A Tale of Two Cities Baseball Dilemma in Pittsburgh
David Shribman muses on split loyalties as the Red Sox visit Pittsburgh for the first time since 1903. He wrestles with loyalty to hometown Pirates versus longtime Sox fandom, seeking the broader glory of baseball and the joy of seeing both teams on one field.
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Red Sox
National League
PNC
Pittsburgh Pirates
Boston Red Sox
Sox
Strom Thurmond
Fenway
Yankees
Kenmore Square
Johnny Damon
Den
Iraq
Grady Little
Lloyd McClendon
Bucs
New England
Pirates
The
Post- Gazette
Yaz
Carl Yastrzemski
Cindy Skrzycki
Cy Young
Honus Wagner
Pittsburgh
Boston
Louis P. Masur
City College of New York
Rico Petrocelli
Jim Lonborg
St. Louis Cardinals
David Halberstam
Roosevelt
John FE. Kennedy
Navy
Army
Ball Yard
David Shribman
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Tabloid World: A satire on celebrity culture and weight obsessions
In Tabloid World, panic and exclamations dominate supermarket tabloids where readers chase schadenfreude and overindulgent fantasies. The piece lampoons a Florida-like realm of perpetual weight envy, sensationalism, and celebrity intrigue from Hillary to Elvis, with Karen Helter of the Philadelphia Inquirer as guide.
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Florida
Elizabeth Taylor
Jane Fonda
Ted Turner
Burt Reynolds
Loni Anderson
Diana
Grace
Stephanie
Kennedys
Ramseys
Michael Jackson
Marilyn
Elvis
Lisa Marie
Iraq
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National Enquirer
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Doonesbury
Mayyhem
Peter
Mon-thurs
Fri & Sat
Iowa
Cas Mhi
II Ij
Greenwood
Players’ Club
Arough West
Faaaily Dermistr
Clinton Parkway Ct
Lawrence
Kasoicd
Clinton Parkway
Parkway Professional Andg
RTO PL
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Rece
Eric
Acmade
AmEx
Visa
MasterCard
Discover
Sunflower Publishing
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