The Hill's Sam Youngman caused some confusion this past weekend during pool duty. Roll Call’s writing, “Youngman was at the ballpark shadowing President Barack Obama, who was attending the game between the Nats and his beloved White Sox— during which Nats phenom pitcher Stephen Strasburg was making his second home appearance. The scribe sent a pool report e-mail describing leaving the press box at the top of the sixth inning and couldn’t help but add an admiring postscript about the rookie pitcher. “Strasburg had at that point given up three hits and one run,” he wrote. “Kid is sick.” After receiving an email from a fellow reporter asking if one of the President’s kids were coming down with a cold, Youngman wrote: “To clarify: Nobody is ill. Pooler meant that strasburg is very talented.” “I couldn’t help but laugh,” he said. “And it got quite a reaction from my colleagues in the White House press corps.”
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Too Cool for the White House Pool
The Hill's Sam Youngman caused some confusion this past weekend during pool duty. Roll Call’s writing, “Youngman was at the ballpark shadowing President Barack Obama, who was attending the game between the Nats and his beloved White Sox— during which Nats phenom pitcher Stephen Strasburg was making his second home appearance. The scribe sent a pool report e-mail describing leaving the press box at the top of the sixth inning and couldn’t help but add an admiring postscript about the rookie pitcher. “Strasburg had at that point given up three hits and one run,” he wrote. “Kid is sick.” After receiving an email from a fellow reporter asking if one of the President’s kids were coming down with a cold, Youngman wrote: “To clarify: Nobody is ill. Pooler meant that strasburg is very talented.” “I couldn’t help but laugh,” he said. “And it got quite a reaction from my colleagues in the White House press corps.”
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