimes "seems like it's trivial, it's just an entertainment. And then, every once in a while, you're reminded that sports represents something else and it has the power to bring people together like almost nothing else can."

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