When two of the fiercest rivals in all of professional sports — teams 400 miles apart in California — face off in a dramatic playoff series, what’s a politician to do? For some, the choice between the San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers is easy
Padilla also tweeted a picture of his Senate office featuring a Dodgers jersey draped on his chair and an autographed baseball cap perched on his desk.There has not, until this year, been a Dodgers-Giants postseason series, but there have been two of the most memorable tiebreaker playoffs, among other epic moments.
In the 2008 presidential race after his Chicago White Sox were no longer in contention, then-Sen. Barack Obama was chided by rival Sen. John McCain for saying at a campaign event in Philadelphia that he would root for the Phillies, and then days later for having supportive words for the Tampa Bay Rays while speaking in Florida.
Then-Rep. Michele Bachmann was mocked when during a tailgate at the 2011 Iowa-Iowa State football game, the presidential candidate wore a top that appeared to be sewn together from one half of a Hawkeyes jersey and one half of a Cyclones jersey.
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