It was disheartening to learn of the death last week of one of the greatest dancers in Broadway history, meaning Gwen Verdon. Verdon was a prime player in the play Damn Yankees. She's the one who played Lola, and whatever Lola wants, Lola gets, as the song says. Anyone who grew up in the fifties and sixties, as this almost-50 columnist did, remembers the dominance of the Yankees and the freshness of that play. Speaking of the Yankees, everyone is complaining about their dominance these years, everyone except the Yankees fans.
Sports tend to prosper when they have a dominant team that everyone is shooting for.
Think of the Montreal Canadiens in the NHL, the Boston Celtics in the NBA, the Dallas Cowboys in the NFL and the Yankees. Maybe their success isn't such a bad thing. There are unwanted books, magazines, collectibles and toys sent in for review. Now and then comes something of special merit and we bring it to your attention. McFarlane is the avid baseball fan from Calgary who became the creator of Spawn Comics.