Dreaming About Rico Petrocelli

I had a dream about Rico Petrocelli the other night. He came up to me in a bar, or possibly a hotel lobby, extended his hand, and said, “I’m Rico Petrocelli.” I replied, “I thought I recognized you.” He looked just like the baseball card photo I found of him online. In real life, Petrocelli turns 83 this month. Petrocelli was a two-time All-Star shortstop for the Boston Red Sox from the mid-1960s through the mid-1970s. He was a key part of the Impossible Dream team of 1967, which improbably won the American League pennant after years as league doormats. That was a simpler time,...

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All (Doggie) Eyes Were on Me

Every move you make Every step you take I'll be watching you. — The Police   Every Breath You Take, the 1983 song by the Police, with Sting as lead singer and songwriter, came on the gym speakers the other day as we were warming up. Someone remarked, “I’ve always considered that a creepy stalking song.” I hadn’t really thought about it, but she had a point. A little research indicates Sting wrote it after the painful breakup of his first marriage. He once said, “I think it’s a nasty little song, really rather evil. It’s about jealousy and surveillance and ownership.” I...

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