Sport Imitates Election?
As the Red Sox become triumphant over the "Evil Empire," the New York Yankees, it becomes apparent that the Sox-Yankees series comes across as an almost parallel to the election. I go to school in Delaware, and are from Philadelphia. I am a diehard Phillies fan (I follow the Oakland A's too). I consider myself impartial to the Sox-Yankees conflict. I live in the dorms here, and we have a mix of people, with most being from Delaware, New Jersey or New York. There are some fellow Pennsylvanians, as well as at least one guy from Massechusetts, and a handfull of Marylanders. Being of the Philadelphia Phillies/Eagles/Flyers mindset, I can totally identify with the mind of the Boston Red Sox fan. They've had an arguably good team for the past couple years, and never gotten past the Yankees or "The Curse."
A little background for the non-sports fans. To sum it up shortly, "The Curse" goes back to 1918 when the Red Sox sold Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees. The Red Sox have not won a World Series since. So "The Curse" is not yet broken, becuase the Sox have not won the World Series yet.
How does this tie in with the election? John Kerry is a Red Sox fan, but apparently not a diehard, as he has said, "We've been waiting since 1918 for the Boston Red Sox to win the World Series, and...if I had a choice between the White House and the World Series this year, I'm going to take the White House." (Football Fans For Truth) Bush is obviously a baseball fan, he owned the Texas Rangers for a couple years. Now that we've established that both candidates at least appear to be fans of baseball, let's look at the paralells between Yankees-Red Sox and Bush-Kerry.
I'm going to say that the only two "partisans" or diehard fans we have on the floor are from New York and Massechusetts, and support the Yankees and Red Sox, respectively. Elimintaing all the "non-voters," those who are not supporting either team, we are left with a mess of independents. However, we do have one slice group that is decided. They are not Red Sox fans, but certainly support them for the shortterm. They are the anti-Yankees fans. They may support another team, the Mets, the Giants, the Orioles, but they also support a second team, that team that is playing the Yankees. This group is step-in-step with most of the Kerry voters I have come across. They are not pro-Kerry per se, but they are vehemently anti-Bush. Sure, I as a Bush supporter am anti-Kerry, but I am not pro-Bush becuase I am anti-Kerry. I am anti-Kerry becuase he is running against the candidate who I think would best guide the country over the next four years.
Don't get me wrong though, I am touched by the Red Sox' quest for the championchip, as the Eagles have been to the NFC championchip game three years in row, and lost all three. I am in no way implying that all Yankees fans are Republicans, although Rudy Giuliani is a known Yankees fan and Republican, and Kerry is a Red Sox fan. I know Republican Red Sox fans, and I know Democratic Yankees fans. I am just finding the similarities between the fans to be quite coincidental. Not enough to be a conpiracy, however, the Texas Rangers aren't contenders this year.
I wish luck to all the Boston Red Sox fans out there, pity for all the anti-Yankees fans, sorrow for Rudy Giuliani, and hope for a good game 7 for St. Louis and Houston as well as an explosive World Series.
A little background for the non-sports fans. To sum it up shortly, "The Curse" goes back to 1918 when the Red Sox sold Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees. The Red Sox have not won a World Series since. So "The Curse" is not yet broken, becuase the Sox have not won the World Series yet.
How does this tie in with the election? John Kerry is a Red Sox fan, but apparently not a diehard, as he has said, "We've been waiting since 1918 for the Boston Red Sox to win the World Series, and...if I had a choice between the White House and the World Series this year, I'm going to take the White House." (Football Fans For Truth) Bush is obviously a baseball fan, he owned the Texas Rangers for a couple years. Now that we've established that both candidates at least appear to be fans of baseball, let's look at the paralells between Yankees-Red Sox and Bush-Kerry.
I'm going to say that the only two "partisans" or diehard fans we have on the floor are from New York and Massechusetts, and support the Yankees and Red Sox, respectively. Elimintaing all the "non-voters," those who are not supporting either team, we are left with a mess of independents. However, we do have one slice group that is decided. They are not Red Sox fans, but certainly support them for the shortterm. They are the anti-Yankees fans. They may support another team, the Mets, the Giants, the Orioles, but they also support a second team, that team that is playing the Yankees. This group is step-in-step with most of the Kerry voters I have come across. They are not pro-Kerry per se, but they are vehemently anti-Bush. Sure, I as a Bush supporter am anti-Kerry, but I am not pro-Bush becuase I am anti-Kerry. I am anti-Kerry becuase he is running against the candidate who I think would best guide the country over the next four years.
Don't get me wrong though, I am touched by the Red Sox' quest for the championchip, as the Eagles have been to the NFC championchip game three years in row, and lost all three. I am in no way implying that all Yankees fans are Republicans, although Rudy Giuliani is a known Yankees fan and Republican, and Kerry is a Red Sox fan. I know Republican Red Sox fans, and I know Democratic Yankees fans. I am just finding the similarities between the fans to be quite coincidental. Not enough to be a conpiracy, however, the Texas Rangers aren't contenders this year.
I wish luck to all the Boston Red Sox fans out there, pity for all the anti-Yankees fans, sorrow for Rudy Giuliani, and hope for a good game 7 for St. Louis and Houston as well as an explosive World Series.
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