Card Shows Rudy Celebrating With Red Sox

NEW YORK (AP) -- Yankee fans won't like it, Red
Sox fans won't like it and Rudy Giuliani certainly won't like it. When
Topps baseball cards hit the stores this week, about one in every 70
packs will include a picture of Giuliani, fist raised in victory,
celebrating with the Sox on the field after their World Series win.

Giuliani
wasn't really there, of course. For years, the former New York City
mayor has been known as a die-hard Yankee fan. But he did alienate some
Yankee fans by declaring in October that he was rooting for the Sox in
the 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."

He said Giuliani's withdrawal from the presidential race didn't dampen his enthusiasm for the card.