{"id":66,"date":"2008-06-26T12:31:56","date_gmt":"2008-06-26T17:31:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sox35th.com\/?p=66"},"modified":"2008-06-26T12:33:05","modified_gmt":"2008-06-26T17:33:05","slug":"escape-from-la","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sox35th.com\/index.php\/66\/escape-from-la","title":{"rendered":"Escape from L.A."},"content":{"rendered":"

The Twins\u00c2\u00a0sit a mere\u00c2\u00a0half a game back, a no-name lefty pitcher<\/a> shut down the Sox and the spectre of total hometown shaming looms over the coming weekend. What’s a Sox fan to do? Look for a guiding light in others who’ve left the City of Angels en route to greatness, that’s what:<\/p>\n

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  1. Metallica<\/strong>, rock band. In 1983, on the strength of the Power Metal<\/em> demo, the nascent metal band moved to San Francisco without any connections but a young bass player willing to join their outfit should they move. The result? Four<\/a> (arguably<\/a> five) consecutive<\/a> classic<\/a> albums<\/a>, 57 million records sold in the United States alone, and total authority over a global army of wildly devoted fans.<\/li>\n
  2. Tyra Banks<\/strong>, supermodel turned media mogul. Left L.A. for New York to pursue modeling career; later dated director John Singleton, Kings forward Chris Webber, Grammy-winner Seal, and some other guy. Won a Daytime Emmy for The Tyra Banks Show<\/em>.<\/li>\n
  3. Paul Pierce<\/strong>, basketball player. Drafted 10th overall by the Boston Celtics in 1998, later\u00c2\u00a0acted as one-third of\u00c2\u00a0possibly the best front three ever assembled on an NBA team and helped lead the Celtics to the single greatest turnaround in sports history. Currently resides in Massachusetts.<\/li>\n
  4. Andrew W.K.<\/strong>, musician\/performance artist. Relocated to Michigan in youth, then New York City as an adult. Single-handedly revitalized “party rock” genre with 2002’s I Get Wet<\/em>. Host of numerous shows on cable television shows and guest star of Aqua Teen Hunger Force. May not actually exist<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  5. Tony Gwynn<\/strong>, baseball player. Drafted by the just-down-the-interstate Padres and, well, you know the rest.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Keep hope alive, Sox fans. If an overweight Hall of Famer, alleged backstabbing shrew and sellout metal band can’t save us, nothing can. Especially against another no-name lefty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    In anticipation of this afternoon’s rubber match, a salute to those who triumphantly stormed their way out of Los Angeles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sox35th.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sox35th.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sox35th.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sox35th.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sox35th.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.sox35th.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sox35th.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sox35th.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sox35th.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}