Can You Identify This Red Sox Player?
HE WOULD PLAY FOR FOUR TEAMS…A DOZEN YEARS;
HIS INJURIES…THEY BROUGHT HIS FANS TEARS.
GREW UP NOT FAR FROM SALUKI-LAND;
AS A PITCHER HE TRIED HIS HAND.
HE WAS BORN ON A RIDGE…OR WAS IT A BORO;
COUNT ON HIM TO BE MOST THOROUGH.
SO THIN…REMINDED ONE OF “THE SPLINTER”:
OH, COULD HIT’EM INTO THE HINTER.
A COLLAPSED LUNG…ULCER AND FRACTURED SKULL;
WHAT HIS CAREER MIGHT HAVE BEEN…WE CAN ONLY MULL.
HE STARTED WITH “THE TRIBE”…FINISHED UP WITH THE “STROS”;
HIS INJURIES WOULD PROVE HIS MOST MENACING FOE.
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Walt (Teach)
"Walt, make a 'mental bet' and lose your mind." R.N.S.
"The important thing is what I think of myself."
"David and Lisa" (1962)
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