Sandra Bullock, Reese Witherspoon, all of them single soon after taking home that statue.

And I must say, even now, when I sit with my sons with our season tickets, I can sometimes close my eyes against the sun and imagine myself, a young girl once more, in the presence of my father, watching the players of my youth on the grassy fields below Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella, Pee Wee Reese, and Duke Snider.