Baseball players have big heads, big salaries, and sometimes big hearts.
Johnny Damon, the Red Sox' hirsute center fielder (think Kurt Russel in
The Thing) is shaving off his beard sometime today as an act of charity.
The Gillette Company has reportedly offered $15,000 (or what Johnny D.
makes in about 3 innings) towards a literacy program for Boston public
libraries if he shaves off a full beard he has cultivated since the
off-season. The program is geared towards making sure kids can read by
the time they reach the third grade. The money will also go towards a
program that helps students who do their homework at the library.
Damon, who also sports hair well below his ears, claims he will get no
compensation for removing his facial hair.
In a sport where players charge for autographs, dope their bats and
blind each other with their bling-bling, this is a rare act of
selflessness.
Happy Friday,
John P.
--John Pedini Director of Media Services Social Law Library 1200 Court House Boston, MA 02108 FONE (617) 226-1337 FAX (617) 523-2458
"Inaction is the result of not doing anything" -Anon.
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Wed Nov 14 2007 - 20:45:31 PST