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...Commie Dearest” includes such characters as 50s housewife and witch Sadie Magicword, Cuban diner owner Desi Speakenglish, half-fish Marlin Monroe, and gay ballplayer Doug Out—all acted by men, as per HPT tradition. The villains of the show, Communist sympathizer Pink Lady Bobbie Sox and nefarious Communist potato Spud Nick, devise a plan to freeze the world. The co-writers are working tirelessly to ensure that “Commie Dearest” is a strong follow up effort. “It’s like if we were producing our second child. It?...
...True, athletes have overstepped the bounds for as long as games have been played: U.S. runner Fred Lorz hitched a ride in a car to win the 1904 Olympic marathon in St Louis; it's 90 years since a handful of Chicago White Sox players threw baseball's World Series. But in hard times, many sports have a history of showing the way. One of the reasons we follow teams is for the neat shot at resolution it can provide. Whatever else you may be struggling with in your life, watching your team fight another fairly and by the same...
Monday marked the launch of ESPN Boston, an offshoot of the popular sports network's website devoted entirely to the group of fanatics self-anointed the "Red Sox Nation" (To be clear, the site covers all things Boston sports, but if you are a Bostonian who doesn't align with Red Sox Nation you just aren't jumping on the bandwagon hard enough...
...mourning for the loss of Ortiz’ innocence seemed to once again mirror the national zeitgeist. Big Papi is, of course, just the latest member of the All-Asterisk team, but because he was seen as the heart and soul of the Red Sox and as the Nation’s de-facto ambassador to America, his fall from grace hit Boston fans particularly hard...
...hitting prowess sui generis. For a team that serves as the “heart and soul” of a region to a degree unmatched anywhere else in the country, David Ortiz carried the mantle of “heart-and-soul” for the Red Sox with greater gusto than almost any player in the league (perhaps Pujols, Jeter, or Ichiro matches him in this metric). His oversized smile and swing thus held a special place in the hearts of baseball’s most avid fans...