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Giuliani’s support for Boston baseball team causes uproar

— By Michelle Austein Brooks, 26 October 2007

Former New York City mayor and Republican candidate Rudy Giuliani has received criticism this week for supporting the enemy: the Boston Red Sox baseball team.

Giuliani, often referred to as “Yankee Fan Number 1,” has been a vocal long-time fan of the New York team and the Red Sox’s chief rival. But, while campaigning in New Hampshire, a state full of Red Sox fans, he announced he would support their team as it battles the Colorado Rockies at the World Series championships.

New York tabloid newspapers carried the story with headlines like “Traitor!” and “Red Coat.” Editorials accused him of flip-flopping to gain votes in a state with an early primary.

Democratic candidate and self-proclaimed lifelong Red Sox fan Christopher Dodd issued a press release on his Web site welcoming Giuliani to the “Red Sox Nation.” The Connecticut senator said, “Every true Red Sox fan knows that being a fan means more than just rooting for the Red Sox to win, it means also rooting for the Yankees to lose. I am glad to see that Mayor Giuliani has seen the error of his ways.”

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