“It’s exceeded my expectations,” Bush told The Associated Press

BEIJING - Halfway around the world, President Bush managed to cap his Olympic experience at a place he calls home: a baseball field.

Bush listens to baseball games like background music at the White House, a sound that puts him at ease. And so here in Beijing, comfortably keeping an eye on a baseball game, Bush reflected on an Olympics experience that was extraordinary even by presidential standards.

“It’s exceeded my expectations,” Bush told The Associated Press in an interview Monday before returning to Washington. He meant the whole deal: the venues, the people, the pride..................