An interesting tidbit on Foley, his godfather is.....

[never cry wolf]

none other than Jimmy Piersall. Yes, the Boston baseball player who flipped and was played by Anthony Perkins in "fear Strikes Out."

Apparently Foley's dad was a cop in suburban Boston and befriended Jimmy and stuck by him when he flipped out.

I heard this on Chicago sports talk radio, The Score who until a few years ago had employed Jimmy as their baseball expert. (By the way, Jimmy HATED the movie.)

hunh, google is my friend, I found a story about it:

http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2006/10/05/famous_godfather_remained_favorite_subject_for_foley/

Famous godfather remained favorite subject for Foley

By Bob Hohler, Globe Staff | October 5, 2006

With all the power he amassed as a six-term congressman about to evaporate in a salacious scandal, US Representative Mark Foley wasted no time returning a reporter's phone call last week to conduct one of his last interviews before he resigned in disgrace.

When Foley introduced Piersall to President Bush, the president joked that he might one day ask Foley for a return favor.

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``He said, `Now I know who I can go to for a vote,' " Foley recalled.

But after Bush told Piersall how much he once enjoyed watching him play, Piersall, as blunt and irreverent as ever, stunned Foley with his response.

``I like you, too," Piersall told the president, ``but I didn't vote for you."

``I was like, `Oh, God, please help me,' " Foley recalled.