Re: balls
Paul Kennedy (kennedyp@toronto.cbc.ca)
Mon, 01 Mar 1999 10:18:26 -0500 (EST)
It is positively beyond the pale that my second posting in this Sanctuary of
Salingerian Erudition should once again stoop to the cesspool of sport, but
I must confess that Mattis' recent query:
>
> Or am I the only one who did a double take the first time this
> famous name flashed across my bananafish mailbox?
>
...reminded me of my first reaction when Mr. Bowman's name appeared on my
'puter screen.
I'm only happy that Don Cherry hasn't yet become a bananafish!
And now, to close THIS post in accordance with bananafish by-law 94,
subsection b, "any person posting sports commentary of ANY form must, at the
very least, conclude the post with some Salingerian reference....":
To be honest, rick, I don't really know what baseball team--real, imaginary,
or mythical--JDS would support. But I DO know what baseball book he
probably burns every year on Opening Day--SHOELESS JOE, by W. P. Kinsella....
(Now if somebody wants to talk about turning good books into bad movies....
Or will that mean I have to make another Salingerian reference?)
Cheers,
Paul