A couple of weeks ago I did a post about the late, great Boston Globe columnist George Frazier that mentioned his affection for that mysterious quality of duende. The main example used in it was that Ted Williams had it, even while striking out, but Stan Musial didn't have it, even when hitting a homerun.
That's a pretty good example, but probably a bit dated for somebody stumbling across this blog.
Let's try here to give some hopefully more current examples of duende, a la George Frazier...
Red Sox DH David Ortiz has it. Sox outfielder J.D. Drew doesn't have it. (Big Papi misplaced it for a period time a couple of years ago, but managed to get it back... a rarity.)
Staying with baseball for another moment, pitcher John Lackey sorely lacks duende. Second baseman Dustin Pedroia has duende to spare.
The Amazon Kindle e-reader has duende. The Amazon Kindle apps for other devices does not.
Boston Mayor Tom Menino and New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg do not have duende. The 1960's/70's mayors of Boston and New York, Kevin White and John Lindsay, had it.
Katie Couric had duende for a few minutes at the start of her career on the Today Show. It had long deserted her by the end of her run there. It never made an appearance with her on the CBS Evening News. It won't rejoin her next year on her new talk show.
The Apple iPad -- much to my dismay -- has duende. Alas, the new HP TouchPad does not.
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