America's two favorite pastimes, politics and baseball, collided during the World Series as ads for and against a Missouri stem-cell proposition aired in local markets. Actor and Parkinson's sufferer Michael J. Fox touted the value of stem-cell research in his backing of US Senate candidate Claire McCaskill (D-MO), while St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Jeff Suppan starred in an opposition ad created by Missourians Against Human Cloning, slated to run during his Game Four start. Suppan's turn prompted a sports media discussion regarding athletes endorsing causes, giving the issue additional legs.
Pitching in Missouri
America's two favorite pastimes, politics and baseball, collided during the World Series as ads for and against a Missouri stem-cell proposition aired in local markets....