The Red Sox met
President Barack Obama in the Rose Garden of the White House this morning and received congratulations for their
2013 World Series Championship. The president said the team symbolized the resilience of the City of Boston in the wake of last April's Marathon Bombings. As with all of these ceremonies, there were the inevitable flubs—like the president referring to the Red Sox first baseman as
Mike "Na-
Pole-ee" and stating that
Koji Uehara was "signed as an afterthought" (making
John Henry visibly cringe). Nevertheless, it was a fun event. Oh, and apparently,
only Jonny Gomes wore the Stars and Stripes blazer.
