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Rick Burleson, in his second year at shortstop, already is the hub of the infield. A real hustler, and highly underrated. Rooster, as he is called, is in a hitting slump now. Denny Doyle is the new second baseman, and now that he's with a hot team he's exceeded all expectations (which, admittedly, weren't much, but you get cynical about these deals). Doug Griffin, the regular second baseman, gets injured constantly, but is a fine infielder as well. At third base, well, the less said about Rico Petrocelli the better, although some think differently. Everyone has their...
...terrific singer, Mercedes Hall, will be at Sandy's Jazz Revival on Sunday and Monday. Sandy's is only 30 minutes from the Hub, on 54 Cabot ST. in Beverly...
...then in small print right below the winners of the NASCAR 400 or some such event there was the box score for the Boston Minutemen, the Hub's pro soccer franchise in the North American Soccer League (not to be confused with the American Soccer League, but don't ask me why it shouldn't be confused...
...Cliffe crew, however, will not be concentrating on cucumber sandwiches and French pastries but will be out to maintain its "Top of the Hub" status...
...many ways, Peter Shaffer's meticulously crafted play helps to explain why London, not New York, remains the greater hub of theatrical activity. Shaffer is writing for an avid theatergoing public. "The English have a reverence for theater," he says. "They all want to be actors." Shaffer knows that audience viscerally. In this respect he resembles Noël Coward and Terence Rattigan, both of whom managed to write hits about such then queasy subjects as drug addiction (The Vortex) and homosexuality (Ross). Like them, Shaffer possesses an apparently flawless intuition about how much he can shock the audience...