#Baseball is what stitches us together…

Moments in history fondly remembered,
Milestones of our pastime, the game,
That we all love that we cherish,
Ties that bind us, that stitch us together,
Remembering the rivalries, the games,
Little moments, held onto, debated,
Around the table, in front of the TV…
 
Was he safe or out, who was the greatest,
The GOAT, the best, how we live or die,
On the hill that we climb on, that we scale,
The pinnacles and the valleys, heartaches,
What is, what might have been,
Waiting till next year, maybe,
Or standing on the mountaintops…
 
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Edited April 9, 2024
Baseball is what stitches us together
 
April 9, 2024
Baseball stitches our fabric together
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/04/moments-in-history-remembered.html
April 8, 2024
Remembering the 715^th home run of Hank Aaron, surpassing Babe Ruth
On April 8, 1974
My reply April 8, 2024
“My grandfather, who remembered Babe Ruth as a pitcher for Boston,
and I argued about who was the greater home run hitter, Aaron or Ruth...
Baseball stitches our fabric together.”
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April 9, 2024
On the celebration of the 2004 Red Sox World Series Championship
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“Build It, and They Will Come” speech by Terence Mann (James Earl Jones)
about Baseball in movie, “Field of Dreams”
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March 23, 2024
Not just evocative
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/not-just-evocative.html
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Edited March 8, 2024
Seeking to describe Color
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/03/seeking-to-describe-color.html
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Edited February 25, 2024
To tell the story – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/to-tell-story-v2.html
February 25, 2024
To tell the story
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/to-tell-story.html
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Edited February 22, 2024
Willing the ball Fair – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/willing-ball-fair-v2.html
Edited February 22, 2024
Learning to Swing – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/learning-to-swing-v2.html
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February 17, 2024
Learning to Swing
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/learning-to-swing.html
Film from 1966, (24:48 minutes)
"Batting With Ted Williams"
sponsored by Sears, Roebuck and Company
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In 1967, as part of a promotion for a new line of
“Ted Williams Approved Baseball equipment,”
Williams and Sears released a 20-page booklet,
titled “Batting Tips from Ted: How to Be a Better Hitter”
and corresponding phonograph record,
“Tips on How to Become a Better Hitter.”
The record is narrated by Williams himself;
a copy in the Baseball Hall of Fame,
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February 17, 2024
Willing the ball Fair
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/willing-ball-fair.html
Carlton Fisk’s 12^th inning walk-off homerun,
for the Boston Red Sox, in the 6^th game of the
1975 World Series, just hitting the foul pole,
October 21, 1975
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February 2, 2024
We are there
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/we-are-there.html
Edited February 2, 2024
A different palette – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/a-different-palette-v3.html
Edited February 2, 2024
A different palette – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/a-different-palette-v2.html
February 2, 2024
A different palette
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/a-different-palette.html
Edited February 1, 2024
Painting in shades of light – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/painting-in-shades-of-light-v2.html
Edited February 1, 2024
Painting eternity, icons – v3
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2024/02/painting-eternity-icons-v3.html
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Edited December 29, 2023
Watching you hitting – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/12/watching-you-hitting-v2.html
December 27, 2023
Watching you hitting
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/12/watching-you-hitting.html
December 26, 2023
Twitter post by Wade Boggs
“Watching some kid hit by the name of Boggs.”
responding to December 25, 2023 post by Old School Boston
about Carl Yastrzemski and Ted Williams watching batting practice,
Red Sox Spring Training, March 1, 1983
My response December 27, 2023
“All 3 were great hitters, all are @RedSox royalty,
Williams, Yastrzemski, AND Boggs.”
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Edited August 21, 2023
Sausage – v4
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/08/sausage-v4.html
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Edited March 25, 2023
Painting eternity, icons – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/03/painting-eternity-icons-v2.html
Adding stanza 2
March 24, 2023
Painting eternity, icons
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/03/painting-eternity-icons.html
March 23, 2023
Painting in shades of light
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2023/03/painting-in-shades-of-light.html
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edited March 7, 2018
Cards – v2
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2018/03/cards-v2.html
after finding this poem in a list of my popular poems
on Literary Devices site about my poetry
https://literarydevices.net/raymond-a-foss/
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edited December 28, 2015
Sausage – v3
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2015/12/sausage-v3.html
(editing version 2)
Edited  September 21, 2012
“Sausage – v2”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/09/sausage-v2.html
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Edited September 21, 2012
Red Sox Win – v2
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/09/red-sox-win-v2.html
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August 18, 2005 12:30
Cards
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2005/08/cards.html  
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Thursday, October 28, 2004, 9:18
Red Sox in Four
https://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/10/red-sox-in-four.html
Thursday, October 21, 2004, 10:15
Red Sox Win
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/10/red-sox-win.html
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posted February 14, 2004
written May 27, 2001, 8:54am
Sausage
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/sausage.html
 
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