{"id":1084,"date":"2006-08-17T05:28:59","date_gmt":"2006-08-17T10:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/on-the-dl\/"},"modified":"2006-08-17T09:09:35","modified_gmt":"2006-08-17T14:09:35","slug":"on-the-dl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/on-the-dl","title":{"rendered":"On the DL"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dennis Leary goofs on Mel Gibson<\/a> while he sings the praises of Jewish ballplayers during a Red Sox broadcast.<\/p>\n

(Some of you may wonder why, as a Yankees fan, I keep a link to a Red Sox blog<\/a> in my blogroll. It’s because Mnookin’s an awfully good writer, isn’t prone to flying off the handle, and needs all the pity he can get, since he cheers for a team whose fans I witnessed perform The Wave <\/em>five times during the June 19 game against the Nationals<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dennis Leary goofs on Mel Gibson while he sings the praises of Jewish ballplayers during a Red Sox broadcast. (Some of you may wonder why, as a Yankees fan, I keep a link to a Red Sox blog in my blogroll. It’s because Mnookin’s an awfully good writer, isn’t prone to flying off the handle, … <\/p>\n

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