The Omaha Royals, the KC Royals' top affiliate, begin their season on Thursday. The team's first baseman is an on-base machine named Kila Ka'aihue, who drew 102 walks as an O-Royal in 2009.
Ka'aihue is Hawaiian. So is Barack Obama, who, it turns out, would probably receive a warmer reception at Rosenblatt Stadium than at the K.
A Republican poll surfaced last week indicating that people who go to minor league baseball games are more likely to be Democrats than the people who click the turnstiles at major league parks.
The poll charts the political preferences and enthusiasm levels of the fans of various sports. The results are not surprising.
golf tend to be Republicans who know where they are supposed to go when
it's time to vote. NASCAR fans love them some left
turns on race day -- and race day only!
The number of WNBA fans who voted for
McCain-Palin in 2008 looks to be about six. When election day rolls around, pro wrestling's adherents would rather rehash the previous night's episode of Raw than exercise their franchise.
As for the apparent ideological divide among baseball fans, The L Magazine speculates that it may result from the fact that minor league baseball fans would not call themselves fans if they did not attend a game or two, and that minor league parks draw from the bluest parts of red states and regions.
True enough: Obama beat McCain in Douglas County, Nebraska, where Omaha is located.
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