Word: catchers
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...seem particularly vulnerable to market forces: as many as 16 of their players could become free agents this off-season, including pitchers Pedro Martinez and Derek Lowe, both of whom starred in the playoffs; shortstop Orlando Cabrera, who hit safely in 10 straight postseason games; and catcher Jason Varitek, the clubhouse leader...
...uneven beginning, pitcher after pitcher handled the Yankees’ “superstars” and the Cardinals’ sluggers. Pedro Martinez was finally able to step away from his New York fear, while Tim Wakefield’s knuckleballs proved too much even for his own catcher Jason Varitek and, improbably, Derek Lowe was just as strong as the other aces...
...single-minded drive of these two characters is evident from the start, as they flounder around Ben’s Somerville apartment trying mindlessly to adapt J.D. Salinger’s A Catcher in the Rye for the big screen. Bernstine’s knuckleheaded take on Affleck as a needy and whiny dilettante who can’t get an audition, complements Morris’s nerdy portrayal of the bossy, perfectionist Damon, edging both into the pathetic—if only we can forget the Academy Award and subsequent millions of dollars. Thankfully, we can. That these wimpy...
Watching the two fret like babies over the script miracle is as funny as watching them fret like babies over who gets more credit, over whether Catcher in the Rye is a better idea, over whether to work together. The friendship’s defining moment is a talent show in high school (Cambridge’s Ringe and Latin) when Ben’s goofy dancing turns Matt’s serious Simon and Garfunkel rendition into a shtick. The incident defines the characters too, who haven’t much outlived that immaturity, and the play itself, whose...
...BOONE, 81, patriarch of the only family to have three generations of baseball All-Stars; of complications from intestinal surgery; in Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. An infielder who played for 13 years, mostly with the Cleveland Indians and the Detroit Tigers, Boone is better known as the father of catcher Bob Boone and the grandfather of infielders Bret Boone and Aaron Boone...