Safe “I just cost that kid a perfect game.” -Jim Joyce first base umpire who called the batter safe when he should’ve been called out The umpire blew the call. Blew history. Watched its curveball breath sail away like an errant throw from an off-balanced shortstop in the hole over a first baseman’s head. The [...]
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Two poems by Daniel Romo
Posted in Daniel Romo, tagged poetry on June 27, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Two Poems by Daniel Romo
Posted in Daniel Romo, tagged poetry on January 12, 2010 | 1 Comment »
National Championship When the college star quarterback suffered a separated shoulder in the first half of the prestigious bowl game named after an acidic citrus fruit and not a fresh, scented flower, he bowed down, planted his hands on his knees and wilted, realizing his first-team all-everything year would not have a hero’s ending. When [...]
