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Theresa
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 Thu Mar 17, 2005 12:58 am Q ueer Eye for the Sox |
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| Quote: | Damon, Millar, Varitek receive fabulous makeovers
Posted: Wednesday March 16, 2005 6:13PM; Updated: Wednesday March 16, 2005 6:55PM
Carson Kressley (left) gets up close and personal with Kevin Millar and Jason Varitek.
AP
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) -- It took 86 years to turn the Red Sox into champions. It won't take long to make five of their bearded players look better.
Not with the Fab Five makeover artists from the Queer Eye for the Straight Guy television show calling the shots.
"Look at the Green Monster," Carson Kressley said in mock horror, staring at catcher Doug Mirabelli's big toe Monday as they sat on the top of Boston's dugout.
Kressley handles fashion on the Bravo cable show featuring five gay men who also work on improving the culinary, cultural, grooming and interior decorating skills of straight men.
"We make our guys over in one day," he said. "If we had 86 days with the Red Sox, we could really turn them out, let alone 86 years."
Taping began Monday at City of Palms Park for the first episode of the show's next season on June 7. Mirabelli, Johnny Damon, Kevin Millar and Tim Wakefield did on-field scenes. Jason Varitek arrived late in the afternoon by a helicopter that landed behind second base after he played a road game 120 miles away in Fort Lauderdale.
More taping will be done at the stadium after Wednesday's game against St. Louis. The production will raise money to help rebuild a nearby little league field damaged by hurricanes.
It's less likely that the show would have been shot had the Red Sox not ended their drought last year when they swept the Cardinals in the World Series. That led to plenty of offseason developments -- player appearances on Letterman and Leno, a White House visit and a tour of the championship trophy to several states.
"This is not your grandfather's spring training," Red Sox president Larry Lucchino said. "It's confined to the offseason and to spring training and everybody's keeping it in perspective. Most of it will stop when the season begins."
But on Monday it was full speed ahead -- from the blond-maned Kressley's raunchy quips about bats and baseballs to the show's "grooming guru" Kyan Douglas jokingly admiring Damon's biceps to Millar declaring, "It's been a fun day."
One potential makeover was quickly scrapped.
"No chance," Damon said when asked if his long hair would be cut. A contract for his book being issued in April requires him to keep his hair long.
Besides, he said with a smile, even before the massages, manicures, pedicures, back waxes and clothing changes began, "I feel so much better about myself already."
The origin of the episode was unclear.
David Metzler, the executive producer, said it was proposed by wives of the players. Lucchino said, "We didn't go out looking for them. I can assure you that."
But the Red Sox were willing participants with a team of loose, long-locked players who joke around when they're not dirtying their uniforms by diving for balls and working hard at their craft.
"They have a very great image," said "culture vulture" Jai Rodriguez. "It's very marketable and I think people can relate to that, so we were very careful in the way we approached it. We didn't want to take away who they are, just sort of elevate them a little bit.
"We want to make them look like champions."
One player scheduled to participate, low-key third baseman Bill Mueller, decided to skip it.
"So we're going to his house afterward to surprise him," food and wine specialist Ted Allen said.
The show's stars also know about baseball. Rodriguez referred to the cool relations between the Red Sox and New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez.
"I came in here thinking I would call myself J-Rod, but they were like ixnay on that," he said.
Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein watched from his office as the Fab Five and the four players spoke at a news conference from chairs on the roof of the Red Sox dugout.
"Theo," Kressley shouted to him, "how about pink Sox instead of red?"
As his team did last season, Epstein got in the decisive shot.
"Red worked last year," he said.
Copyright 2004 Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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Had to post this, if only for the pic of Carson, 
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| Thu Mar 17, 2005 6:49 pm |
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Ha, pink.
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| Fri Mar 18, 2005 2:04 am |
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Yea Theresa, Youd never see this kinda nonsense happening to my yanks! I guess it is because we don't need any more attention! hehe
No but all jokes aside, This might actually be interesting to watch. I'll just Tivo it and see if I can find time for the red sox... I highly doubt it tho!
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Theresa
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| Fri Mar 18, 2005 8:05 pm |
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| Beta6 wrote: | Yea Theresa, Youd never see this kinda nonsense happening to my yanks! I guess it is because we don't need any more attention! hehe
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Yeah, with so many yanks being accused of steroid abuse, I guess they don't need the extra attention...
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| Sat Mar 19, 2005 2:28 am |
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^ blah, can't stand that show
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| Sat Mar 19, 2005 6:51 pm |
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Thats a man in pink!? Aaaagh. I thought that was a woman..... 
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Beta6
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| Sat Mar 19, 2005 11:37 pm |
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| Theresa wrote: | | Beta6 wrote: | Yea Theresa, Youd never see this kinda nonsense happening to my yanks! I guess it is because we don't need any more attention! hehe
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Yeah, with so many yanks being accused of steroid abuse, I guess they don't need the extra attention... |
Sterioids are sterioids... Big deal.. It isn't like it is heroin or something. ppl blow this way up. Who really cares? I don't! If it makes the player better... go for it!
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| Sun Mar 20, 2005 12:15 am |
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Tsssss. Steroids are like heroin. They can give you cancer, they can kill you. And how is it fair for certain players to have an advantage over others? That totally goes against the point of sports.
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Theresa
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| Sun Mar 20, 2005 2:27 am |
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^^If ya gotta cheat...
Anyway, I think QE is hilarious, and this will be a great ep.
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| Sun Mar 20, 2005 2:49 pm |
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Did they say when it would be on?
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| Sun Mar 20, 2005 10:04 pm |
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| Quote: | | Taping began Monday at City of Palms Park for the first episode of the show's next season on June 7. |
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You have to remember though that not all steriods are bad, I had to take some for breathing problems a few years ago.
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Theresa
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| Mon Mar 21, 2005 12:14 pm |
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I don't think anyone said they were...
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| Mon Mar 21, 2005 8:25 pm |
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| Theresa wrote: | | Quote: | | Taping began Monday at City of Palms Park for the first episode of the show's next season on June 7. |
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Thankee.
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| Tue Mar 22, 2005 4:37 am |
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| Theresa wrote: | | I don't think anyone said they were... |
But there could be players that might have to take it for reasons such as myself, and so they would have traces in their blood. Also the amount taken like this wouldn't result in the side effects Aaron outlined.
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Theresa
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| Tue Mar 22, 2005 12:50 pm |
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Then they'd have prescriptions, and the team doctors would know. The problem is with performance enhancing drugs. You know, the illegal ones.
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| Tue Mar 22, 2005 1:02 pm |
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| Founder wrote: | | Thats a man in pink!? Aaaagh. I thought that was a woman..... |
For future reference: Check for the aptly-named "Adam's apple". There is surgery to remove it but it's very expensive and somewhat risky. 
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| Thu Mar 24, 2005 9:52 am |
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| Theresa wrote: | | Then they'd have prescriptions, and the team doctors would know. The problem is with performance enhancing drugs. You know, the illegal ones. |
Not all the time. I'm not sure about baseball, but in the olymics people have been banned because there was a substance that is legal as such, but not for sports in their inhaler.
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Theresa
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| Thu Mar 24, 2005 12:27 pm |
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| Jeremy wrote: | | Theresa wrote: | | Then they'd have prescriptions, and the team doctors would know. The problem is with performance enhancing drugs. You know, the illegal ones. |
Not all the time. I'm not sure about baseball, but in the olymics people have been banned because there was a substance that is legal as such, but not for sports in their inhaler. |
In the MLB, it is against the rules to be on any medication that the team doctors are not aware of. So yes, "all the time". It's like the cold meds that test positive for different narcotics. The team doctors are aware.
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