* More political mumbo-jumbo

So just who do those Brits think they are, printing a piece like “How Baseball Explains the U.S. Elections“?

Somewhere I’m sure there’s an article about World Series winners as a predictor of the Presidential elections. Hmm, let’s see.

Since the first World Series in 1903 (the Fall Classic wasn’t played in 1904), 25 have occurred in a presidential election year. The breakdown looks like this:

Year	WS Winner	Winning presidential party
1908	NL – Chicago Cubs	Republican – Taft
1912	AL-Boston Red Sox	Democrat – Wilson
1916	AL-Boston Red Sox	Democrat – Wilson
1920	AL- Cleveland Indians	Republican – Harding
1924	AL – Washington Senators	Republican – Coolidge
1928	AL – NY Yankees	Republican – McKinley
1932	AL – NY Yankees	Democrat – Roosevelt
1936	AL – NY Yankees	Democrat – Roosevelt
1940	NL – Cinn. Reds	Democrat – Roosevelt
1944	NL – St. Louis Cardinals	Democrat – Roosevelt
1948	AL – Cleveland Indians	Democrat – Truman
1952	AL- NY Yankees	Republican – Eisenhower
1956	AL – NY Yankees	Republican – Eisenhower
1960	NL – Pitt. Pirates	Democrat – Kennedy
1964	NL – St. Louis Cardinals	Democrat – Johnson
1968	AL – Detroit Tigers	Republican – Nixon
1972	AL – Oakland As	Republican – Nixon
1976	NL – Cinn. Reds	Democrat – Carter
1980	NL – Philadelphia Phillies	Republican – Reagan
1984	AL – Detroit Tigers	Republican – Reagan
1988	NL – LA Dodgers	Republican – Bush
1992	AL – Toronto Blue Jays	Democrat – Clinton
1996	AL – NY Yankees	Democrat – Clinton
2000	AL – NY Yankees	Republican – Bush
2004	AL – Boston Red Sox	Republican – Bush

So what are we to glean from this information? It would appear — and this is by no means a scientific survey — that Republicans stand a better chance when the American League team wins (ten times), while Democrats benefit from a National League winner (seven). In the other years, Democrats won five times when the AL produced the World Champion, with the Republicans benefiting only three times via NL winners.

Keep your fingers crossed.