ST. PETERSBURG — The President calls him Arch.
You can imagine how that went over with Chris Archer’s buddies back home in Clayton, North Carolina.
It’s one thing to see your friend pitch in the postseason, pitch in an All-Star Game, hear him do an inning on ESPN during the postseason. OK. Whatever. He’s good.
But to hear President Barack Obama greet your buddy the same way you’ve been greeting your buddy your whole life? Holy smokes.
“That’s insane,” they told Archer after the Rays’ trip last month to Cuba.
“Do you realize what that means?