.
Andrew:
"When it comes to poetry and baseball pitchers, Jim, another game and pitcher comes to mind for me: Pedro Martinez striking out 17 Yankees in September 1999. I watched that game in a bar in Boston, and it was pure poetry."
Pedro's entire career is pure poetry, IMO. I wish I could remember what game it was where I was sitting in a sports bar in Raleigh NC watching Pedro dismantle the opposition batter by batter. The patrons were going wild. They loved him. They weren't Red Sox fans per se, they simply loved to watch Pedro pitch. I never felt more proud to be a Red Sox fan then that night in Raleigh. Pedro was a Rembrandt.
But there is also the darker side of life that baseball does justice providing a metaphor to: war, conflict, mistrust, bad intent, violence, etc. in the form of brawls. In particular, the Yankee / Red Sox brawl that saw a young Pedro throw the old Zim Don Zimmer to the ground. That whole brouhaha (as it unfolded from pitch to pitch, inning to inning) is pure poetry.
Here it is.
.
Threaded Mode
