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If you're Rudy Giuliani, you haven't had the best time of late. You poured all your money into the Florida primary and wound up getting killed. You were once the clear front runner for the Republican nomination, but you couldn't even make it to Super Tuesday. Your decline was on par with the Mets' collpase. And to top it all off, you appeared in that picture on the right.And it's about to get even worse.
When Topps baseball cards hit the stores this week, about one in every 70 packs will include a picture of you, fist raised in victory, celebrating with the Red Sox on the field after their World Series win.
Yankees fans need not worry, though. Giuliani wasn't really there. But in October, the then-presidential candidate did alienate some New York fans by declaring he was rooting for Boston in the World Series - "I'm an American league fan," he said - and Topps ran with the idea.
"We took that and thought it would make for a funny card, since the Red Sox won," said Clay Luraschi, baseball brand manager for The Topps Co. "We thought, let's put him in the championship dog pile."
Excellent work, Topps. Making fun of politicians is God's work.
This actually isn't the first time a politician has appeared in a baseball card. Topps did something similar a year ago, inserting President Bush into the stands and Mickey Mantle into the dugout in the background of Derek Jeter's card.
Topps was also going to make fun of Hillary Clinton, but it was impossible to do since she only supports teams that just won championships.
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