by Jim Siergey
A wildcat did prowl
The wind began to howl
and Oddibe McDowell
belongs in a Bob Dylan song.
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Jim Siergey is the author and illustrator of the Cubs alternate history If They Did It. You can see more of his illustration work at his website here.
On a related note: Bellowing Ark, vol 16, no 3, May/June 2000, from “In Praise of Dandelions”:
…my iguana, Odibe
(named for a famous
centerfielder
who was the subject
of the unwritten
“Ode to Odibe”
with the immortal opening line:
“Oh! to be Odibe…)
Also crosslinked to It is High, It is Far, It is Caught yesterday. Good job, Jim.
http://johnsterling.blogspot.com/2011/05/o2b-mcdowell.html