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...Kay Acker...
After nearly two decades of a subterranean existence, one of the two largest broods of the 17-year cicadas (pronounced suh-kay-duhs) is back. During the next few weeks and continuing through early July, the Eastern U.S. from Georgia to New York and as far west as Illinois will become infested with these mysterious insects, which emerge from the ground every 17 years to mate and die. This year, as in previous appearances, their numbers are likely to reach into the millions to the acre. The greatest concentrations are expected in the suburbs of Baltimore, Washington, Philadelphia and Cincinnati...
Senior captain Mike Pakalnis, who started at shortstop a season ago, will move over to second base. Pakalnis, who batted .294 with four home runs and 21 RBI last season, replaces last year's second baseman Bobby Kay...
...loss of Kay and McAndrews will also be noticed on the basepaths. Some speed, however, should come from DePalo, the team leader in stolen bases a year ago with 18, and Caprio, who swiped six in eight attempts last season...
...CAST is superb, bouncing through the material with energy and humor. Laura Kenyon is convincingly haggard as the aging Kay Goodman, and she is beautifully counterbalanced by Krista Neuman as the ingenue Dorothy Flynn, who goes from boring broad to blond bombshell the instant she takes off her rhinestone glasses with pointy rims. Of course. And in the lead role of Buck, Scott Bakula chews on the endless cliches with a masculine earnestness that brings to mind Montgomery Clift, Victor Mature, and that prime-rib of cynical beefcake, William Holden...