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Ron K. Fox
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since 2000-10-24

Posts 925

0 posted 2000-10-30 10:23 PM

It was the bottom of nine
Two men were out.
The crowd was a mix
Of yell, scream and shout.
The bases were loaded
The winning run was at third.
When I stepped into the box
Not heard was a word.
I inched up to the plate
With my old trusty bat.
Her name was Louise
And she’s ready to swat.
The pitcher was staring
A few signs he did shake.
Then with a windmill of motion
Threw the ball towards the plate.
I stood there a grinnin’
As the ump yelled out “STRIKE!”
Just wasn’t my pitch
It just wasn’t right.
I readied myself
Steady and true
As the ball whizzed on by
The ump belched out “STRIKE TWO!”
The crowd was a chorus
Of boo’s and “aw come on.”
I stepped out of the box
And spit out my gum.
I glanced at my team mates
All on the edge of the bench.
My manager had a handful of hair
From his head which was wrenched.
I settled into my stance
My feet planted astride
I anxiously waited
For the ball to arrive.
It moved like a rocket
And as some later said
There was a crack just like thunder
When I stuck out my head.

The crowd went amuck
As walked in the last run
I awoke the next day
To find out we had won.

[This message has been edited by Ron K. Fox (edited 10-31-2000).]

SEA

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Member Seraphic

since 2000-01-18

Posts 22676
with you

1 posted 2000-10-30 10:27 PM

RonK~ CONGRATULATIONS!!! That sure was fast!! That poem is great, but OUCH!! What a way to win.........

-SEA

Kitty**
Member

since 1999-07-27

Posts 428
Charlottesville,VA USA

2 posted 2000-10-30 10:31 PM

Ron, I was with you through out this ball
game! What an ending..and I don't mean the
nineth! LOL...Great!

Kitty

Ron K. Fox
Senior Member

since 2000-10-24

Posts 925

3 posted 2000-10-30 10:35 PM

Thanks SEA, thanks Kitty...I need some tylenol.

Tossing words like wishful coins into the deep well of an open heart. R. fox

Alle'cram
Senior Member

since 2000-02-28

Posts 1816
Texas

4 posted 2000-10-30 11:42 PM

..lol! lol! Made me smile with sound!

"I stepped out of the box
And spit out my gum."

good thing to, huh?

real fun read. Marcy

Paula Finn
Member Ascendant

since 2000-06-17

Posts 5546
missouri

5 posted 2000-10-31 12:09 PM

Geez...didnt anybody teach you to DUCK?...good thing you are a man....ooops bet that gets things going hehehe...great write and congrats

Ron K. Fox
Senior Member

since 2000-10-24

Posts 925

6 posted 2000-10-31 08:56 AM

Sea, thanks...It's not how you play the game...it's how you win..you gotta use yer head!
Kitty, gald you were with it...cause I was out like alight

Alle'cram...thank you...I had to spit out the gum...i would've swallowed it!

Paula, if it walks like a duck, talks like a duck and looks like a duck...it's a duck...if it gets hit in the head with a baseball...well you're right...it's a man!

Tossing words like wishful coins into the deep well of an open heart. R. fox

BSC

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Member Elite

since 2000-02-04

Posts 2919
New York, USA

7 posted 2000-10-31 09:07 AM

hehehehehehehehe Ron ~ Takin' one for the team....now that's the spirit!!!! Wonderful read this morning. Bonnie

Irish Rose
Member Patricius

since 2000-04-06

Posts 10263

8 posted 2000-10-31 09:55 AM

I must confess that baseball is the only sport I care to watch, and it's been some time! I'm a Cubs fan, after all.

"When red-haired girls scamper like roses
over the rain-green grass,
and the sun drips honey.""
Laurie Lee

Kathleen

Mark Bohannan
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-06-21

Posts 7269
In the winds of Cherokee song

9 posted 2000-10-31 10:08 AM

Congratulations
Robert Joseph

Ron K. Fox
Senior Member

since 2000-10-24

Posts 925

11 posted 2000-10-31 10:20 AM

Thanks Bonnie, one for the team...boy does it smart.

Hi Irish, Thanks for reading...Go Sosa...I'm a Big Mac fan...yeah mcdonald's too.

And of Thank you Mark, you're also an inspiration.

Tossing words like wishful coins into the deep well of an open heart. R. fox

serenity blaze
Member Empyrean

since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

12 posted 2000-10-31 01:21 PM

Congratulations Ron...this was cute...but I agree, OUCH!!! looking forward to reading many more of yours.

Mark Bohannan
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-06-21

Posts 7269
In the winds of Cherokee song

13 posted 2000-10-31 01:25 PM

OKAY....SO what happened to my real reply and how did Robert Joseph's get under my name???? LOL....must be those Halloween Goblins playing tricks on us. I want to tell you that you are inspiring and no matter what name it goes under, I also want to say GO CARDINALS...in 2001....

wonderful write and congrats again on your 500th post.

Rainydays
Member

since 2000-10-21

Posts 324

14 posted 2000-10-31 02:48 PM

Ron, not only are you a versatile writer but you play baseball with your head too??? Gosh!! (smiling) Congratulations on your posts, and please give Woodrow a big kiss for me. (Oh, and watch the suit, it's new, you know)

Rainydays

Ron K. Fox
Senior Member

since 2000-10-24

Posts 925

15 posted 2000-10-31 03:11 PM

thank you Robert...got the e-mail...and Mark has just voiced the same re: the mix response mix-up

Thank you also, serenity...love your poems!

And of course, much thanks to rainydays...I thought woodrow was with you...what happened have a tiff?

Tossing words like wishful coins into the deep well of an open heart. R. fox

Charisma

Member Ascendant

since 2000-09-30

Posts 5906
lost in blue pages

16 posted 2000-11-01 03:43 AM

Congrat with your 500th post....*lol*....I like your sportive penned poem....great read

((hugs))
Charisma

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