Baseball and Voting, a theory
Found in Bill Simmons' (the Sports Guy) e-mail bag (link here):
name = Christopher Bachmann
city = Seattle, WA
comment = Not sure if anyone's brought this up, and I hesitate to mention it before the Sox and 'Stros actually get to the Series, but have you noticed that we will have a Massachusetts team and a Texas team in a world championship event possibly ending just two days before the Presidential election? Will the people take this as a sign to vote for Kerry if the Sox win or Bush if the Astros win? Or could the Series winner possibly cause a negative reaction vote in the electorate? I'm already emotional enough about the Red Sox and the election enough without having to think of them combining as one universe-shattering event. It's too much. I need you to weigh in on this.