Harry Caray
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Diamond and pearls,
Red hot and ale
~
Straddle the rubber,
And wave the wood
~
Tater, or a can of corn,
Meat all year, and chin music aplenty
~
Observantly observed from the cat-bird seat
Published by Walton S. Tissot
~ Walton S. Tissot is a pseudonym of William S. Tribell - *{PLEASE FEEL FREE: Anyone who enjoys the work, to Tweet, Dig, Blog, Tell a friend or anyway otherwise share and or promote it.}* - Born in America,... View profile
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14 Comments
Post a CommentHarry Caray. What a great character. Read this to my baseball fanatic husband and loves it. He is proud that he gets all the references. Fun.
Harry and Skip are missed by many if not all baseball fans.
SWEET!
};o) Very good, G.L., it is all baseball jargin. The pearls is layered; as can rep. the balls also. A tater is a homerun, a can of corn is a long, high fly ball (easy to catch) ~ Named after ole time groccers using a long 'stick' to knock a can of corn off the topshelf. Meat all year is sorta complex; "meat" is used in many diferent combos to refer to new, young players. The turm meat all year evolved to be an answer to how ya doing? "Meat all year", meaning good. Chin music is a high inside pitch; almost hitting the hitter. & Catbirds, a species of bird who seek out the highest perches in trees to sing and display. The cat-bird seat being where the comintator sits. All are very old terms, & Harry was living art ~ March 1, 1914,- February 18, 1998.
I enjoyed this
Excuse me Walton,for the typographic error,putting you as Watson.I am very sorry for my lapse in spelling.But it helped me to read your poem a second time.
Thank you G.L.Morrison!You have appreciated in a very scholarly way.You have proven you as a wonderful critic.I really appreciate Watson,not only for his excellent verses but also for introducing critics like you.
"Diamond and pearls" Got it. Baseball diamond and pithy sayings. "Red hot and ale" hot dog and beer. First stanza, very accessible. "Straddle the rubber/And wave the wood" is hilarious. Accurate. Literal. Yet evocative of the nearly prurient fetishism of baseball fans. I get lost in the third stanza tho. Is it baseball or Harry Caray knowledge I'm missing? "Tater, or a can of corn," what does this mean? and what is "chin music"? Just chatter?
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Observantly observed from the cat-bird seat
This is nice. I hate sports but this inspires me. (Let see if its enough inspiration to spit out a poem.)
Good writing!