Reminder: John McCain is a Red Sox fan-NY Times

(NY Times): "Mr. McCain was asked about his baseball loyalties before the Arizona Diamondbacks franchise began playing in 1998.

• His response, immediate and unequivocal, was one not likely to please the thousands of Yankee fans in whose company he was going to spend his Sunday afternoon (July 20, 2008): he had been a

• Boston Red Sox fan.

The reason, he explained, was Ted Williams. Not only was Williams a great player, but he also served stints as a Marine Corps pilot during World War II and the Korean War, Mr. McCain said, thereby embodying the model of patriotic service and sacrifice that Mr. McCain preaches on the campaign trail."...

• (McCain attended the Yankee game today). From NY Times article by Larry Rohter, "McCain through the Yankee Prism," 7/20/08

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