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Sad news in Red Sox Nation this week with the announcement that Peter Gammons – fabled baseball analyst and columnist – was stricken by a brain aneurysm on Tuesday June 27th. While this can never come at a good time, it was especially ill-timed, as this was a big Boston sports week with the return of Pedro Martinez (in Mets uniform) to Fenway Park. That’s the sort of mythical event that Gammons was born to cover. Anyway, the news as of Wednesday afternoon, is that Gammons is listed in Good condition, which is great news for all of us who have learned so much from the wise sage.
For those that don’t know Gammons, here’s a great way to get a mental picture. Grab a $20 bill and take a gander of Andrew Jackson. That’s Gammons to a T – hell he could use the thing as a second form of ID. G... Continue reading »
Send in the Clones
Like that creepy cool oroborous, for those short the 10-cent vocab it’s that design of a snake eating its own tail that you may have seen as the logo for Chris Carter’s underrated X-Files companion Millennium – news of the absurd just continues to go ‘round and ‘round.
Over the last few years, the media has glommed onto all manner of inanity in a bid to coax our peepers to stay tuned just a few more minutes. It’s no secret that they bait you with the: “ONE THOUSAND BODIES FOUND BURIED IN A FIELD IN RURAL SOUTH CAROLINA – WHO IS RESPONSIBLE? STAY TUNED!” – forcing you to sit through 18 additional visits by the weather broad (“Great, Chikage Windler… AGAIN (wait a minute – Chickage/Chicago. Windler/Windy City. Who are you fooling?”). Finally they return with roughly two minutes to spare only to reveal t... Continue reading »
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