World Series bet
Another sports championship has been decided, so it’s time for members of Congress to settle up another silly bet. Following the Philadelphia Phillies’ defeat of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the World Series, Florida Sens. Bill Nelson and Mel Martinez paid up Pennsylvania Sens. Arlen Specter and Bob Casey on Thursday with a smorgasbord of items, including a box of citrus, Cuban pastries, Ted Peters Famous Smoked Fish and copies of “The Columbia Restaurant Spanish Cookbook.”
But it wasn’t easy: A Martinez spokesman told us the shipment of Cuban pastries got held up at a shipping warehouse in Newark, N.J., causing the senators to miss the feast. (Their staffers still enjoyed it.)
For the record, the Pennsylvania senators put up Pat’s Cheesesteaks, soft pretzels, cheesecake, TastyKakes and Herr’s chips.
