Damn Yankees by Edward Drobinski - HTML preview

Damn Yankees

Page 6

sportswriter Gloria Thorpe plans to quickly get Joe into the public eye.

With tremendous home runs and game saving catches, Joe leads the Senators on a long winning streak into pennant contention and becomes a national hero. Joe misses Meg dreadfully, however, and keeps sneaking back to his old neighborhood for a glimpse of her. Realizing this could ruin his plans, Applegate summons his demonic right hand girl, Lola, a seductress who was once known as the ugliest woman in her territory, but sold her soul to Applegate in exchange for eternal youth and beauty. She is

ordered to make Joe forget his wife, a task Lola is confident she can carry out.

Joe succeeds in getting close to Meg by renting a room in his

old house. Meg is unaware of his baseball stardom. Applegate and Lola corner Joe in the baseball team's locker room, where Lola confidently tries to seduce Joe. But she has her first failure. Joe dearly loves Meg, and does not fall for Lola's tempting ways. Applegate angrily banishes Lola.

By the end of the season, the Senators are on the verge of overtaking the Yankees, so the Washington fans hold a lavish tribute. Gloria, having returned from Hannibal, Missouri, where no residents remember a Joe Hardy, confronts Applegate about the