Tuesday, March 11, 2024
The Yankees: Like the Clintons?
The Greatest Game was written up a bit in the New York Daily News on Sunday, in an article comparing the Hillary Clinton campaign to the 1978 Yankees.
Like the Clinton campaign, the Yankees were filled with clashing egos, and fell far behind their opponent—14 games by late July.
That's kind of like losing 11 primaries in a row - they were basically written off," said Richard Bradley, author of the forthcoming "The Greatest Game: The Yankees, the Red Sox, and the Playoff of '78," and a former executive editor of George magazine.
Like the Clinton campaign, the Yankees were filled with clashing egos, and fell far behind their opponent—14 games by late July.
That's kind of like losing 11 primaries in a row - they were basically written off," said Richard Bradley, author of the forthcoming "The Greatest Game: The Yankees, the Red Sox, and the Playoff of '78," and a former executive editor of George magazine.
"But the Red Sox made a couple of mistakes, had a couple of injuries, and they could never quite put the nail in the coffin," added Bradley in a not-so-subtle allusion to Barack Obama.
The Yankees/Red Sox race went down to a one-game playoff. Will the Clinton/Obama competition go to the convention? ¶ 7:48 AM
