:-)
On 3/3/07, Joseph Duemer <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> That's a remarkable story. Alas, I have lost my yen for baseball. Just
> seems
> like part of the corporate landscape these days. But then I watch golf on
> TV
> on Sunday afternoons & there is no more purely corporate enterprise on the
> planet than professional golf. I watch because I play a little. And very
> badly. I'm as bad, in fact, as the worst golfer in a P.G. Wodehouse golf
> story.
>
> Notice how I brought this discussion back round to literature, if not
> exactly poetry.
>
> jd
>
> On 3/2/07, Mark Weiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > Wow, Joe, that's about as clear a divide as I can imagine. Wanna wear
> > blue or gray?
> >
> > My kid in Scotland follows the season by computer, which may be a
> > definition of exile.
> >
> > So I'm walking with my brother through a ratty neighborhood in Havana
> > when a skinny guy on a rickety bike stops, thunderstruck by my
> > brother's yankees cap. "I've got the whole uniform," he says.
> > "Everything but the hat. Will you sell it to me?" My brother, without
> > blinking an eye, gives it to him, and the guy practically kisses his
> > hand. That's what you call a fan.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > At 08:49 PM 3/2/2007, you wrote:
> > >My last stable fandom was the Giants right after they moved to SF. I
> was
> > 12
> > >years old. Here is the 1963
> > >lineup<http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SFG/1963.shtml>.
> > >I lived & died by those games on the radio.
> > >
> > >jd
> > >
> > >On 3/2/07, Mark Weiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>I never liked the Padres, tho they sold espresso at the ballpark. My
> > >>last stable fandom was the Giants before they moved to SF. Now I tend
> > >>to get passionate about whatever team a friend would probably die
> > >>for. Which is why I've been to Fenway Park more recently than to
> > >>Yankee Stadium. Of course I keep quiet about this in the local bar.
> > >>
> > >>Mark
> > >>
> > >>At 05:04 PM 3/2/2007, you wrote:
> > >> >This goes without saying, of course. Have your
> > >> >loyalties changed since you moved to NYC?
> > >> >
> > >> >Candice
> > >>
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >> >--- Mark Weiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> > > Saying anything bad about a team I'm rooting for
> > >> > > should be
> > >> > > interpreted as a flame.
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Mark
> > >> > >
> > >> > > At 12:57 PM 3/2/2007, you wrote:
> > >> > > >Looks good to me. Item #3 needs rigorous
> > >> > > enforcement.
> > >> > > >Agree wholeheartedly with Mark and I'm sure Tad
> > >> > > will excuse the
> > >> > > >occasional NFL reference in season. Go Bills!!!
> > >> > > Oops out of season.
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > >Roger Collett
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > >----- Original Message ----- From: "TheOldMole"
> > >> > > <[log in to unmask]>
> > >> > > >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > >> > > >Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 5:45 PM
> > >> > > >Subject: Re: Proposed Policy Document for
> > >> > > Poetryetc: Please Comment
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > >
> > >> > > >>And don't forget that the baseball season is about
> > >> > > to start.
> > >> > > >>
> > >> > > >>I figure we're all here because we care about
> > >> > > poetry, and if a
> > >> > > >>discussion starts wandering far afield, someone
> > >> > > will bring it back
> > >> > > >>to poetry. I'll volunteer to be one of those
> > >> > > someones.
> > >> > > >>
> > >> > > >>----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Weiss"
> > >> > > <[log in to unmask]>
> > >> > > >>To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > >> > > >>Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 12:36 PM
> > >> > > >>Subject: Re: Proposed Policy Document for
> > >> > > Poetryetc: Please Comment
> > >> > > >>
> > >> > > >>
> > >> > > >>Joe: Looks good to me, except for #2, unless
> > >> > > >>"related discourses" is interpreted very broadly.
> > >> > > >>For two reasons: 1. everything most of us do
> > >> > > >>tends to spiral back to or feeds poetry
> > >> > > >>eventually; 2. sometimes it's ok for the list to
> > >> > > >>be just a pub where all the regulars agree that
> > >> > > >>it's normal to be a poet, even if the talk is
> > >> > > >>about the rugby match on the tube.
> > >> > > >>
> > >> > > >>Mark
> > >> > > >>
> > >> > > >>At 12:08 PM 3/2/2007, you wrote:
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