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As always, the world revolves around the Red Sox … even when it comes to presidential politics

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Everything in life comes back to the Red Sox … even the stunning news that President Joe Biden is dropping out of the 2024 race for the Oval Office.

In the days leading up to Biden’s Sunday afternoon shocker, there was considerable pressure on the aging president to stand down. Multiple Democratic senators and representatives were urging him to step aside.

Clearly, the last straw was Representative Jamie Raskin’s four-page letter to Biden in which he compared the 81-year-old commander-in-chief to Pedro Martínez melting on the Yankee Stadium mound after throwing too many pitches in Game 7 of the 2003 American League Championship Series.

“Martínez one of the greatest pitchers in Red Sox history, began to tire badly after 118 pitches,” wrote Raskin (D-Md.). “Martínez vigorously protested that he could continue and gave it his all despite the statistics about what happens when pitchers play after throwing for so long.