when babe hit
number 714 he was
playing for Boston
and washed up
he was a big tipper
a big eater a big
drinked and every
body loved the babe
lou was the iron
man and played
in 2130 consecutive
games and when he coughed
into the microphone
he said he was
the luckiest man alive
he betted clean up
right behind the babe
and together they
represented fear
power and (judging
from the full stands)
absenteeism
this was before the unions
before the depression before
the war and when the smoke
lifted the forties were over and
both men had died slowly
each weighing less
than a 100 lbs
Into the Temple of Baseball
Edited by Richard Grossinger & Kevin Kerrane
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