Thom Forbes

“So Mac,” says Joe, and lifts a glass –

“I heard you boys sure kicked some ass.

They say you fellas black and blued ‘em.

Stripped, filleted and cooked and chewed ‘em.

I seen each game you played this…

As Mark and I were picking up empty elixir bottles and discarded plugs of chaw after y'all had fled into the dulcet breeze of the night, out of nowhere, the tune on the left lodged in my brain.

Two…

The bad news is that they scored more runs than we did. A lot more. But, like a fly ball gently floating like a can of corn above Mark's mitt — which is the oxymoronic equivalent of a feather…

Sorry for the silence. I had to do Friday morning's work on Thursday night after the game since we were closing on a getaway in Garrison at 10 a.m.. Then we spent the weekend there without an…

Dr. Pangloss took me aside after the game and pointed out that It was a much better performance tonight against Casa than a few of our losses last year. "And look where that got you,'" quoth he. "The…