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Scott Brown Backed by (Gasp!) Yankees Honcho

Noted Red Sox fan's campaign got $2,500 from team's president

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 19, 2012 11:08 AM CDT

(Newser) – Scott Brown has a deal with a devil—the devil who wears pinstripes. The Massachusetts senator, who has touted his Red Sox fandom in radio and TV ads, last month got a $2,500 donation from Randy Levine, the president of the New York Yankees, the Boston Herald reports, in a story dramatically titled, "Scott Brown Taps Evil Empire." Writer Joe Battenfeld declares it "E-Incumbent," calling Levine "the embodiment of everything we hate about the Yankees."

Brown's campaign says he was happy to accept Levine's donation. "The way Scott Brown looks at it is, this is their way of paying us back for Babe Ruth," a spokesman said. Battenfeld was unimpressed. "The Babe for Brown? Somehow I don't think Sox fans—even those who love Brown—would take that deal." It's not Brown's only Sox-related snafu either; last week the Huffington Post discovered that he'd once suggested (another gasp!) abandoning Fenway Park.

How could you, Scott?
How could you, Scott?   (AP Photo/Winslow Townson)
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Yankees president Randy Levine's money is going to pay for ads like this one, Joe Battenfeld of the Boston Herald points out.   (scottbrownma)

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COMMENTS
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OWLWOMANXXXX
Apr 19, 2012 2:33 PM CDT
who cares
easterner
Apr 19, 2012 12:03 PM CDT
"$2,500 donation from Randy Levine" WOW !!
Mugwump
Apr 19, 2012 12:00 PM CDT
Funny thing is if enough people hear about it in Mass. he'll lose votes over it.  Yankees/Sox fans are hard core.
 

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