On Friday, Sept. 4, Ernie Harwell announced to the world that he had inoperable cancer. On Wednesday, Sept. 16, he was honored by the fans in the middle of the Tigers-Royals game. Â
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Posted 9/18/2009
David Wright Concussion Haiku
by Patrick Hogan
David Wright concussed,
The mark of Cain on his head.
Is he disabled?
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Posted 9/17/2009
U-12 Girls Softball
by Doug Fahrendorff
Yesterday in a tournament
We finished our season
Second place
A trophy to display at school
Today a final round of calls
To organize
Next week’s picnic
The season
A catalog of images
I make out awards recognizing
Excellence and effort
A final thanks to players and parents
Can’t wait till next year
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Posted 9/16/2009
Sara Paretsky Reads Tribute to Mark Fidrych
Thank you, Sara, for the favor.
Sara’s newest novel, Hardball, stars her well-known detective V.I. Warshawski and will hit bookstores on Sept. 22. You can order your copy here.
Posted 9/11/2009
Derek Jeter and the Iron Horse
by Hart Seely
Derek Jeter took his bat
And flailed as if to a kill a rat.
He didn’t get a hit, of course,
And thus still trailed the Iron Horse.
Derek Jeter, what a bum!
Three measily hits would never come.
We really need a solid force,
But he still trailed the Iron Horse.
Derek Jeter, swinging late.
One brutal day: and 0 for eight.
And yet we state, withour remorse,
That he is now our Iron Horse.
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Posted 9/10/2009
Hart Seely is the author of Mother Goose Goes to Washington, as well as Oh Holy Cow: The Selected Verse of Phil Rizzuto, newly released in a 15th-anniversary edition. He often hangs around the Yankee website, It is High, It is Far, It is….caught, offering tasteful and constructive comments to management and players alike.