Yankee hater finds love for 2009 team.(NATION)(PURPLE NATION)(Column)

The Washington Times (Washington, DC) | November 9, 2009 | Copyright

Byline: Lanny J. Davis, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

So it happened. A miracle. In the 2009 World Series, I became a Yankee Fan. May Dad forgive me.

Some background:

My first memory of why I should hate the Yankees goes back to when I was kid in the 1950s. My dad had a simple political analysis as to why being a Yankee fan was not possible in our house.

He was a liberal FDR Democrat. Liberals, he taught me, cared about the little guy and always rooted for the underdog. Republicans, he believed, had most of the money and had most of the ...

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