Fully knowing what would happen,
I, Tiresias, weary prophet Stayed up late To watch. Jacob DeGrom, Latter-day Sisyphus, Pushed rock up hill, Expertly, seven innings. Did he know? Probably. No runs. No runs, ever. The human condition. I loved the glimpses of The City. Cable car. Bridge. Bay. The color orange. Blankets. Parkas. I almost never miss anything from my former life. But last night I felt a twinge: “I used to go there.” Beyond my bedtime, I waited for the inevitable. And there it was. Left fielder and shortstop, Back to 1962. Only one person I could count on being up. I texted my friend Wakefield In the Bay Area Who pitched for the Mets in 1964. Studied Casey. Stanford guy. Probably took a course In Greek myths. Was he there last night? “Left field,” he texted back, Citing the legend of 1962, "Yo La Tengo," When original Mets Botched a similar play With similar results. By now, We have seen it all. Old fans. Old writers. Old players. But still we watch. What does it say About us? * * * The legend of Yo La Tengo: http://phillysportshistory.com/2011/05/21/richie-ashburn-is-the-inspiration-for-the-band-name-yo-la-tengo/ Tiresias: I refer to The Waste Land: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47311/the-waste-land Bill Wakefield’s Baseball Stats: https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/wakefbi01.shtml Very nice article by Deesha Thosar in NY Daily New: https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/ny-jacob-degrom-dom-smith-20190720-36oevoexyfd3vb4r4fldva3yby-story.html
George Vecsey for Bill Wakefield, Mets 1964
7/20/2019 03:43:58 pm
George Vecsey for Bill Wakefield( georgevecsey@gmail.com )7/20/2019 03:33:57 pm
Randolph
7/23/2019 10:34:49 am
George,
bruce
7/20/2019 09:02:54 pm
george,
ahron horowitz
7/22/2019 12:23:04 pm
thanks for the story.we probably need a citywide intervention Comments are closed.
|
QUOTES
“I don’t think people understand how Covid affects older Americans,” Mr. Caretti said with frustration. “In 2020, there was this all-in-this-together vibe, and it’s been annihilated. People just need to care about other people, man. That’s my soapbox.” ---Vic Caretti, 47, whose father recently died of Covid at 85. ---From an article by Paula Span, who covers old age for the NYT, which currently has 2646 comments, the majority criticizing the American public – and public officials – for acting as if the pandemic is “over.” Classic wishful thinking, at a lethal level. Please see: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/11/health/covid-pandemic-seniors.html Categories
All
|