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Posted on 10/22/2004 12:10:14 PM PDT by americaprd
JOHN KERRY, in his grand effort to be all things to all people, has spent the last few weeks trying to convince people that he, too, is a sports junkie, a hardcore Red Sox fan, and devotee of the NFL. His missteps, such as lauding "Lambert Field" during a visit to Wisconsin in August, may prove catastrophic come November 2. This particular blunder spurred the Wisconsin-based Football Fans For Truth to action, and may be, to some extent, responsible for Wisconsin's seeming transition from blue to red-these people take their football very seriously. With the spotlight now focused on the Red Sox and their tragic World Series history, Football Fans For Truth is drawing attention to what might be another major league gaffe by John Kerry.
On October 25, 1986, the Boston Red Sox were facing off against the New York Mets in the sixth game of the World Series. With a three games to two lead over the Mets, the Sox had an opportunity, at long last, to bring a championship to a city which hadn't known victory since 1914. In the bottom of the 10th inning, with a two-run lead, first-baseman Bill Buckner let a ground-ball to skip through his legs, and thus allowed the Mets Ray Knight to score the game's winning run. This infamous error was witnessed by none other than John Kerry, who on numerous occasions has claimed to have been seated at Shea Stadium that night, at a distance of no more than 30 yards from Buckner.
Unlike Kerry's disputed presence in Cambodia on December 25, 1969, his claim to have been a witness to one of the most infamous moments in Red Sox history should not have raised suspicion. But after claiming his favorite Red Sox player of all time was Eddie Yost, who never played a single game for the club, the research arm of Football Fans For Truth vigorously worked to verify Kerry's account of the event. The results of their investigation:
N.M. GOVERNOR DETAILS HIS STATE'S SUCCESS STORY Published on October 26, 1986 Author(s): Peter J. Howe, Globe Staff
New Mexico's governor, who holds the highest elected post of any Hispanic nationwide, and the head of the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination were given awards for political excellence last night by the Massachusetts Latino Democratic Committee.
More than 250 people--including Gov. Dukakis, US Sen. John Kerry and an array of state Cabinet members--attended the banquet at the World Trade Center in South Boston honoring Gov. Toney Anaya and Alex Rodriguez.
Football Fans For Truth notes that Senator Kerry's presence at Game 7 of the 1986 World Series can be confirmed by the UPI wire service. This leads to several questions. Could the Senator have confused the loss in game six with the loss in game seven? Was Buckner's error mis-seared into his memory just like his Cambodian Christmas? Did Senator Kerry perhaps hop a private jet after dinner in Boston, making it to Shay Stadium just in time for the tenth inning? Or is the Boston Globe perhaps at fault, having misreported the facts of the night in question?
Senator, Red Sox fans deserve the truth-did you or did you not root for the Mets on the night of October 25, 1986?
Michael Goldfarb is Staff Assistant at The Weekly Standard.
Be sur to check out their site at http://www.footballfansfortruth.us
If you're going to write this stuff, you need to be accurate: the Sox last won the Series in 1918, NOT 1914.
Before lambasting Kerry about his "Lambert" field, they should probably spell Shea Stadium right...
Uhhh, I thought it was 1918.
Editors asleep at the Weekly Standard?
It was seared, seared I tell you, into his memory!
I have a Manny Ortiz rookie card. Does anyone know what it's worth?
Isn't that Che Stadium?
Kerry is some Red Sox fan---dummy if he thinks Eddie Yost who spent most of life playing for Washington Senators ever played for the Red Sox.
At least as much as a Roy Hobbs rookie card.
I wish I were independently wealthy so I could purchase two tickets to the World Series games in Boston (and one first-class round trip air fare from Saint Louis with two overnights at the Harbor Hotel) for the Saint Louis Cardinal -- Raymond Cardinal Burke and get him to sit next to John Forbe sKerry for both games. I think that would be an interesting matchup.
The Weekly Standard has updated their site to make all of the corrections mentioned here.
Go to the site. It is spelled correctly.
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If the F'n was only 30 yards from 1st base, then there must be a photo of him somewhere. A good search and some photo enhancement could turn it up. Of course a real fan would keep his tickets from a World Series, but we know that isn't likely to turn up.
You watched SNL in the 80's too!
I was 3 through 13 in the 80s so not really.
But its still funny to me right now.
Editors asleep at the Weekly Standard?
In typical Kerry fashion they spelled Shea right before they spelled Shay wrong?
Kerry 1986: "Babe Ruth was magnificent as our catcher, even in defeat to the Nets"
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