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There are new all-stars at Fenway Park, carrying syringes of vaccine and doses of hope
The latest Fenway faithful want it now. They want it fast
By Thomas Farragher Globe Columnist,Updated February 17, 2021, 3:54 p.m.
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The beer taps are dry. There are no peanuts or pretzels. Or Fenway Franks.
But this much is familiar: There are long lines. There are determined faces. And, as ever, there is an abiding hope at the old ballpark.
âAll the kids are concerned, and theyâre all trying to get an appointment for me,â Carol Hartling, 86, of Marblehead told me the other day outside a frosty Fenway Park. âYouâve got to do what you can to survive.â
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As the highly-touted Vergil Ortiz Jnr prepares to face Maurice Hooker in his biggest test he talks to Phil Rogers about his past, present and future
NOT every hatchet man is seduced by bloodlust. In 1634 a German executioner by the name of Meister Frantz Schmidt put pen to paper as he looked back on his 40 years in the profession. The violence he dispensed had been plentiful, yet Schmidt never grew numb to the grisly task he was asked to perform, often displaying profound empathy for his victims as they awaited their fate. In boxing, that same balance of compassion and violence has always fascinated; how so many otherwise kind and agreeable people can enter the ring and transform into such brutal and merciless combatants. One recent example is that of the up-and-coming American knockout artist, Vergil Ortiz Jnr, a young welterweight with a 100 per cent KO record in 16 fights who openly admits to feeling conflicted at the thought of the punishme
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