Baseball phenom resembles a character in Coover’s novel “Universal Baseball Association.”
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Shohei Like a Superhero in a Novel
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Damn Yankees! Oops, I Mean Astros
Washington almost got to play New York in the baseball world series, which would have brought up “Damn Yankees” and the Faustus story. I reflect on that story anyway.
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Robinson Ran Against Walls, Never Broke
A Ken Burns documentary on Jackie Robinson gives me an excuse to run this short, powerful Lucille Clifton poem honoring the player who broke baseball’s color line.
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A Colossus Bestriding the World (Series)
Sports Saturday What a world series it was for San Francisco Giants pitcher Martin Bumgartner! On Sunday he threw 117 pitches for nine shutout innings to win game five and then on Wednesday he returned to throw another 68 pitches for five shutout innings to preserve a 3-2 lead in the deciding game seven. And […]
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KC Royals Storm into World Series
The way the Kansas City Royals upended conventional wisdom in making it to the World Series is not unlike the chaos caused by Ariel in “The Tempest” to restore another royal to power.
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Wonder in an Old Leather Mitt
Emilio DeGrazia’s poems about an old leather mitt is a wonderful meditation on aging.
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To Hear an Oriole Sing
I use an Emily Dickinson poem to root for my favorite baseball team, the Baltimore Orioles.
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