Queer Eye for the Straight Guy: the Boston Red Sox edition part 1
The episode kicks off with the Fab 5 arriving in Fort Myers, Florida, the site of MLB spring training. The group is greeted by the five players’, whom they will makeover, wives and instantly let their crazy personalities take over. I love these guys. I know I love nearly all gay men, but I mean really, what’s not to love? They’re just so overly enthusiastic about things that it’s completely infectious, even for a cynical, old soul like me. The five players that will be made over are:
- Johnny Damon
- Kevin Millar
- Doug Mirabelli
- Tim Wakefield
- Jason Varitek
Don’t feel bad if you don’t know who any of these guys are…I didn’t either. Well, I know Johnny Damon
because who doesn’t know Johnny Damon, but other than that I was pretty clueless. Don’t tell my boyfriend this! Most of the guys have a pretty fierce set of roots and enough facial hair to be mixed up with a convict, so I’m guessing this will all have to go. The guys seem pretty excited about the thought of a makeover, so it’s always great to see fun people participate in these sorts of things.
Meeting with the players in the locker room, we start to get a real feel for their own personalities, which in some ways, are just as colorful as the Fab 5. Jason Varitek and Doug Mirabelli especially standout because they’re both hilarious and so…manly. Mirabelli makes the comment that he uses the same bar of soap from, “ass to face,” which makes him especially down-to-earth, not mention a little gross. Which all men should be, no?
After getting a feel for the guys’ beauty routine (or lack of), the Queer Eye set goes off to visit a baseball field that has been devastated by Hurricane Charlie. A huge baseball diamond (that was far swankier than any little league diamond I’ve ever seen!) has been wrecked and, along with the help of the five participating Red Sox, the Fab 5 will present a check to the little league team that plays at that ballpark. Before announcing this, the guys go out and present the kids with new equipment and uniforms, and also hear their stories from the park. I was never into sports as a kid (jeez…wonder why?), but it’s clear that to some kids, sports is everything, so to know that they were robbed of that fun is sad to see. Yes, they could play at any field, but to see your home turf mutilated by Mother Nature must hurt at that age. After a healthy game of baseball, the kids are treated to Dunkin’ Donuts. Uh…yeah. Let’s stuff our faces after that activity!
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