"And now out of the dugout strides the pitching coach, Cotton Mather. He signals for the closer, Emily Dickinson."
"That's right, Chuck, Manager Frederick Douglass has decided to remove starting pitcher Walt Whitman and take his chances with the diminutive right-hander."
"Well, Juan, Walt had very little control tonight, and his line-count was way up there. I think it's good move, Juan."
"Me, too, Chuck. I mean, you have to like Whitman's swagger, the way he sings himself, but it's hard to argue with Douglass's move. Dickinson has been in these situations before!"
"You bet, Juan--and here's Emily throwing her warm-up tosses to catcher Henry "The Hammer" James. Her lines get there in a hurry, but she also has that uncanny ability to take a little something off the rhyme. She keeps the other team off-balance!"
hans ostrom 2014
"That's right, Chuck, Manager Frederick Douglass has decided to remove starting pitcher Walt Whitman and take his chances with the diminutive right-hander."
"Well, Juan, Walt had very little control tonight, and his line-count was way up there. I think it's good move, Juan."
"Me, too, Chuck. I mean, you have to like Whitman's swagger, the way he sings himself, but it's hard to argue with Douglass's move. Dickinson has been in these situations before!"
"You bet, Juan--and here's Emily throwing her warm-up tosses to catcher Henry "The Hammer" James. Her lines get there in a hurry, but she also has that uncanny ability to take a little something off the rhyme. She keeps the other team off-balance!"
hans ostrom 2014
