Here’s Your Chance Joe Buck! A Few Minutes With the President

Joe Buck is one of the most polarizing announcers in all of sports, and now he’s trying to get serious on a new HBO show (that Artie Lange has already ruined). But this should help his cred: an interview with President Barack Obama!

Well, it was a few minutes with Pres. Obama in the booth at last night’s MLB All-Star Game, in which Buck and Tim McCarver got to lob some softballs toward the leader of the free world.

Here’s a short play-by-play of the exchange:

• Buck asked him about his decision to wear a White Sox jacket: “Most of the time politicians will try to play it down the middle, but there’s not a lot of Cub love coming from you.”

• He teased the President for being more of a basketball guy.

• The President told a story about getting macadamia nuts in the locker room.

• The highlight: After a discussion as to why the National League is struggling in All-Star games, Buck said, “No bailout in place for the National League?” “We’re out of money,” joked Obama, as McCarver cracked up.

Here’s some of the exchange:

Of course, there was also the issue of the first pitch. It was an average effort, made far worse by the terrible FOX camera work:

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