Didn't that avid Red Sox fan, John Kerry say his favorite Red Sox player last year was " Manny Ortiz?" Did Manny Ortiz show up for the celebration?
And didn't Eddie Yost come, either? That was another of Kerry's favorites, I believe. A real impact player.
BTW, John Kerry showed up late to this ceremony in his home state's capital.
With John Kerry, nothing is ever as effortless as it should be. So whose idea was it to wheel Kerry out for the first pitch of Sunday's Red Sox-Yankees game, in front of ESPN's largest baseball audience in five years? Kerry -- a self-described card-carrying member of Red Sox Nation, who recently referred to Manny Ramirez as Manny Ortiz -- bounced his shot-putt toss, Rick Vaughn-like, meekly into the Fenway Park dirt and received nearly as many boos as he did cheers from the hometown faithful. You have to give it to the guy, he tries. Of course, it won't go down as a Howard Dean-YeeeeeeHAA! moment, but it probably won't win Kerry any votes either.