Schilling, who helped the Red Sox win their first World Series since 1918 (and beat the Yankees in the '01 WS w/ Ariz), appeared on Good Morning America before the '04 election and finished by saying, "Everybody go out and vote, and vote Bush." This didn't quite please the likes of Red Sox bigwigs Tom "Roseanne" Werner, Theo "Gorilla Suit" Epstein, and John Henry, who were big supporters of Kerry.
Schilling made an appearance at one
Bush rally at least, and pictures of it appear at BostonDirtDogs.com (Nov 04). He holds up 4 fingers
for "4 more years", while the same site has a picture of the aforementioned Sox brass campaigning with Kerry. Kerry had thrown out the first pitch at a Fenway game before
the DNC, and he stopped in at the ESPN broadcast booth.
Red Sox: If Grady had pulled Pedro in Game 7 of the '03 ALCS they could have had 2 WS appearances in a row.
Kerry: if he had picked Gephardt as a running mate he could have won 1 or 2 more states
(MO, IA) and we'd be seeing "Re-Elect President Kerry" bumper stickers now. Anyway, WRKO's Todd
Feinburg must have thought it would make a good pairing of politics and 'RKO's Red Sox
connection.
Former Phillies hurler Jim Bunning has been a longtime Congressman in Kentucky.
Some wrestler became gov. of Minn., and a bodybuilder/actor did the same in Calif...
And basketballer Bill Bradley became a NJ senator etc
Wouldn't it be interesting if our former lt. gov. ran for Senator in '08...and people
would have to decide between Kerry and Kerry (Healey).