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Parody Strikes and Balls Martinez K's 5, Takes Off Pants, Could Put Men's Sports on Map By Bob Ryan GLOBE STAFF Men's sports will never be the same. "It was ^ a totally spontaneous expression...
...Martinez raised spirits—and not a few eye-brows—as he introduced the country to ^ a new article of clothing that he designed himself, withe the help of 37 marketing executives at Nike: the Miracle Jock...
...Exhilarated by striking out five of the National League's most powerful sluggers ^ in yo^s-terday's All-Star game, Martinez tore off his regUlation baseball trousers and gamboled about the infield in front of 33,000 cheering spectators at Fenway Park...
...You just look at the guy out there and say 'I want one of those,'" said Viagra spokesman and former prefi-dential candidate Bob Dole, in the stands for the game...
...He looked really excited," Mrs...
...The First Lady, who cut short a tour of upstate New York to greet both teams in their locker rooms, was caught up in the moment...
...Clinton beamed, a distant look in her eye...
...It's a sign that we can be comfortable with our bodies...
...It was ^ a totally spontaneous expression of emotion," said haa^d'throwing Red Sox right-hander pe<Jro Martinez...
...While analysts warn that it's too early to tell, public reaction to Martinez could be a sign that men's professional sports may at last be gaining an initial, if precarious, toehold in the American consciousness...
...For me the jockstrap sends a message oi male empowerment," Martinez says...
...Male politicians were quick to agree...
...But she warned of a ^ continuingr glass ceiling under which men who take off their clothes earn only 69 cents for every dollar that wo...
Vol. 4 • July 1999 • No. 42
