Yer killin' me, Smalls.
It's on! **hand shakes** Go Dodgers! (Now there's something I never thought I'd say)
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Yer killin' me, Smalls.
It's on! **hand shakes** Go Dodgers! (Now there's something I never thought I'd say)
Ok, ok... a down payment, a doggerel, with a nod to Volare which soon went off the rails and is in need of much revision:
Ohtani !
Oooooooh-taaa-neeeeeee,
Ooooh-Oh
Oooooooh-taaa-neeeeeee,
O-o-o-oh
He's a pitcher and hitter renown
Makes other team's pitchers appear like clowns
50-50 a zenith no one else has attained
Dragging bases behind like a train
O, his bombs o'er the fences are oft measured
By meters and kept by fans to sell on E-Bay
Oooooooh-taaa-neeeeeee,
Ooooh-Oh
Oooooooh-taaa-neeeeeee,
O-o-o-oh
Sancho bleeds Dodger blue when Ohtani appears
Catching box scores wherever he goes
And when Ohtani shines at the plate or the mound
Making stats that sail past the Moon
One can hear all the legends of old sigh out loud -
One can hear Angels belt out a croon...
Oooooooh-taaa-neeeeeee,
Ooooh-Oh
Oooooooh-taaa-neeeeeee,
O-o-o-oh
10/8/2024 r. 10/9/2024
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Nice!
I can see already I’m way outclassed in this contest. For the sake of the Litnet, it’d be best if the Dodgers win. All I’ve got so far is the concept of a poem. It’s told from a fan’s perspective. He’s an old-school fan, the kind of a guy who calls his boss and tells him he has cancer so he can go to the game. I’ve got the title:
The Bases Are Loaded And So Am I
Lol... good premise, looking forward to it :)
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Los Yanquis have moved on to the league pennant race, which means they’re one step closer to regalement by El Sancho. It’s do or die for Los Doyers tonight.
News flash... D-men defrock Padres !!!
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Man! LA’s pitching was intense.
Was hoping to see the Tigers move ahead, but at top o the 8th it ain’t looking good.
Yankees! Touchdown! On their way to the Series.
Dodgers? Fumble! On their way to game 6, NLCS.
If wiki’s right, the Yankees have won the World Series 27 times. The Dodgers have won it 7. Neither team has ever won a Super Bowl.
So I just reread Hunter Thompson’s Fear And Loathing at the Super Bowl. It’s a Rolling Stone piece that is included in a collection of his writing: The Great Shark Hunt: Gonzo Papers, Volume 1, Strange Tales from a Strange Time. “Gonzo” journalism loosely means the writer plays a part in the story.
This article is about the 1974 Super Bowl between the Miami Dolphins and the Minnesota Vikings played in Houston. It starts just before dawn on the morning of the game with Hunter deciding to deliver a sermon from the balcony of his hotel room. He’s under the influence and he’s also a bit stressed because he owes the magazine an article and he hasn’t even written the lead yet. But then he realizes:
It begins:Quote:
… because it suddenly occurred to me that I had already written the lead for this year’s Super Bowl game; I wrote it last year in Los Angeles, and a quick rip through my fat manila folder of clips labeled “Football ’73” turned it up as if by magic. I jerked it out of the file, and retyped it on a fresh page slugged: “Super Bowl/Houston ’74.” The only change necessary was the substitution of “Minnesota Vikings” for “Washington Redskins.”
Quote:
“The precision-jackhammer attack of the Miami Dolphins stomped the balls off the Minnesota Vikings today by stomping and hammering with one precise jack-thrust after another up the middle, mixed with pinpoint-precision passes into the flat and numerous hammer-jack stops around both ends …”
Man-O-man I miss Hunter S. Thompson.
No, lol, no super bowls for the pinstripes and blue... go figger. Haven't seen the recaps yet... too much college ball.
SB '74 - Lol!
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Sweet!
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
Woo-hoo, Lower Alabama wins the NLCS. Gonna be a great Series.
I have a friend from Mobile, Alabama. Whenever he comes out here for a visit and people hear him talk, they inevitably ask him where he’s from. He always answers — I’m from LA. Sometimes they give him a strange look, and sometimes they say — You don’t sound like you’re from LA. To which he answers — Whaa-choo mean? Everybody in Lower Alabama talks like me.
Lol... the baseball gods have been generous... gotta find a way to follow the series (no TV package)... maybe radio feed to PC/phone (hope they're not playing on the Sabbath... prolly not with the NFL scarfing air time)... I don't miss football on Sundays... recaps are good enough for me - but not the Big Show :)
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
You know, Tailor, Yankee Stadium has been referred to as the "Cathedral." I suppose that only applies if your religion is Baseball. But you're in luck. The World Series starts in Los Angeles on Friday. They play two games then the teams travel to New York on Sunday (day of rest), three games in NYC then back to LA for the last two if needed on Friday and Saturday next week.
So for folks who observe the Sabbath on Sunday — Woo-Hoo — for those who observe Shabbat — Woo-Hoo as well — Saturday’s game starts after sunset, East Coast time anyway, 5pm out west.
I’m sure it’s on the radio. Baseball is one of those sports where you can do a brake job and listen to the game at the same time without missing a thing. Ya don’t have to sit it front of the tube. If Vin Scully was still calling games for the Dodgers and Phil Rizzuto for the Yankees, I’d be just fine listening to the Series instead of watching it.
Got it... Baseball not quite a religion, more like a casual obsession... Bowling was back in the day; nothing like cranking a bowling ball 60 or so feet between two gutters :)
Found this:
WORLD SERIES 2024
Friday, Oct. 25
Game 1: NYY @ LAD, 8:08 p.m. EDT... / 5:08 pm PDT
Saturday, Oct. 26
Game 2: NYY @ LAD, 8:08 p.m. EDT... / 5:08 pm PDT
Monday, Oct. 28
Game 3: LAD @ NYY, 8:08 p.m. EDT... / 5:08 pm PDT... hmm, FHE @ 7 pm PDT (will have to miss dinner at 6:30)
Tuesday, Oct. 29
Game 4: LAD @ NYY, 8:08 p.m. EDT... / 5:08 pm PDT
Wednesday, Oct. 30
*Game 5: LAD @ NYY, 8:08 p.m. EDT... / 5:08 pm PDT... hmm, Bible Study @ 7 pm PDT
Friday, Nov. 1
*Game 6: NYY @ LAD, 8:08 p.m. EDT... / 5:08 pm PDT
Saturday, Nov. 2
*Game 7: NYY @ LAD, 8:08 p.m. EDT... / 5:08 pm PDT
(*if necessary)
Ta ! (short for tarradiddle),
tailor
quickie tailor:
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