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Florida Senators Concede World Series Defeat
Florida Sens. Mel Martinez and Bill Nelson have another reason to be sad about Tampa Bay’s loss in this year’s World Series. The two lawmakers lost a bet with Pennsylvania’s senators over the outcome.
They ponied up the goods on Thursday, providing Pennsylvania Sens. Arlen Specter and Bob Casey with Cuban pastries, smoked fish, copies of a Spanish cookbook and a box of citrus. (The spoils, with a block of Philadelphia cream cheese apparently thrown in for good measure, are pictured at right.)
The Philadelphia Phillies won the series four games to one, their second championship in 126 years. The Tampa Bay Rays, an expansion team created in 1998, have yet to win a World Series.
That didn’t stop Martinez from taking a parting shot at his colleagues from up north.
“I’m happy to share some of Florida’s finest delicacies with the senators from Pennsylvania,” he said in a statement. “Perhaps this will enlighten my colleagues as to why the Phillies choose to hold spring training in Florida every year.”
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December 28, 2008 6:59 PM | Link to this
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