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...When last you and I met in this electronic space to hash over affaires du Sox, the season was brand spanking new, the championship rings were just out of their boxes, Fever Pitch was hitting the theaters and the ?World Champion Red Sox? were launching their defense. The mood, as it had been for six months, was one of giddiness, gaiety, jollity-eternal sunshine, no fear of failure. Don?t get me wrong, here: We?re still cheerful (we?re in first place, after...
...Fever Pitch is a useful marker. Jimmy and Drew were everywhere-they were on the Today show all week long, and so were the Farrellys. Weren?t they? Letterman. Leno. The EW cover with Johnny. Big smiles everywhere. And everyone said the movie was sweet and lovely and you had to see it. But not everyone did, and it closed pretty quickly, and life went on. It?s mid-July now, and you just know Fever Pitch is going to be out on DVD-a lesser experience-any second. Drew and the Farrellys are off to make their next, more...
From the mound at Fenway Park, Summers chucked a ceremonial first pitch that had absolutely nothing to do with women in science or agitated professors. The toss reached home plate but strayed low and outside: a ball in effect, if not in intent...
...that the pitch didn’t cause him considerable anxiety. Summers practiced his delivery two nights before his Fenway debut in a private session with Harvard assistant baseball coach Matt Hyde...
...seemed to indicate a lack of confidence in the University more than in its president. And, for what it’s worth, the crowd at Fenway also booed the cast of “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” when they threw out the first pitch in June...