It's no surprise that a few representatives from Pennsylvania (home of the vanquished Philadelphia Phillies) and Massachusetts (home of the arch-rival Boston Red Sox) voted nay or didn't show.
But Hunter and Filner? Do they have something against the Yankees?
Not in Hunter's case. The San Diego native is a Padres loyalist at heart, spokesman Joe Kasper said. As for the Yankees, "it's just they're not the Padres."
Filner has more reason to be a Yankees fan: He grew up in New York City, according to http://veterans.house.gov/about/chairman.shtml"target="_blank""> his biography on the House of Representatives website. But he was born in Pittsburgh, which may mean he has some sympathy for the same-state Phillies.
That's unclear: His office wasn't immediately able to resolve the burning question of his seeming Yankees hate.
