Shoe by Gary Brookins and Susie MacNelly for May 29, 2022

A pitcher is only worth a thousand words.

So…. Does the Catcher tell a wry story?

[Nerd alert] Jim Bouton, a pitcher, wrote a crime novel about an umpire who is bribed to throw a play-off game. He figured that a sports/crime novel would be a big success. It got good reviews, but the big publicity push was swallowed up by a bigger sports/crime story. The OJ Simpson murders.

If you can find it, ’Squeeze Play, by Bouton and Eliot Asinof

The great baseball writer Roger Angell died last week at 101. RIP, Mr. Angell.

I remember, just before graduating from seminary, starting to coach a coed soccer team of U12’s. I was giving them instructions at one of my practices, when a little girl, one of the best players, asked, “Are you a preacher?” Since I’d not told them all my background, I was curious how she drew that conclusion. When queried, she replied, “Because you like to tell stories.”

don’t it…

ba dum tss

I believe we need a tip of the hat here to Rod Stewart. Lol

You have been hanging around Pastis too much.

OUCH

The ones by the little ones are best. Because they have big ears, they overhear all sorts of juicy gossip that most people miss.

Because they have squandered there enormous peak salaries on new restaurant ‘concepts’.

Don’t it?

Shoe smokes in a book store?

y’all are so good, thanks

Pitcher is better than a glass

What about “Catcher in the Wry” and the “Fall of the Roman Umpire?”