"I bet some of you probably remember ME just 'cause of my hair, " Richards opens the play, in a perfect good-'ol-boy accent.

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He had imagined himself as a boy winning the World Series, throwing the perfect pass, saving his favorite teachers from mortal peril.

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With the perfect name, evoking Jack Armstrong the All-American Boy and moonwalker Neil Armstrong, his was an ideal saga for our media age.

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"When you hear that a poor boy caught the world record, it gives you hope, " he says in perfect English.

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In the Local Boy Makes Good version, fresh-startup-company Calxeda (pronounced Cal-Zayda) has a perfect launch, showing up for the first time in the public eye hand in hand with marquee-customer HP.

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