Red Sox Nation
Oct 21 2004, 20:43 EDT [updated Oct 21 2004, 20:47 EDT]
I'm always amazed at how popular the Sox are in New England, and how rabid their many fans are. Everyone at work was talking about the team and their historic win over the hated Yankees. Even the ladies(both of them) were discussing details from the game.
This widespread love for the Sox would explain the way Kerry tried to proclaim himself a Red Sox fan. How better to seem like a regular guy than by saying, "Hey, I root for these guys just like you." Except that Kerry bungled it completely. Peter Gammons reported it:
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John Kerry last week professed to be a big fan of "Manny Ortez," then re-emphasized the phoofery by correcting it to "David Ortez." No, that was Dave (Baby) Cortez and "The Happy Organ." A few years back Kerry went on a Boston station with Eddie Andelman and said "my favorite Red Sox player of all time is The Walking Man, Eddie Yost," who never played for the Red Sox.
There's no competing with Bush in sports-loving-every-man characteristics. He owned the Texas Rangers, for Pete's sake. Also, Bush doesn't throw like a girl.
Bonus
Q: What do you call 25 guys sitting around watching the World Series?
A: The New York Yankees