A TRUE HOLLYWOOD STORY

So, it has come to this. The Red Sox are giving the ball today to the best pitcher ever to wear "Clover Park" on his uniform jersey in a recreation league in Topton, Pa. That may not be as ominous as it sounds: While it is true that Wade Miller pitched for Clover Park after flunking out of nearby Alvernia College after just one year - that was the year he also painted his aunt's house, caddied at a local golf course, and shoveled manure at a horse farm ("At least it was outside; it beat serving soft-serve ice cream") - he long ago left behind the rolling hills of western Pennsylvania to become...