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Strike Three --- Bet payment to snowpants
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Strike Three --- Bet payment to snowpants |
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Mark Bohannan Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-21
Posts 7269In the winds of Cherokee song 
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Go Mets!!! Bottom of the ninth and only one out to go Three games to one and just 3 stikes away The "Mets" struck down with a mighty blow As the Cardinals were not up to par on this day No swing of their bats could match the heart That New York showed in that one final game Every Met that day gave their all and did their part And now they celebrate in a well deserved fame On to the big show they will be going out to prove That this was no fluke nor just a piece of lady luck They are in a player's zone ... in that special groove Where so often others would only find themselves stuck So I bow to their excellence in play for America's game And will proudly root for them as they so well deserve I will give no excuses nor will I try to place any blame But watch out next year for that famous Cardinal curve Mark Bohannan [This message has been edited by Mark Bohannan (edited 10-21-2000).] |
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Kit McCallum
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Member Laureate
since 2000-04-30
Posts 14774Ontario, Canada |
Oh boy Mark ... now I've got "Take me out to the ballgame" singing through my mind, and hotdogs on the brain, LOL!  This was a great all-American read, well done!  Best wishes, /Kit |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
{~,^}...cute! Karilea If I whisper, will you listen?...KRJ |
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snowpants Member Elite
since 2000-09-16
Posts 2061KS |
Well, Mark, I must hand it to you. Very nicely written. This I will definitely keep in my files. It was worth waiting for. You are a great sport and I enjoyed every minute of our bet. Good luck next year, as I'm sure 'Big Mac' will be back. (not that he poses much threat to the World Series Champion Mets, but that's another story...) Sorry. A little competition left in me. It's all out now! Excellent poem, my friend! Talk to you soon! sp Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: 'it might have been.' -John Greenleaf Whittier |
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Mark Bohannan Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-21
Posts 7269In the winds of Cherokee song |
Kit-Thank you so much and toss a dog or two on the grill for me will ya? Karilea-Thank you...glad you thought it was cute, or would that be for me?  |
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Mark Bohannan Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-21
Posts 7269In the winds of Cherokee song |
sp-You snuck in on me and I am glad you enjoyed it. Now, you might want to get started on that one of yours for me for next year because something tells me that "Big Mac" will be healthy next year and though I will admit that it will be no easy task to take down the Mets, it will be done.  See ya at the game. Your buying the beers right? [This message has been edited by Mark Bohannan (edited 10-21-2000).] |
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Sunshine
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Member Empyrean
since 1999-06-25
Posts 63354Listening to every heart |
{~,^} |
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Marsha
since 2000-07-10
Posts 7423Maidstone Kent England |
Mark my friend, I'm totally bemused, I have absolutely no clue, what I'm reading, but it sounds great fun. (I'm the woman, who understands nothing, about any sport.) But it's obviously a great poem, and it's very exciting. So tell me again, who won? (and don't all shout at me because I don't know!) Take care Marsha  Take back the hope you gave,- I claim Only a memory of the same Robert Browning |
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Charisma
since 2000-09-30
Posts 5906lost in blue pages |
Mark, I am with Marsha.....loved reading the poem, but have not any idea about the sport you are talking at.... but well, I will give my support inhere, and that's a sport either, you know running from the one to the other post. Charisma |
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BSC
Moderator
Member Elite
since 2000-02-04
Posts 2919New York, USA |
What a wonderful poem Mark, love baseball, love the series.....LOVE the Yankees!!!!! But, being from NY, although it's the western side (Go Bills)... I guess either team would be o.k. Bonnie |
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SEA 
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Member Seraphic
since 2000-01-18
Posts 22676with you |
Mark~ sadly, I don't enjoy baseball, more a ice hockey kinda gal......but this poem was great. -SEA |
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Bill Charles Member Patricius
since 2000-07-11
Posts 10619highways, & byways, for now |
Evening Mark, Very well done Mark, and the effects are excellent. This one about the Mets and Cardinals is just great. Bill |
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vlraynes Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-25
Posts 8229Somewhere... out there... |
take me out to the ballgame... take me out to the park... OH...SORRY...time to reply now...lol was having so much fun i forgot what i was doing here. now i want togo to a ballgame...lol. loved this...nothing like a bit of friendly competition. ((((hugs)))) -vicky "...until you have read the verse on his heart, you have not truely met the poet." -vlraynes |
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Irish Rose Member Patricius
since 2000-04-06
Posts 10263 |
Not being an avid sports fan, I still loved this one, because if I had to watch a sporting event, it would be baseball, because they take their time! I love the CUBS "When red-haired girls scamper like roses over the rain-green grass, and the sun drips honey."" Laurie Lee Kathleen |
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cathybohannan Member
since 2000-07-31
Posts 140Paintsville,KY |
Well done there,brother, keep up the good work. hugs, your sister,Cathy Cathy Marie Bohannan |
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