Iowa Jumps The Shark: Et Tu, Baseball?
April 3, 2008 at 7:39 am
For anyone still doubting that the Iowa caucuses are among the biggest losers in this year’s presidential election, consider the latest source of ridicule: baseball reporting.
From today’s Washington Post story on our amazing Nationals run to the pennant:
But take what happened over the past four days, culminating in Tim Redding’s sterling seven-inning, one-hit outing Wednesday night. The Nationals’ 1-0 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies at blustery Citizens Bank Park — provided by Redding and Ryan Zimmerman, who hit a homer for the game’s only run and played sterling defense — gave them three wins in their first three games.
Certainly, the sweltering days of August are a long way off, and first place in April is akin to winning the Iowa caucuses. Hello, Gov. Huckabee.
Poor Iowa. Even the sports section wants to say good riddance. And further proof that all the action is in Pennsylvania: both on the baseball diamond and in the presidential nominating contest.
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