I'm sure that before long, FBB and I will have plenty to say about our new President. However, I wanted to start out with a quick analysis of some areas where our new leader can be expected to make a significant impact.
In looking at all of the crazy things that occurred during George W. Bush's eight years in the White House (9/11, Enron and other corporate scandals, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, stock market crashes, oil price shocks, the credit crisis, etc.) one thing stood out as particularly abnormal. It was the type of thing about which we could all truthfully say, "I just didn't see that coming."
From the time that George W. Bush took office on January 20, 2001, until he left office, on January 20, 2009, The New York Yankees did not win a single World Series title.
Dating back to 1923, when the Yankees won their first title, the only other president to serve a full eight years during which the Yanks went without a title was Ronald Reagan.
This led me to wonder, have the Yankees been more successful during Republican or Democratic administrations?
Let's take a look, by breaking down the Yankees' 26 World Championships by president.
Coolidge (R): 3
Hoover (R): 1
FDR (D): 6
Truman (D): 5
Eisenhower (R): 3
JFK (D): 2
Carter (D): 2
Clinton (D): 4
Based on the above, 19 of the Yankees' 26 titles (73%) have occurred during Democratic administrations. Their last eight titles have been captured while a Democrat resided in the White House.
So, while I'm not sure that Obama's policies will cure our country's economic ills, his mere presence in the White House increases the odds that the Yankees will soon return to their rightful place at the apex of the baseball world.
(That $200 million payroll won't hurt, either).
No comments:
Post a Comment