November 01, 2008
Presidential Champions
It looks like the New York Daily News is trying to swing the election to McCain:
Forget the Curse of the Bambino in Boston or the Curse of the Goat in Chicago. It's who's going to be living on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington that will determine if a world championship returns to the Bronx any time soon. The statistics make it clear.
With a Democratic rather than Republican commander in chief, the Yankees have won several more pennants (22 compared to 17) and nearly three times as many championships (19 to 7). In fact, the team has a losing World Series record when the GOP controls the Executive Branch, going 7-10 for a .412 clip. Under Democrats, the Yanks are an outstanding 19-3 in the Fall Classic, which translates into a breathtaking .864 winning percentage. That's 197 percentage points higher than the team's overall World Series record.
My guess is there are a lot more people who would be happy to see the Yankees lose than win. I wonder if that's enough to make Massachusetts go Republican? I can just see the ads this weekend, "A vote for Obama is a vote for the Yankees!" :-)