Columbus Day & The End Of "The Impossible Dream Of 1967"-An Essay
It was a Thursday, a cloudy & cool day. I was on 5th Avenue, across the way from St Patrick's Cathedral:
The Red Sox were in a battle for their very survival against some mighty birds-Red Birds in Fact. I had caught a glimpse of the Mightiest Red Bird of Them all, on the steps of St Patrick's Cathedral;
No, Stan Musial was not there. He was GM of certain Red Birds, who were set to engage in the 7th Battle(Game 7 of the 1967 World Series);
The Mighty Red Bird was Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman, he of the power to make new Bishops in America, almost as if he was The Pope;
The St Louis Cardinals were soon to go into combat, with the Mighty Bob Gibson on the Mound. His Catcher, in'67, was one who could chronicle great details, & call games with great skill;
The Red Sox sent Jim Lonborg, who now makes a handsome living, drilling for gold(As In Root Canal Therapy);
There was no such thing as an 8:24PM-ET Start Time, nor was FOX a network. All Games were on NBC Radio & Television & in daylight, with Curt Gowdy, Harold "Pee Wee" Reese, Mel Parnell(Red Sox TV) & Harry Carry(St Louis Cardinals TV). On NBC Radio it was Jim Simpson & Tony Kubek;
The Cardinals won the 1967 World Series on that day;
No Joy in Beantown;
This Friday, on the 40th Anniversary, will be the start of the ALCS. That St Louis Catcher will be there, reminding everybody of the '67 Series, Succeeding Red Sox Failures, while forgetting about the "Glory of '04", while leading up to his favorite subject of all time, Derek Jeter, whether the Yankees are there or not;
In '67, there were no Macs nor PCs. In '07, one can listen by radio, watch on FOX, or follow an Intrepid Band of Internet Commentators, aided by Game Day Audio, so as to avoid the Baboonery of Joe Buck & Tim Mc Carver. Mc Carver was that St Louis Catcher, who'll say all those strange things, no one wants to hear, or cannot believe they're hearing Tim, say his stuff;
May there be a Crescendo of Joy In Beantown;
Mike-RSN-NYC-Queens
The Red Sox were in a battle for their very survival against some mighty birds-Red Birds in Fact. I had caught a glimpse of the Mightiest Red Bird of Them all, on the steps of St Patrick's Cathedral;
No, Stan Musial was not there. He was GM of certain Red Birds, who were set to engage in the 7th Battle(Game 7 of the 1967 World Series);
The Mighty Red Bird was Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman, he of the power to make new Bishops in America, almost as if he was The Pope;
The St Louis Cardinals were soon to go into combat, with the Mighty Bob Gibson on the Mound. His Catcher, in'67, was one who could chronicle great details, & call games with great skill;
The Red Sox sent Jim Lonborg, who now makes a handsome living, drilling for gold(As In Root Canal Therapy);
There was no such thing as an 8:24PM-ET Start Time, nor was FOX a network. All Games were on NBC Radio & Television & in daylight, with Curt Gowdy, Harold "Pee Wee" Reese, Mel Parnell(Red Sox TV) & Harry Carry(St Louis Cardinals TV). On NBC Radio it was Jim Simpson & Tony Kubek;
The Cardinals won the 1967 World Series on that day;
No Joy in Beantown;
This Friday, on the 40th Anniversary, will be the start of the ALCS. That St Louis Catcher will be there, reminding everybody of the '67 Series, Succeeding Red Sox Failures, while forgetting about the "Glory of '04", while leading up to his favorite subject of all time, Derek Jeter, whether the Yankees are there or not;
In '67, there were no Macs nor PCs. In '07, one can listen by radio, watch on FOX, or follow an Intrepid Band of Internet Commentators, aided by Game Day Audio, so as to avoid the Baboonery of Joe Buck & Tim Mc Carver. Mc Carver was that St Louis Catcher, who'll say all those strange things, no one wants to hear, or cannot believe they're hearing Tim, say his stuff;
May there be a Crescendo of Joy In Beantown;
Mike-RSN-NYC-Queens
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