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A Switch Hitter Looks for 'That' Pitch

A switch hitter looks for 'that' pitch.
That certain one,
To bat a home run off of it.
Not to swing to foul or strike out.
But to prove his game played is legit.

With the hope that a home run,
Gets some cheering from a crowd...
Paying to have fun.
And the cheering done as the hitter runs,
Is prayed not to be the only one to come.

And in the dugout the hitter is welcomed,
As a hero.
Ending with a ceasing of cracked jokes.
And the spitting out of old bubble gum chewed!
As a new pack is passed...
While the players encourage the next at bat!

poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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Old Town Types No. 28 - Lah-Di-Dah Lane

In the old town traditions - as greybeards will explain
One epic tale immortalises Lah-di-dah Lane,
Clerk to a local wheat-buyer in the railway yard.
Some deemed him just a 'masher,' but a few said 'knowing card'
With his waxed moustache, his monocle, his grey 'hard-hitter' hat,
His braided coat of black 'Berlin,' his lavender cravat,
His buttoned boots and finger-ring and thin Malacca cane
Oh, a sight on pleasant Sundays was our Lah-di-dah Lane.

His manners were meticulous, his smile so softly sweet
That he soon became the butt of every urchin in our street.
But he took their banter calmly, and his brow wore ne'er a frown
Till the bully, Turk Trevanion, caused a scandal in the town.
A loud-mouthed blusterer was Turk, a crude, sardonic lout
Who made a set at Lah-di-dah, but failed to draw him out
Till he used, in ladies' hearing, words both blasphemous and vain:
Then, 'I'll meet you on the wiver flat,' said Lah-di-dah Lane.

Discreetly on that Sabbath day the word was passed about,
Till half the town came to the flat to see poor Lane pass out;

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poem by Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis
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I was a lousy hitter in May doing the same things that made me a great hitter in June.

quote by Carl Yastrzemski
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The pitcher has to find out if the hitter is timid, and if he is timid, he has to remind the hitter he's timid.

quote by Don Drysdale
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There has always been a saying in baseball that you can't make a hitter, but I think you can improve a hitter. More than you can improve a fielder. More mistakes are made hitting than in any other part of the game.

quote by Ted Williams
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A pitcher has to look at the hitter as his mortal enemy.

quote by Early Wynn
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It helps if the hitter thinks you're a little crazy.

quote by Nolan Ryan
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The Brooklyn Dodgers had a no hitter last night.

quote by Bob Dole
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If there was ever a man born to be a hitter it was me.

quote by Ted Williams
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I was the most powerful left-handed hitter in the Alameda area.

quote by Willie Stargell
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