“No Coincidence”: Anti-Stem Cell Ad Featuring Cardinals’ Player To Be Aired During World Series…

The New York Times JOE LAPOINTE October 25, 2006 09:10 PM

Jeff Suppan is scheduled to pitch for the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 4 of the World Series at Busch Stadium, but his time on the mound will not be his only appearance on the baseball telecast.

Suppan is one of several athletes in a political campaign commercial to be broadcast regionally during the Fox network's telecast of the game. The ad urges Missouri voters to oppose stem-cell research and vote against Amendment 2 to the state constitution, on the ballot in the Nov. 7 election.

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