As regular readers of the Dodd Blog know, Senator Dodd is a life-long Red Sox fan. Readers of this blog who are really paying attention would also know that I am a life-long Yankees fan, a fact that causes no end of grief for Senator Dodd. Baseball fans know that when it comes to the American League, Yankees and Red Sox fans just don't mix. You're either one or the other -- no half measures.
Apparently Rudy Giuliani never got that message.
Sounds like a baseball flip-flop. Rudy Giuliani, a lifelong New York Yankees fan, said Tuesday he's pulling for their most hated rivals, the Boston Red Sox, to win the World Series over the Colorado Rockies.
"I'm rooting for the Red Sox," the Republican presidential contender said in response to a question, sparking applause at the Boston restaurant where he was picking up a local endorsement.
"I'm an American League fan, and I go with the American League team, maybe with the exception of the Mets," he said. "Maybe that would be the one time I wouldn't because I'm loyal to New York."
You've got to be kidding me. I've seen Mr. Giuliani countless times, sitting with the best seats in Yankee Stadium, in the first row by the Yankee's on deck circle. He wears his Yankee fan credentials literally on his sleeve (or head). But now this? Sorry, Rudy, but as a Yankee's fan I'd hope that you never try to pass yourself off as one again. It's a charade that simply should not go on. Politics might require you to pander to voters in New Hampshire and Massachusetts, where you were today, but it should never, ever cut against where you stand in the Yankees vs. Sox rivalry.
All that said, if Mr. Giuliani really stands with the Red Sox and the Yankees at the same time, I know a certain governor who would make a great vice presidential pick for him. Perhaps the folks at Unity08 will look into that.
