Is there a Kerry Fan on the Red Sox team to counter the Shill

[AVID]

[NewYorkerfromMass]

1. I'm sure the team polls 52% Kerry 48 Bush

:)

[SaveElmer]

2. You can bet they are lookin

I think the Schilling effect is overrated. I really don't think too many people will change their vote on the basis of what a baseball player says

[freedom_to_read]

8. i agree & if they do they're idiots

and not the good kind of idiots that win ball games, but real idiots.

it bums me out to see schilling stumping for bush, but whatever. he's got the right to do what he wants. it's not going to swing the election.

[SaveElmer]

3. Isn't the owner a Democrat ?

I thought I saw this somewhere

[faithnotgreed]

6. tom werner (katie couric bf) is supposed to campaign with kerry nt

[dave123williams]

4. Ach; Shill was playing ball for Jeebus...what'd you expect?

Funny, God seems to be out to lunch when humanity commits its worst atrocities, but evidently cares a great deal about professional sports.

[SaveElmer]

5. Tom Werner is a Kerry supporter

http://www.fosters.com/October_2004/10.24.04/news/pol_ap10.24.04b.asp

[Cha]

20. Thanks, I've been talking about this

all week and not having confirmation..


"Werner has contributed to the Massachusetts Democrat’s campaign, while George Steinbrenner, owner of the New York Yankees, has contributed to President Bush’s reelection campaign."

"Red Sox co-owner Tom Werner will be outside Holman Stadium at noon Sunday to thank southern New Hampshire Red Sox fans for their support and ask them to support Kerry for president."

[d_b]

7. What a slap in the face

to the people of Boston

[theboss]

10. Yea, I'm sure Bostonians are pissed right now....Please

They are too busy drinking and building statues of David Ortiz, Theo Epstein and - yes - Curt Schilling to give a good goddamn. And they are still going to vote for Kerry 5 to 1.

[DeepModem Mom]

11. It IS a slap in the face to the people of Boston --

who hosted our Convention, live for the Sox, and could be celebrating both hometown World Champions, and a hometown President. It's an ugly thing to throw at the city.

[d_b]

15. Indeed

[KamaAina]

9. GM Theo Epstein checks in, without naming names, but...

We report, you decide...

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/fallclassic/columns/story?id=1907279

"This is such an emotional lift for people in New England and all over the world," Boston general manager Theo Epstein said "I hope they enjoy it. I hope they do something good with it. I hope they go vote Tuesday and make the world a better place."

This is the guy who brought Schilling there in the first place.

One wonders if the anesthesia has yet worn off from Schilling's ankle procedure... :-)

[faithnotgreed]

13. someone smart enough to run the sox, is too smart to vote bush nt

[MallRat]

12. Some of management (Werner, Lucchino) are Democrats.

Don't know about John Henry.

It wouldn't surprise me if Theo Epstein was a Democrat, too. Nice Jewish boy, grew up in Brookline- not many Republicans among those ranks.

-MR

[shawmut]

14. Kerry is going to be in NH Saturday

I got an email from the campaign this morning saying that Kerry will be in NH Saturday.


I would expect to see someone from the Red Sox organization there.

[Zinfandel]

16. NO FUCKING WAY!!! Most athletes only care about their

paychecks & to the politicians who say, they want to cut their taxes.

They sit in hotel rooms hours upon hours and get their news from Fox, CNN and the like. Their whole life is their sport, how astute do you really think they are.

They get caught up in the simplistic aspects of the headlines and really believe they are getting the truth...I mean gee-whiz, ESPN gave them the correct stats and scores, so they believe they get the same truth from the cable news channels, Fox, CNN, etc.

They want to believe Bush is tough on terrorism (so their lifestyle and money are safe, they want to believe cutting taxes is good (for their millions perhaps, but the poor and middle class see little if any real tax cuts, but they don't care).

Most athletes are whores anyway, selling themselves from team to team, to the highest bidder, you think most have any scruples?

Get real!

They live in a fantasy world, treated like idols, they believe television and newspapers in the local city they are in, tells them all the truths and that's why almost all are fucking republicans!!!

[richardk]

17. Going Up River now Download-able for Free on the web

download at: http://www.thekerrymovie.com/

I watched this movie and it is deeply moving. It shows everything you seen in the swift boat vet. ads and displays them in context without a group of liars talking in the background to "patriotic" music and flags.

It will erase ANY idea that John Kerry is not a Hero and will prove to you that he can Lead This Nation.

[MrSlayer]

18. Not with the amount of money they make.

It's all about the Benjis for those guys. Shilling is another one of those "born again" whackos anyway, who gives a fuck what that douche says?

[redsoxliberal]

19. I'm pretty sure... no joke... Kevin Millar is a Kerry guy

can't remember where I actually read about this... but I do remember seeing them chatting during a game (Kerry and Millar.)