Carsen Kressley (right) gives Kevin Millar a hug
after meeting on the field last March in Fort Myers, Fla.
(Herald file)
Posted on 06/04/2005 4:38:59 AM PDT by worldclass
``What would Ted Williams think? Would he turn over in his freezer?'' Mary Clossey, a Newton mom of eight who has been a critic of gay-rights efforts, said of the Sox' decision to let three stars of the TV show ``Queer Eye for the Straight Guy'' throw out tomorrow's ceremonial first pitch. ``I'm tired of hearing about (homosexuality). Sunday is a family day at Fenway Park. Why would you want to do that on a Sunday?"
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State Sen. Jarrett Barrios, an openly gay lawmaker who recently married his longtime partner, said people upset with the appearances need to ``just get over it.''
Barrios recently was involved in some shennigans to change a piece of legislation.
I bet they throw like girls.
The real question is, can a bunch of fags do a better job of throwing out the first pitch, then John "Bounce to the Mound" Kerry.
fyi
Whoops... "Bounce to the Plate"
Well the Red Sox are a bunch of pansies........
HEY! That's WORLD CHAMPION, YANQUI ASS KICKIN' pansies to you!
I'm sure that those boys know how to get it over the plate.
YUCK!
Keep 'em away from my Orioles. They might mistake B.J. Surhoff's nickname for something else and have to change their title to "Extremely swollen queer black eye from the straight guy". Poofters.
Why would a world Champion ball team have some queers throwing out their first ball? Screw them Champs or not --stay home, send them a message. I dont mean one game I mean the whole season.
``just get over it.''
``They shouldn't be making this into a political issue,'' Barrios (D-Cambridge) said. ... "Leave the politics out of it and enjoy the day.''
In other words: We won, now shut up.
The whole decision reeks of politics and it amazes me how gay activists can be this in your face with their hypocricy. I wonder why they are not winning too many fans with their "Get over it" attitudel.
New Image for the Red Sox? "Red Sox vice president Charles Steinberg said that the "Queer Eye" episode — and other Red Sox ventures — are good for the promotion of baseball."
Group of Red Sox get 'Queer Eye' makeovers
By PATRICK FINLEY, March 15, 2005
FORT MYERS — File this one under phrases not often heard at the ballpark.
Carson Kressley, one of the "Fab Five" from Bravo's "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy," stood on the field Monday at City of Palms Park clad in a hot pink dress shirt, white pants with multicolored designs and faded pink loafers. There was a black baseball glove on his left hand.
He grabbed a bullhorn that belonged to the crew of his television show, pointed it toward the stands and announced the plans he had made with the backup catcher of the Boston Red Sox.
"Doug Mirabelli and I are getting married," said Kressley, whose flamboyant statements often match his outfits. "After a small ceremony in Naples, we're honeymooning with the Marlins."
Welcome to "Queer Eye for The Red Sox." The show's "Fab Five" — Thom Filicia, Jai Rodriguez, Ted Allen, Kyan Douglass and Kressley — have converged on the stadium for four days of taping the season premiere episode that airs June 7.
The Red Sox have had a busy few months. Since winning the World Series last year, no fewer than 20 books have been written about the team. Johnny Damon appeared on "MTV Cribs." Tuesday night, he joined Jimmy Fallon and Drew Barrymore at City of Palms Park for an "Entertainment Weekly" photo shoot in conjunction with "Fever Pitch," a movie about a Red Sox fan due out April 8.
Monday, the "Fab Five" made over five Red Sox players — Johnny Damon, Kevin Millar, Tim Wakefield, Doug Mirabelli and Jason Varitek.
"I love a team named after a fashion accessory," Kressley said.
As part of the show, the "Fab Five" will help donate money to a Charlotte County little league team to help rebuild its stadium after Hurricane Charley.
Monday's press conference was filled with more double entendre than your average "Three's Company" episode, but the players seemed to be good sports.
"We're a loose bunch of guys," Johnny Damon said. "We have fun."
While Damon, Mirabelli, Millar and Wakefield were with the "Fab Five" in the early afternoon Monday — they played catch and ran the bases — Jason Varitek was playing in Boston's game against the Orioles in Fort Lauderdale.
When Varitek was done with his innings, he boarded a plane to Southwest Florida International Airport. When he landed there, he hopped aboard a helicopter that touched down in center field.
As he landed, his four teammates walked out on a porch jetting from a luxury box. Wakefield and Damon were wearing white bathrobes, ready for their makeovers.
However, these are still ballplayers - they each had a longneck bottle of beer in their hands.
And that's the challenge, the Fab Five said — making over the ballplayers without compromising their masculinity or image. Damon, however, said he wouldn't change his Samson-like locks.
"That's what cool about them," Rodriguez said. "You can relate to them. They're guys' guys."
Before the makeover, the Fab Five spoke with the players' wives to get some ideas. "Lots of beard alteration was proposed," Allen said.
Said Kressley: "Man-scaping."
The company entrusted with the players' makeover — which was in the press box remodeled to look like the show's set — was Felix Andrew Salons of Naples. The company has been in Naples for 11 years and Fort Myers for 13. A local producer for "Queer Eye" had been to the Fort Myers location, and suggested using the salon.
A baker's dozen of salon workers administered facials, manicures, pedicures, haircuts and waxing — Varitek was scheduled to have his back waxed — on Monday evening. Felix Andrew, who lives in Bonita Springs, got the phone call last week.
"I was thrilled," he said. "National publicity, you can't beat that. I'll take it."
Red Sox vice president Charles Steinberg said that the "Queer Eye" episode — and other Red Sox ventures — are good for the promotion of baseball.
However, he probably didn't agree with one of Kressley's suggestions. Sitting near the field, Kressley screamed up to general manager Theo Epstein, watching from afar in a luxury box.
"Theo, how about Pink Sox instead of red?" Kressley said. "Pink is the new red."
Epstein screamed back that, after last year, red is lucky.
http://www.naplesnews.com/npdn/sp_sp_trng_red_sox/article/0,2663,NPDN_21017_3622241,00.html
You would think with as much ball practice they get, that they would be another Roger Clemons.
They have got somesome real attitude problems.Don't ever tell me to just get over anything.Telling folks like me and all the fine folks here what to think is a serious error in logic.
Yet another reason for me to hate the Red Sox.
Go Yankees.
One question, who is the pitcher and who is the receiver?
This stuff seems to be all the rage these days, doesn't it? Thank God for the internet. My 'net surfing has all but eliminated tv viewing for leisure time activity.
Just in time.
After a couple errors my friend looked at me and said "Dale's taken more balls off the face than Rock Hudson".
Heh.
I can't stand the Yankees (Mets fan, but for some strange reason I don't think that we would EVER see any crap like this at Yankee Stadium. I imagine that as soon as some team official would even suggest something like this that Steinbrenner would throw him out on his a$$. I remember a while back that he suspended Don Mattingly for a game or two because his hair was too long.
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