07-15-2009, 05:29 PM
Pretty awesome story about Chone Figgins and his mad dash to the game.
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->His plane was scheduled to land at 5:20 CT, but it arrived about the same time as Air Force One. President Obama was flying in for the game, and Figgins' plane had to wait.
Figgins joked that he thought about asking the president for a ride to the game.
"That would have been nice, but I don't think that would have worked," said Figgins, who received a police escort instead. "We still had to take an alternate route because of the president. But having a police escort was cool. That was my All-Star parade."
He walked into the clubhouse at 6:30 p.m., about 10 minutes before it was time to go out for the player introductions and opening ceremonies. He didn't get to meet the president, who had already toured the American League clubhouse, but he did get to say hi to Angels owner Arte Moreno.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->His plane was scheduled to land at 5:20 CT, but it arrived about the same time as Air Force One. President Obama was flying in for the game, and Figgins' plane had to wait.
Figgins joked that he thought about asking the president for a ride to the game.
"That would have been nice, but I don't think that would have worked," said Figgins, who received a police escort instead. "We still had to take an alternate route because of the president. But having a police escort was cool. That was my All-Star parade."
He walked into the clubhouse at 6:30 p.m., about 10 minutes before it was time to go out for the player introductions and opening ceremonies. He didn't get to meet the president, who had already toured the American League clubhouse, but he did get to say hi to Angels owner Arte Moreno.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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I hate my pretentious sounding username too.