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...trouble is that "None of your business" represents a kind of black- and-white retro-reality that won't play anymore. The nation lives in a pervasive culture of spin and hype, the agitated, drooling and unembarrassable twin children of publicity. Spin and hype, working mostly through the magic of television, create a sort of virtual reality in which no one is quite accountable and consequences can be annulled by changing the channel -- or adducing a childhood trauma. That powerful universe of sensational illusion has increasingly come to determine the moral atmosphere of America. The virtual world of trailer-park...
Hail to the Chief. Twin first baseman Kent Hrbek, who has said he might retire after this season at 34 because of the abuse his body has taken during 14 years in the major leagues, was told that he shouldn't quit because, after all, the Celtics' Robert Parish, who's 40, wants to play another season. "But he's the Chief," Hrbek said, "and I'm a wreck." And that was before he went on the DL again on Sunday with a strained right hamstring...
...over. He was released by the A's on April 27 after amassing a 16.71 ERA in seven appearances. He had a terrific career, saving 252 games (most ever by a lefthander), winning 79 games and throwing a no-hitter during his days as a starter for the Yankees. Twin pitching coach Dick Such last week recalled a game in 1978 in which Righetti struck out 21 in nine innings for Tulsa, the Double A affiliate of the Rangers, but Texas traded him that year to New York for Sparky Lyle because they thought Righetti's arm would never last...
Mark A. Vick, Charles Vick's twin brother, saidhe's seriously considering Brown University. "I'mnot sure if I want to continue my education withmy brother or try branching out by myself," hesaid...
Voters trying to decide between the twin candidates have no easy task...