Arizona Sports 620 broadcaster has a chat with Obama
Jul 17, 2012, 7:28 PM | Updated: 8:43 pm
It’s not every day you can talk baseball with the leader of the free world.
Diamondbacks broadcaster Jeff Munn spent a few minutes chatting with President Barack Obama over lunch at Skyline Chili in Cincinnati.
“A Secret Service agent approached me and said that he needed to screen me with a wand,” Munn said. “At that point I thought it was [radio color commentator Tom Candiotti] playing a prank.”
But laugher turned to anxiety when the agent told him to “stay put” and he saw a number of police cars outside the restaurant.
“I thought something was wrong, like a bomb threat,” Munn said. “Then five minutes later, the president walked in and said ‘I heard this is a place to get good chili.'”
The president then made the rounds, talking with diners and workers inside.
“I told him I was a Diamondbacks broadcaster and he said ‘Of course you are, I can tell by the voice,'” Munn said. “He then said he was a White Sox fan and doesn’t follow the National League very much and asked how [the team] was going.
“When I told him we were just swept by the Cubs, he laughed and said ‘That’s too bad. I feel bad for you guys,'” Munn said.
The two then chatted briefly about politics and snapped a photo before the president left.
“It was quite an experience,” Munn said.
