Home Run Derby

A while back, Home Run Derby told you the favorite MLB teams of the 2008 Presidential Candidates. 

Ever wonder who Major League Baseball wants to win in the political arena? 

Simple answer:  Democrats.

How do we know?  Well … since 2001, Major League Baseball has a Political Action Committee (PAC).   So far as I can tell, MLB is the only Professional Sports League to have a PAC - why am I not surprised? 

Considering how often MLB gets dragged into Congressional hearings lately, it makes perfect sense that MLB would want to have lined the pockets and greased the palms of some Senators and Representatives.  Baseball has given to a number of Candidates over the 21st Century.  Some notables …

• $1,000 to Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY)
• $6,500 to Senator John McCain (R-AZ)
• $13,000 to Rep. Dennis Hastert (R-IL)
• $22,500 to Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT)
• $7,500 to Senator Max Baucus (D-MT)
• $9,500 to Senator Harry Reid (D-NV)
• $10,000 to Senator Tom Daschle (D-SD)
• $25,000 to Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI)

Let’s see how MLB has doled out that PAC money by Party over the past four Federal Election Cycles.

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Barry Bonds etched his name on the most hallowed of baseball records last night when he hit career Home Run number 756 …

Whether you like it or not.

And I think that Washington Nationals pitcher Mike Bacsik, Jr. DESERVED to serve up his career-defining pitch to Bonds … because Bacsik started showboating right before it.  Watch.

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