[Our man in washington]

I highly doubt that Mrs. Clinton was ever a fan of the Yankees. Like you, I suspect her supposed fandom is merely a product of polls.

But, for what it is worth, the biggest Yankees fan I ever met was raised in a rural area a long, long way from New York City. I remember watching a number of games with him back in the glory days of Thurman Munson.

I've known a few folks like that. I knew a huge Red Sox fan named Mike who lived all his life in Philadelphia. The reason he liked the Sox was that his dad was a Ted Williams fan, and it just passed down through the family.

The difference between Mike and Hillary is Mike had a believable story about how he became a Red Sox fan.

[T. Rustin Noone]

I am reminded that when Kerry was back in Boston for the DemoConvention in 2004, he attended a Red Sox game. In the process of explaining that he was a die-hard Sox fan and had been his entire life, he was asked who his favorite player was.

His answer, “Manny Ortez”.

Not Manny Ramirez or David Ortiz.

“Manny Ortez.”

I knew at that moment that he was dead to all true Sox fans.