Ted and Tommy?
So you're walking through the historic halls of the National Portrait Gallery in Washington. And look, there's that iconic silkscreened image from 1980 by Andy Warhol of our late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, and across from it is Shepard Fairey's now famous portrait of President Obama. And hey, isn't that the foul-mouthed, pasta-loving, retired baseball coach of the Dodgers, Tommy Lasorda? It may seem a curious juxtaposition, but the newest of the 20,000 works at the Smithsonian museum, a 60 by 50 inch portrait of Lasorda painted by New York artist Everett Raymond Kinstler, now hangs next to Warhol's portrait of Kennedy (separated by an elevator) and across from Obama. "Just lucky," said Julia Zirinsky, when asked about how a pitcher who went 0-4 in his career (and later made the Hall of Fame as a manager) wound up next to the esteemed late senator and across from the president. "It creates interesting conversations because of the placements."
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Mark Shanahan joined The Boston Globe in
2003, having worked previously at the Portland Press Herald, where he
covered City Hall, and the Lewiston Sun-Journal, where he was the
education reporter. A Northampton native and graduate of Bates College,
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everything from nightlife to New Kids. She keeps her eyes peeled for
celebrity juice, and also writes Love Letters, a Boston.com blog for
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