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...thanks to the miracle of sports, we have a generation of Manny Papi Sullivans and Johnny Pedro O’Learys popping up all over New England. Grown men wept during the 2005 Red Sox parade, and some people uttered the phrase, “now I can die in peace”, and actually meant...
...with an unnamed cover of a song by “the Belgian Metallica,” Channel Zero, but ended the set with a beautiful version of their own “Cue the Strings.” The audience remained seated throughout both Low and opening act Pedro the Lion, taking in the music in sort of a moping stupor, with neither band’s sound demanding dancing or even movement...
...Sparhawk rattles out aggressive blues guitar and wails through an old harmonica microphone. In the end, the hauntingly beautiful lyrics of the Young song are an interesting counterpoint to the comparatively simple, yearning lyrics of Bazan’s own catalog. Although not as eclectic as their marquee-mates, Pedro the Lion did exactly what they were supposed to: deliver warm, comfortable songs laden with dryly emotional lyrics...
...Yankees and Red Sox hooked up in one of the best battles in postseason history, and it has maintained a virtual lock on the back pages of papers across the country ever since. From the continuing drama of The People vs. Barry Bonds in the BALCO steroid scandal, to Pedro Martinez’s ugly departure from the Red Sox to New York, to the Randy Johnson blockbuster, baseball has provided enough controversial, argument-inducing material to make the NFL playoffs seem as compelling as a bocce tournament...
...studying for finals by calculating how many points of ERA Shea Stadium will save Pedro Martinez or how many days Randy Johnson will spend on the DL in ‘05, crack open a beer for Curt Flood, the patron saint of free agents. If he hadn’t courageously challenged the reserve clause in his contract in 1970, players might still be restricted to spending their entire career with one team...