Sixty-two years ago today, the great Babe Ruth passed on. His spirit lives on by the remembrance of BR2, who requested a posted picture of his resting place in the Gates of Heaven.
Also, I was googling around and found a poem from about the time of his passing that eulogized the great Yankee slugger:
Game Called. Across the field of play
the dusk has come, the hour is late.
The fight is done and lost or won,
the player files out through the gate.
The tumult dies, the cheer is hushed,
the stands are bare, the park is still.
But through the night there shines the light,
home beyond the silent hill.Game Called. Where in the golden light
the bugle rolled the reveille.
The shadows creep where night falls deep,
and taps has called the end of play.
The game is done, the score is in,
the final cheer and jeer have passed.
But in the night, beyond the fight,
the player finds his rest at last.Game Called. Upon the field of life
the darkness gathers far and wide,
the dream is done, the score is spun
that stands forever in the guide.
Nor victory, nor yet defeat
is chalked against the players name.
But down the roll, the final scroll,
shows only how he played the game.
walk the #9 hitter…………really??
Nova gets his 1st win, in the majors
Good job Aldo
Big win today fellas…congrats to “Super” Nova on his first win in the show.
ShoeJoe that’s some stat you posted on the birds, re: first winning August since 1997? Wow.
ORIOLES SWEEP ANGELS !!!!!!
Buck Showalter says “Hello” to The Steinbrenners.
By the way, I got a one-month suspension from The BALTIMORE SUN, so you’ll be seeing my ugly face around here a lot.
anybody hear from jrz lately?
SUPER:
Not for more than a week.
well he must have had a damned good time in NJ!
Damn:
Congrats Shoe…next comes September is right, and after that, Joe Torre.
No Manny Lib – Whack Job is going to a team with a Whack Job for a manager – should be a fun September watching those two idiots in September
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100829&content_id=14088988&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb
Pena needed to slide high and head first on that play………….
If the cathcer blocks the plate, he’s blocking the basepath. You need to hit him in the cheekbone with your helmet to get him out of the baseline.
morning fellas. nice win in Chicago yesterday. The kid Nova brings some hope. A big test going against Toronto for the second time in his next outing. If this kid Nova is behind NY’s hyped up Killer B’s Banuelos, Brackman,and the Brooklyn kid Betances Cashman is doing a hell of a job with the farm. I think a GM’s salt/worth is what he can bring to the table once the Big Earners can’t strap em on due to injury or whatever puts them on the bench or the DL, bigga… yesterday Thames, Cervelli, Gardy, and Nova connected the dots.
nice to see Joba’s velocity increase now some late movement on the heater and location would be nice, but it was nice to see him pitch with balls.
thanks to Lev for snapping me back to reality when i was rooting for a boston sweep, must of been the air I’ve been breathing lately, but that 6.5 back sure looks good too me.
Hopefully Cahill leaves his CY arm in Oakland tonight, I would like to feel this good again tomorrow morning.
Enjoy the day boys hope everybody is doing well.
wow nasty crash Slam,Glad i don’t drive like that anymore.
hopefully Tex’s bruised hand gets better, not seeing him at first base is a scary sight
THE BALTIMORE SUN suspended me 3 times, each for a month apiece.
LIBERTY put me in the can for a grand total of 3 hours.
I like it here a lot better.
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