Obama: "COMINSKEY FIELD"

Obama, Obama, Obama.

White Sox fan, speaking of his love for the old COMINSKEY FIELD....

Back when the Brewers were in the American League, I went to games at Comiskey Park.

Poor Obama. Does he know that it's COMISKEY? What's the problem? Is it that he can't pronounce the name correctly? Did Obama flub up because he's without his teleprompter?

Do White Sox fans typically mispronounce it?

I don't know, but I would never say that the Brewers play at MILLNER FIELD.

by krs601

Transcript

BOB COSTAS:

That Sox windbreaker -- Make no bones about it. You're a south sider. You're a White Sox guy, not a Cubs guy.

OBAMA: Look, listen, I'm not a Cubs hater. You know, there's a certain type of White Sox fan that actively roots against the Cubs. So, when, when the Bart-, the Bartman, uh....

COSTAS: Right.

OBAMA: There were people who celebrated on the south side. I'm not one of those guys. I wish them well, unless they're playing the White Sox. Um, but, I do think that there's a different quality to what used to be COMINSKEY FIELD versus Wrigley. You know, you've got to really love baseball, you know, when you used to go into that old field....

COSTAS: (Interrupting Obama) The old Comiskey Park.

OBAMA: Right. In the nosebleed seats, it looked like you were about to fall into the park. You'd get vertigo. You know, Wrigley is so civilized. You know, there's white wine interspersed with the....

COSTAS: It's a little gentrified.

OBAMA: (Laughing) It's gentrified.

Costas is funny, not correcting Obama but making a point to say COMISKEY PARK. It seems Costas doesn't want to be criticized for giving Obama a complete pass on the screw-up by accepting Obama's new name for the "old field." Costas looks like he's thinking, "YouTube, YouTube, YouTube...."