tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post4570175563888422422..comments2024-03-28T19:45:50.194-07:00Comments on the joy of sox: Casey At The Bat - And In The Cardsallanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-56694335255715248332008-12-23T11:36:00.000-08:002008-12-23T11:36:00.000-08:00He's a baseball guy though and this is a baseball ...He's a baseball guy though and this is a baseball thing more than a real artsy poem thing.andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13080026360873456937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-46276294973420642622008-12-23T11:01:00.000-08:002008-12-23T11:01:00.000-08:00Unless it's his secret obsession. I never got the ...Unless it's his secret obsession. I never got the impression Allan's secret obsession would be poetry, but they say you never really know someone...laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-86751039758494081822008-12-23T11:00:00.000-08:002008-12-23T11:00:00.000-08:00And I am too dense. (As usual.)Allan's not obsesse...And I am too dense. (As usual.)<BR/><BR/>Allan's not obsessed with this poem. I doubt we even have a copy in print anywhere.laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-1016264353340701592008-12-23T10:57:00.000-08:002008-12-23T10:57:00.000-08:00Wow I guess I am too vague. Allan what do you know...Wow I guess I am too vague. Allan what do you know of this poem?andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13080026360873456937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-34843041850938555032008-12-23T09:54:00.000-08:002008-12-23T09:54:00.000-08:00I want to know if there is any wisdom beyond the i...<I>I want to know if there is any wisdom beyond the internet that someone who is obsessed with this poem might have. </I><BR/><BR/>I bet a SABR Journal has it. I'm not sure how you'd search those. Public library?laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-67913026979838363162008-12-23T07:51:00.000-08:002008-12-23T07:51:00.000-08:00It is pretty funny. I wasn't mad. I would use it t...It is pretty funny. I wasn't mad. I would use it too. <BR/><BR/>I want to know if there is any wisdom beyond the internet that someone who is obsessed with this poem might have. Someone who may run his own blog and may have at some time posted a thing about it.andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13080026360873456937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-24735341663270015432008-12-23T06:50:00.000-08:002008-12-23T06:50:00.000-08:00No, it makes me look like an ass for insinuating t...No, it makes me look like an ass for insinuating that you can't search, which I suppose I am. (I find that thing hilarious, though.)Benjaminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421785398444449007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-85416593067276676582008-12-22T20:16:00.000-08:002008-12-22T20:16:00.000-08:00I've heard the Holliston answer, but I went to sch...I've heard the Holliston answer, but I went to school pretty close to Holliston, so I can't put too much stock in it.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14670045693768623299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-83492311673591818062008-12-22T18:43:00.000-08:002008-12-22T18:43:00.000-08:00And that let me google that for you thing makes me...And that let me google that for you thing makes me look like i'm an ass that can't search.andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13080026360873456937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-60560726498069642322008-12-22T18:36:00.000-08:002008-12-22T18:36:00.000-08:00Answers that are not on the Internet? I don't fol...<A HREF="http://letmegooglethatforyou.com/?q=answers+that+are+not+on+the+internet" REL="nofollow">Answers that are not on the Internet</A>? I don't follow.Benjaminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421785398444449007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-87440647403690327462008-12-22T18:26:00.000-08:002008-12-22T18:26:00.000-08:00That's all fine and good but what I wanted to know...That's all fine and good but what I wanted to know was did anybody have any other answers that are not on the internet.andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13080026360873456937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-64640502564768018972008-12-22T17:40:00.000-08:002008-12-22T17:40:00.000-08:00See also: http://letmegooglethatforyou.com/?q=%22c...See also: <A HREF="http://letmegooglethatforyou.com/?q=%22casey+at+the+bat%22+stockton" REL="nofollow">http://letmegooglethatforyou.com/?q=%22casey+at+the+bat%22+stockton</A>. :)Benjaminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421785398444449007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-89313363466515262892008-12-22T16:13:00.000-08:002008-12-22T16:13:00.000-08:00Stockton apparently was called Mudville (among oth...Stockton apparently was called Mudville (among other names) prior to its incorporation.<BR/><BR/>Wikipedia suggests Holliston, MA (author grew up in Worcester) and Stockton, CA (author covered baseball for the SF Examiner) as possible Mudvilles though notes it's probably all just fiction.Benjaminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421785398444449007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-48153176585453803152008-12-22T14:21:00.000-08:002008-12-22T14:21:00.000-08:00Where is the poem set? In Stockton California wher...Where is the poem set? In Stockton California where I did most of my growing up the local minor league team change their name from the Stockton Ports to the Mudville Nine. They claimed the poem was set in Stockton. I called BS back then but they must have had some backup to do such a drastic thing like that. What do you know?andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13080026360873456937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-64748471168290229902008-12-22T11:16:00.000-08:002008-12-22T11:16:00.000-08:00That was awesome. Thanks for the link.Perusing th...That was awesome. Thanks for the link.<BR/><BR/>Perusing the archives, this looks like a great blog.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14670045693768623299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-67926168574447265182008-12-22T05:01:00.000-08:002008-12-22T05:01:00.000-08:00Wow! Beautiful. And so well done.Wow! Beautiful. And so well done.laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-4672801348405924632008-12-21T19:22:00.000-08:002008-12-21T19:22:00.000-08:00Slightly more legible than rendering the poem in a...Slightly more legible than rendering the poem in ass tattoos, but whatever floats their (and your) boat.Benjaminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421785398444449007noreply@blogger.com