Thursday 13 - Ode to Baseball

Baseball...a game to love as a player and a fan.

I live in Michigan and I'm a Tiger's fan who has never been to a live game in Detroit.

Hey... I'd rather watch them on TV. Don't hate me for it.

Friends, Nick & Carol are HUGE Cubs fans. I love how they "go all out" for their team.

Our Police Chief played pro ball "back in the day" and is my son's pitching coach.
The stories he tells could be in Pippa Grant's books.

My middle son has played baseball when he was in school and my youngest since he was a wee one, travel teams and all. 2020 was the year of no baseball for him. I miss the games, the crowds, Twizzlers.

Hats off to the players and teams who are struggling through this messed up season.

 Inspired by those who love the game, today's list is dedicated to all those hard working ball players and those who love to watch them. 

I've taken liberty to borrow some phrases from Ernie Harwell's Definition of Baseball.

1. 

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Baseball is the tossing out the first ball of the season.

2. 

Baseball is a scrubby school boy playing catch with his dad on a Mississippi farm.

3.

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So is the scout reporting on a sixteen year old pitcher in Cheyenne.

4.

Baseball is a spirited race of man against man, reflex against reflex.

5.

 A game of inches. Every skill is measured. Every heroic, every failing is seen and cheered, or booed. And then becomes a statistic.

6.

Baseball is a rookie.

 His experience no bigger than the lump in his throat as he begins fulfillment of his dream.

7.

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It a veteran too, a tired old man of thirty-five hoping that those aching muscles can pull him through another sweltering August and September. 

8. 

Nicknames are baseball, names like Zeke and Pie and Kiki and Home Run and Cracker and Dizzy and Dazzy. 

9.

 Baseball is the cool, clear eyes...and the flashing spikes.

10.  

Baseball is just a game, as simple as a ball and bat, yet as complex as the American spirit it symbolizes.

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 A sport, a business and sometimes almost even a religion.

12. 

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Baseball is a tongue tied kid from Georgia.

13. 

Still a game for America, this baseball! 

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Listen to Ernie Harwell's "Definition of Baseball", as recited at his Hall of Fame induction ceremony.

Tuesday Teaser - It's Baseball Time!

It's Baseball Season and I've been cheering on my Tigers.


I think more women are watching the games just to get a glimpse of our hot manager, Brad Ausmus.

Ahem... right ladies?

ANYWAYS...
In honor of this wonderful season and hot baseball guys...
 I recommend reading Lucky 13 (Deadlines & Diamonds) by my friend Morgan Kearns.

BLURB:
Tragedy made it possible for Enrique Santiago to take over as Left Fielder for the Las Vegas Rockets. Talent keeps him there, giving him everything a guy could want. Except a woman to share it with. 

A painful past with one very prominent reminder molded Shayne Xavier into the woman she is. She isn’t bitter or jaded, though. She’s a realist. Men can’t be depended upon and only lead to broken promises and shattered hearts. 

Unaware of the demons of her past, Ricky tries to offer strength as Shayne’s life spins out of control. Sometimes Happily-Ever-After is too good to be true. Will Shayne and Ricky ever be able to restore the luck of his Lucky 13?


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