Boston Herald

Howie Carr: Alibi Ike was a fictional baseball player in a Ring Lardner short story that later became a famous 1935 movie – Olivia de Havilland’s film debut. Alibi Ike had a lame excuse for everything that went wrong. It was never Alibi Ike’s fault. Alibi Ike must have been a Democrat. Because the Democrats have an excuse for everything.