One of Hillary’s Greatest Hits was her sudden announcement when running for Senate in New York in 1992 that she was a lifelong Yankees fan. This contradicted mountains of testimony from friends that she was a long-suffering Cubs fan, like her loyal supporter George Will.
In later years she tried to square the circle by claiming dual loyalties. Still, if the Cubs win tonight her Yankee lie deprives her of the perfect narrative: that the Cub triumph after 108 years presages the triumph of the first woman President after 240 years.
