Presidential Candidates Get Their Own Baseball Cards
Upper Deck has issued limited edition trading cards featuring a number of the presidential candidates, though the company's prognostication skills are no better than the scouts: While also-rans Fred Thompson and Mitt Romney got their own cards, still contending Mike Huckabee didn't. (The Associated Press reports that Huck will be included in an updated set to be released in May.)
Each candidate is drawn into a seminal moment in baseball history – Romney is Carlton Fisk at the 1975 World Series, for example, while John McCain is Ted Williams. Obama is meant to be 2005 World Series MVP Jermaine Dye, though the he seems to be pulling a Steve Bartman.
As for the Hillary Clinton card, it got pulled faster than a weak-hitting first baseman. The AP explains: "She was cast as Morganna the 'Kissing Bandit' because, 'Like Clinton, she saw something she liked and went after it.' But the card was pulled from the set after an informal focus group raised concerns that it was inappropriate." (Morganna Roberts was known for running onto the field and kissing players during games.)
A few copies of the Clinton card did get out, though – you can see one on eBay here. Current bid? $212.50.