For Larry
"There are two theories on hitting the knuckleball.
Unfortunately, neither of them works."
it was all so serious
as he taught me
digging the knees
a deliberate hunkering
the back & forth wiggle
shifting the weight
it screws yr behind in the ground he said
protection I guess
or the secrecy of boys
he called it
The Stan Musial Crouch
& man how I practiced
getting it right to unwind
breathless exquisite & deadly
the permission to love
without going crazy
& o big brother
how much I remembed
26 Feb 80
Into the Temple of Baseball
Editer by Richard Grossinger & Kevin Kerrane
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