Teach
12-30-2013, 08:50 PM
HE'D COME UP TO BOSTON LATE IN HIS TEENS;
HE LOOKED SO YOUNG..SO THIN..SO LEAN.
BUT IN THE FIELD HE COULD MAKE THE SCENE;
AND EVEN HIS WIFE‘S NAME WAS JEAN.
HE'D BE KNOWN TO SOME AS THE "GRAVETTE GREYHOUND";
SO FAST WAS HE...HE COVERED TONS OF GROUND.
BUT A UTILITY ROLE WAS TO BECOME HIS FATE;
HE'D PLAY SECOND-FIDDLE TO "THE GREAT".
IN FIFTY-THREE..MOST HITS IN AN INNING;
BY TWENTY RUNS THE SOX WERE WINNING.
LATE IN HIS CAREER HE WAS DEALT TO THE O‘S;
LATER TO BE TRADED TO THE A‘S AND PALE HOSE.
BUT WHO COULD FORGET THE GAZELLE-WITH-LOPING-STRIDE;
WHO‘D USUALLY CATCH UP WITH THAT SPHEROID HORSEHIDE.
HE LOOKED SO YOUNG..SO THIN..SO LEAN.
BUT IN THE FIELD HE COULD MAKE THE SCENE;
AND EVEN HIS WIFE‘S NAME WAS JEAN.
HE'D BE KNOWN TO SOME AS THE "GRAVETTE GREYHOUND";
SO FAST WAS HE...HE COVERED TONS OF GROUND.
BUT A UTILITY ROLE WAS TO BECOME HIS FATE;
HE'D PLAY SECOND-FIDDLE TO "THE GREAT".
IN FIFTY-THREE..MOST HITS IN AN INNING;
BY TWENTY RUNS THE SOX WERE WINNING.
LATE IN HIS CAREER HE WAS DEALT TO THE O‘S;
LATER TO BE TRADED TO THE A‘S AND PALE HOSE.
BUT WHO COULD FORGET THE GAZELLE-WITH-LOPING-STRIDE;
WHO‘D USUALLY CATCH UP WITH THAT SPHEROID HORSEHIDE.