So far, it has been a very good baseball season for both John McCain and Barack Obama. A week past the All-Star break, McCain's home-state squad, the Arizona Diamondbacks, are leading the National League West. Obama is having an even better Major League year. His beloved Chicago White Sox are atop their division, and their crosstown rivals, the long-cursed Cubs, have the third best record in baseball. At Obama headquarters, there are dreams taking hold that both hometown teams might win a pennant, leading them to face off in the World Series on the eve of the election. Obama would almost certainly attend some of the games and bask in the excitement of Chicago's first Subway Series in 102 years (though he might want to avoid visiting Wrigley Field, where his allegiance to the Sox could earn him a chorus of, well, Bronx cheers). A Diamondbacks-White Sox series isn't out of the question either-which would inevitably lead to one of those goofy, symbolic bets that politicians always make over sporting events. Of course, the stakes will be far greater than just chili peppers and pizza a few days later.
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