Yankee Fan Giuliani Backing Red Sox By JAY LINDSAY BOSTON (AP) ? 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." Giuliani's Yankees lost in the first round of the playoffs, then lost their manager when Giuliani's friend, Joe Torre, refused to accept a pay cut and walked away. Giuliani said the Yankees had "a great season." The former New York mayor said his declaration of temporary Red Sox loyalty was "not just because I'm here in Massachusetts." "In Colorado, in the next week or two, you will see, I will have the courage to tell the people of Colorado the same thing, that I am rooting for the Red Sox in the World Series," he said. Indeed, if Giuliani was pandering, he miscalculated. In the last presidential election, Colorado went with Republican President Bush, and recent history shows Massachusetts voters would sooner adopt Manhattan clam chowder as the state's official food than vote Republican in 2008. Of course, just to the north is New Hampshire ? home to many Red Sox fans ? and the nation's first primary.
What an untrue Yankees fan. If it were Bloomberg, then I'd say, okay. He's at least a bigger Mets fan. But Rudy is supposed to be second in line behind Billy Crystal as the World's Greatest Yankees Fan. Not after this. This would be like Bush picking Palestine in a fight over Jerusalem. I always despised the guy for his politics. Now I despise him as a person.
Can it be any worse than Candidate Hillary from turning in her Cubs credentials to become the Worlds Greatest Yankee Fan?
This isn't like Guliani though. He supposedly loves that team. And when Hilary was asked who she would support in a Cubs-Yankees World Series, she said she couldn't decide. Both are unforgivable, but I think Guliani's transgression is worse.
