It’s satire, but like all good satire it has a basis in reality:
NEW YORK — Senator Hillary Clinton vowed Tuesday that if elected president she would enact legislation that would give the New York Yankees a reprieve from what she characterized as the “unfair and exploitive” trading practices of the Kansas City Royals and Pittsburgh Pirates.
Clinton, a self-described Yankees fan, told an audience of supporters that the lower wages paid by the smaller-market clubs gives the teams an unfair advantage over the Yankees, who are compelled to pay high salaries for the team’s superstar players. She vowed that upon assuming the presidency she would immediately ask for a “time out” for trades between the Yankees and the so-called “parasite” teams for five years, during which time Congress and Major League Baseball would study the harm done to the Yankees from these trades and construct a remedy that would protect the team.
She suggested that such protection should be extended to other teams as well, with the Dodgers, Mets, and Cubs among the teams that have been victimized in trades by rivals.
Clinton’s proposal was hailed by Yankees fans as a welcome first step toward correcting the imbalances in Major League Baseball that have hindered the Yankees’ efforts to remain competitive.
“Let’s face it, these teams continually manage to steal talented minor leaguers from us, some of whom eventually enjoy moderately successful major league careers,” said Michael Kumar, 26, a florist from Brooklyn. “As a result, we occasionally find ourselves wishing we had the players back that we traded to them. I’m tired of them conniving to weaken our teams in this way. It’s about time someone stopped this.”
These injustices must be addressed !
March 5th, 2008 at 7:14 pm
And you believe she can do what she says. I don’t, she is only trying to keep favor with New York just in case she can get the nomination. And even if she gets the nomination, New York has nothing coming, Hillary is all about Hillary and she wants to be the King Woman. I don’t trust her as far as I can throw her. Stop being so naive. Go to Bloomberg, your chances are far better with him - to change how he looks at the issue or to at least understand what New York is feeling about what keeps happening with the teams. Hillary is from Arkansas and she is still a carpetbagger. My big toe has better sense than anything that comes out of her mouth. She is a liar.
March 5th, 2008 at 7:31 pm
CCG,
Dude, you realize this is a parody right ?