Eugene David ...The One-Minute Pundit |
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Friday, September 24, 2004
A LUNKHEADED PAPER OF RECORD SIX-DIGIT SPORTS HACK WHO HELPED HOWELL TURN THE MASTERS INTO A J'ACCUSE ADMITS HE ORIGINATED THE STORY THAT IN 1919 THE RED SOX OWNER HARRY FRAZEE SOLD THE BABE'S CONTRACT TO FINANCE THE MUSICAL NO! NO!! NANETTE!!! -- A SHOW THAT OPENED IN 1925.
Well, as the PULITZER PRIZE-WINNER WALTER DURANTY would say, NOT THE FIRST TIME. P. S. That punctuation is according to the great theatrical historian Gerald Bordman, who is definitive on such things.
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