Wednesday, January 07, 2004

Hall of Fame Name

Paul Molitor’s smiling face is featured in both local sports sections today. The accompanying articles include reports such as:

Molitor popped a champagne cork and headed to the Dome for a series of interviews, before leaving for New York and the national talk-show circuit. He described his feelings over the last few days to "out-of-body experiences”

Many people seem to believe all this elation is based on his election into baseball’s Hall of Fame yesterday. Perhaps. But I think something else may be at work here. According to the Pioneer Press:

Among well-wishers at the Metrodome, where the Twins held a news conference for Molitor's first-ballot election announcement Tuesday, were Paul's sisters Carol, Vicki, Mary, Barbie and Judy, brother Dave .... and Paul's fiancée Destini

A 45-year-old guy with fiancee named Destini? Who spells her name with two i’s? Talk about hitting a home run. Or is that stealing home?

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