Rudy strikes out with a bad pitch

The US presidential frontrunner's have lost points after blundering into the baseball world

Paul Harris in New York
Sunday October 28, 2007
The Observer

It was hailed as a great betrayal that could hamper a powerful bid for the White House. It was a policy flip-flop that alienated supporters and created enough negative headlines to make a political strategist weep.

Was it a spat about the Iraq war? Abortion? The growing crisis with Iran? No, some say it is more important than that. It was about baseball.

The biggest political shock in the 2008 race for the White House has centred on the Republican frontrunner Rudy Giuliani's unexpected confession that he is supporting the Boston Red Sox in the World Series against the Colorado Rockies.