[wideawake]

Anti-Giuliani obsessives claim that this was some kind of illegitimate kickback by the Yankees to Giuliani, since the Yankees negotiated contracts with the city when Giuliani purchased the rings at the manufacturer's list price with his own money.

Reality:

(1) Giuliani paid the manufacturer's full list price for the rings.

(2) The Yankees new stadium is one of the few stadiums in America being built entirely with money from private investors without public grants.

(3) Giuliani detractors argue that the contracts Giuliani negotiated included public grants and that Bloomberg repudiated the contracts and that's why the Yankees aren't using public money - no thanks to Giuliani.

in reality, Bloomberg did not repudiate the contracts but simply exercised the city's escape clause that was written into the contract by Giuliani.

[Alberta's Child]

Add a #4 there . . .

He treasures those World Series rings far more than he's treasured any of his wedding rings.

[Jake The Goose]

Rudy is a born and raised Yankees fan - a total die-hard.

I’m surprised he doesn’t wear a Yankee pin 24/7.

He is a fan of passion when it comes to the Yankees.

[CharlesWayneCT]

Giuliani paid the manufacturer's full list price for the rings.

You have a source for that? Because no story I've read has suggested that to be the case. Nobody can find an example of a World Series ring being MADE for the prices he says he paid for them. Nobody knows when he bought them, whether it's in 1997 as the report says, or 2003 as he said.

But if Giuliani bought these in 2003, it's obvious he didn't pay the right price for them as the jewels and gold in them would make them worth more than what he paid.

So where did you find a report that says he paid full price? OTher than of course his own statement. Obviously HE says he bought them at full price.