Ray, people will come, Ray.
They'll come to Iowa for reasons they can't even fathom. They'll turn up your driveway, not knowing for sure why they're doing it. They'll arrive at your door as innocent as children, longing for the past. "Of course, we won't mind if you have a look around," you'll say. "It's only twenty dollars per person." They'll pass over the money without even thinking about it; for it is money they have and peace they lack.
And they'll walk out to the bleachers, and sit in shirt-sleeves on a perfect afternoon. They'll find they have reserved seats somewhere along one of the baselines, where they sat when they were children and cheered their heroes. And they'll watch the game, and it'll be as if they'd dipped themselves in magic waters. The memories will be so thick, they'll have to brush them away from their faces.
The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It's been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt, and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game, is a part of our past, Ray. It reminds us of all that once was good, and it could be again.
Ohhhhhhhh, people will come, Ray. People will most definitely come.
LET'S GO SOX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Nothing says America's pastime quite like playing in a dome halfway around the world @ 6 in the morning. Loved the Thursday's w/ Thorton post by the way. Especially the part about Tom Crean which had us all in stitches on Friday. It is still funny 3 days later. Sad to see there was no mention of your boy Richards from Western Kentucky. A.K.A. Jordie too hard of the glass. You need to find that video of him blowing that layup and put it up on Bluff Divers. By the way I've been deathly ill since 10 pm Friday. I hope none of the other Bluff Divers have become stricken with this fucking cold.
Well..we nuked the crap out of them so I guess we'll give them one...will comment on friday's debacle tomorrow...keep things interesting until friday....definitely starting to feel sick!
I'm, uh, H.E. Pennypacker. I'm a wealthy industrialist and philanthropist and, uh, a bicyclist. And, um, yes, I'm looking for a place where I can settle down with my, uh, peculiar habits, and, uh, the women that I frequent with. (sniffing wall) Mmm. Mombassa, hmm?
That movie gets me every time!!! I would love to be able to go to a meaningful baseball game in the month of September!!!!
My summer league team, The Pittsburgh Warriors, will play meaningful baseball up until August.
setting the alarm for baseball. maybe i'll swing by the cask'n'flagon on my way to work.
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Pennypacker, prepare yourself for an all out bidding war! Only this time, it's advantage Varnsen! You can forget about ever seeing a meaningful baseball game in this town. Give up all hope like I have and start actively hating the Pirates.
Today's blog about the Red Sox was a rip off. I come here for intellect and all I got was copy and paste. You're better than that, you're a Mellon for Christ sake.
Did you read below the baseball post butt munch? It is the greatest baseball speech of all time and gives me chills just thinking about it!!! I am good but I can't beat that...You clearly don't know what your talking about
I never said it was not good, in fact it gives me chills, it wasn't very original of you thornton.
John Hancock, Paul Revere, and Friggin Jason Pappelbaum!!
Jonathan Papelbon...oops
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