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Cubs manager Joe Maddon working on another potential White House visit

WASHINGTON Less than six months after the Cubs toured the White House as one of the final stops on their World Series victory tour, manager Joe Maddon is angling for another visit to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Maddons childhood friend from Hazleton, Congressman Lou Barletta, is working to arrange a private tour this week while the Cubs are in Washington for a four-game showdown against the first-place Nationals. This wouldnt be the East Room spectacle the Cubs enjoyed in January, when President Barack Obamas final official White House event became a kind of farewell gift to his staffers with Chicago connections.