by Raphael Badagliacca
it’s that time of year
when men turn into boys again
some women too I know
see green grass
no matter all the snow
we hear the sound of bat on ball
it is the sound of hope
The Knuckleball
by E. Ethelbert Miller
Every black man should be born
with a big mitt.
How else can one catch the world
that flutters in unpredictable ways.
The sound of a knuckleball
is Parker on his horn.
When Ella scats don’t try
to copy her.
Oriole Hoyt Wilhelm in 1958 threw
a no-hitter against the Yankees.
It was like Douglass being Lincoln
for a day. It’s impossible to dance
to slavery anymore. It ended with
the hangman’s swing.
The knuckleball is Bebop.
Don’t be baffled by its strange beauty.
Just keep hitting it with your ears.
Copyright E. Ethelbert Miller. All rights reserved.
MLB All-Bo Team
1B Bobo Osborne
2B Bozo Jackson
SS Bo Bichette
3B Boze Berger
LF Bo Jackson
CF Beau Allred
RF Bo Porter
C Bo Díaz
LHP Bo Belinsky
RHP Bobo Newsom, Bobo Holloman, Bo Schultz
MGR Jumbo Latham
Till Victory
By James Finn Garner
Patti Smith’s fourth album was “Wave”
While it looks like she cheers for the Braves,
The place where she found
True love was Motown
Where she and Fred were Tiger Town faves.
In her book M Train, Patti explained that her husband Fred “Sonic” Smith was a passionate Tiger fan, and they often listened to games on the radio while hanging out on their boat. Fred was a great infielder in his youth and was scouted by several teams, including the Tigers.
And here she is again, last night at the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago, with John Shanahan and her son Jackson Smith. This is a picture of her closer, “People Have the Power,” in which she pleaded with us all to stand together in the current crisis.
On the World Stage
by Fred Lovato
Meaningful March games
global bragging rights in play
World Baseball Classic
