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A photo of the traffic jam caused by President Obama's motorcade during his visit with D.C. little leaguers.
A press pool report written by McClatchy's Lesley Clark noted Obama made "an unscheduled side trip to visit and chat" with young baseball players in Friendship Park en route to a fundraiser shortly before 6 p.m.
"It's a great day for baseball," Obama said.
According to Clark, the president only spent about 12 minutes posing for photos and tossing a ball to one of the children. However, that short visit was enough to cause rus hour hour traffic problems.
"Trip to the ball fields was uneventful, but for commuters backed up along DC streets and the Key Bridge," wrote Clark.
The White House pointed out to Clark that Obama's visit to the little leaguers came ahead of his planned trip to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.
On Twitter, a local radio station and several commuters described the delays cause by Obama's little league detour. View some of the tweets from the gridlock below.
Chain Bridge, Canal Rd, MacArthur Blvd, Falls Rd; Limited, if not no access to these roads in various spots due to motorcade. #dctraffic
- WTOP Traffic (@WTOPtraffic) May 19, 2014
Consequences of living in DC, traffic stopped by Whitehurst Freeway for a motorcade. pic.twitter.com/PgOQDGgZzJ
- Meg Cerullo (@megcerullo) May 19, 2014
Returned my Zipcar 3 minutes early, and wound up beating out a traffic stop for a motorcade, thus avoiding a $50 late return fee. #LuckedOut
- Douglas Bell (@dbelldc) May 19, 2014
UMM BARRY, YOU CAN'T BE COMING DOWN K STREET WITH YOUR ENTIRE MOTORCADE AT 5:19 PM CAUSING ALL THIS TRAFFIC!
- Wamps (@wamps27) May 19, 2014