Never Cry Wolfe, but YOU CAN COME HOME AGAIN...... A guy goes away for five fun days in Boston, visiting Fenway and watching the world's most prestigious marathon.... He comes back to find something like 293 postings from bananafish.... He drops almost every thread and pretend that he's actually doing something for the money that they pay him.... Then he's searching ancient messages when he discovers "serious" talk about a bananafish ballgame side-by-side with the shocking announcement of Scottie's departure.... I really hope it wasn't something I said.... And, like Tim, I hope he comes home again.... Two Burns' songs spring immediately to mind: Auld Lang Syne and A Man's a Man.... We could all gather in a circle and sing them until Scottie returns! Cheers, Paul PS-- Oh, and I want it on record that I did NOT say what I have (maliciously?) been made to appear to say at the very top of the copied message that follows. I would NEVER (and nor would any sane person) even dream of connecting JDS with the Cubs.... Never, Never, Never! >On Thu, Apr 15, 1999 at 06:19:22PM -0400, Paul Kennedy wrote: > >> (Salinger is a Cub fan, I'm sure of it.) > >Hmmmmmmmmm. I'm not sure about that. I'm not sure about anything when >it comes to baseball today. > >> Since we're selling Salingerania here, these days...... Does anyone want to >> offer a vintage 1951 Brooklyn Dodgers baseball shirt? > >So sorry not to be able to oblige you. I understand there's a dealer in >NJ, but he's psychotically overpriced. Perhaps the best thing you can >do is read DeLillo's UNDERWORLD and kind of bask in the memorabilia. > >I hang my head in shame for having NO Brooklyn Dodgers memorabilia. >You'd think there's be SOMETHING around the house, but since I was the >oldest kid, and they left before I was born. I don't even have a chunk >of Ebbets Field! > >[Digression! Yesterday, on my way to the doctor, I was a little early, >so I stopped in the sporting-goods mecca near his office, and checked >out the gloves and the bats. One customer was wearing a Yankee jacket, >and (OB Salinger) our salesman was a clone of Horwitz, the cabbie. He >said to the guy, half in jest, "Getta outta here wit' that jacket!" The >guy looked puzzled, then enlightened. "Oh, you a Mets fan!" he said. I >cringed; I knew what was coming, somehow. > >I said, "This guy's either a Giants or a Dodgers fan, but I bet a >Dodgers fan." "You're very perceptive, my friend," he said -- and gave >me a discount on the ball I was buying. Which, to my disappointment, >was not made in Haiti. (I thought all baseballs were -- but those were >the Old Days.) Paul, you would have loved his voice, his diction, and >his general attitude. > >End of sports-store digression.] > >> Will: Any chance for a late-August, early-September game in NYC (I'd >> actually prefer the Bronx, since Ebbets isn't available....)? > >Hey, I'd be up for at least a throw-around, since I doubt we'd gather >enough people for a full team! I have to get me a bat, though.... > >> OSO--Maybe it's the Altzheimmers, but has anyone yet suggested that Burns' >> "Comin' thru the Rye" is transcribed in GREEN INK on the palm of Allie's >> baseball mit? > >Ah, that's a good one; I hadn't thought of that. But (weep) Scottie has >departed, for one reason or another. I hope he comes back soon. > >--tim > >