Chapter I

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From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

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From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

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From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

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From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

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From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

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From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

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From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

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From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

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From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

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From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

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From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

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From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

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From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

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From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

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From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

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From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

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From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

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From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

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From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

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From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

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From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

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From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

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From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

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From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

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From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

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From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

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From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

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From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

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From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

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From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

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From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

in the past

From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

a state in southwestern United States; site of the Grand Canyon

From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

plural of “average” — a statistic describing the location of a distribution

From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

a poem consisting of 3 stanzas and an envoy

From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs

From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate

From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

the qualities that give pleasure to the senses

From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

earlier than; in front of

From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

highly favored or fortunate (as e.g. by divine grace)

From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

a reactionary politician in the United States (usually from the South)

From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

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From this reading Red Sockalexis, the Indian star, Breitenstein, Clancy, McGill and McGarr.

plural of “bug” — general term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate

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used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

to be able to, or to be allowed to

From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

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From this reading My name is John Bourbon, I'm old, and yet young; I cannot keep track of the victims I've stung.

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-ing form of “choose” — pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives

From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

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From this reading Red Sockalexis, the Indian star, Breitenstein, Clancy, McGill and McGarr.

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From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

plural of “conversation” — the use of speech for informal exchange of views or ideas or information etc.

From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

past form of “convert” — change from one system to another or to a new plan or policy

From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.)

From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

leaping insect; male makes chirping noises by rubbing the forewings together

From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

the quality of being unlike or dissimilar

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A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.

From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

strike out (a batter), (of a pitcher)

From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

a cruel wicked and inhuman person

From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

your parents

From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

the cardinal number that is the sum of three and one

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informal abbreviation of “gentleman”

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a state in southeastern United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War

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having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified

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past form of “happen” — come to pass

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a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading Well, yes, he may be, But where in the world is a pitcher like me?

a town in Hawaii on the island of Hawaii

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cause to move by striking

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where you live at a particular time

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the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

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From this reading My name is John Bourbon, I'm old, and yet young; I cannot keep track of the victims I've stung.

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From this reading My name is John Bourbon, I'm old, and yet young; I cannot keep track of the victims I've stung.

on condition that; in the event that

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inside something, or within a place, period, or state

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of or relating to or characteristic of India or the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures

From this reading Red Sockalexis, the Indian star, Breitenstein, Clancy, McGill and McGarr.

relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space

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the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Well, yes, he may be, But where in the world is a pitcher like me?

a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

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cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity; e.g., “keep clean”

From this reading My name is John Bourbon, I'm old, and yet young; I cannot keep track of the victims I've stung.

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From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

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From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

a polite name for any woman

From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

the collection of rules imposed by authority

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put into a certain place or abstract location

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an association of sports teams that organizes matches for its members

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a characteristic state or mode of living

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prefer or wish to do something

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primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified

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for the most time

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a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number

From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

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From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

used to say something is possible, or to give permission

From this reading Well, yes, he may be, But where in the world is a pitcher like me?

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From this reading Red Sockalexis, the Indian star, Breitenstein, Clancy, McGill and McGarr.

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From this reading Red Sockalexis, the Indian star, Breitenstein, Clancy, McGill and McGarr.

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

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device for converting sound waves into electrical energy

From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading My name is John Bourbon, I'm old, and yet young; I cannot keep track of the victims I've stung.

assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to

From this reading My name is John Bourbon, I'm old, and yet young; I cannot keep track of the victims I've stung.

not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

a lyric poem with complex stanza forms

From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)

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(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

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From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration

From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

(baseball) the person who does the pitching

From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

possessive form of “pitcher” — (baseball) the person who does the pitching

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(baseball) playing the position of pitcher on a baseball team

From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

plural of “player” — a person who participates in or is skilled at some game

From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

Venetian traveler who explored Asia in the 13th century and served Kublai Khan (1254-1324)

From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

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From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events

From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood

From this reading Red Sockalexis, the Indian star, Breitenstein, Clancy, McGill and McGarr.

sit and travel on the back of animal, usually while controlling its motions

From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

precisely, exactly

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an enthusiastic devotee of sports

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From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

plural of “side” — a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location

From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

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From this reading Red Sockalexis, the Indian star, Breitenstein, Clancy, McGill and McGarr.

speech you make to yourself

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(astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior

From this reading Red Sockalexis, the Indian star, Breitenstein, Clancy, McGill and McGarr.

aroused to impatience or anger

From this reading My name is John Bourbon, I'm old, and yet young; I cannot keep track of the victims I've stung.

put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items

From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

express in words

From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

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used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

to a degree exceeding normal or proper limits

From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

a line or route along which something travels or moves

From this reading My name is John Bourbon, I'm old, and yet young; I cannot keep track of the victims I've stung.

an official at a baseball game

From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

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From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

plural of “victim” — an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance

From this reading My name is John Bourbon, I'm old, and yet young; I cannot keep track of the victims I've stung.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

freed of dependence on something especially (for mammals) mother's milk

From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (“good” is a nonstandard dialectal variant for “well”)

From this reading Well, yes, he may be, But where in the world is a pitcher like me?

used to ask for information about something

From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

in or at the place that

From this reading Well, yes, he may be, But where in the world is a pitcher like me?

in the company of; together with

From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

everything that exists anywhere

From this reading Well, yes, he may be, But where in the world is a pitcher like me?

a late time of life

From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk

From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

an affirmative

From this reading Well, yes, he may be, But where in the world is a pitcher like me?

but in spite of that

From this reading My name is John Bourbon, I'm old, and yet young; I cannot keep track of the victims I've stung.

the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose

From this reading _Right Off The Bat_ Ballade of a Substitute 15 Casey on a Bat 17 The Pitcher's Soliloquy 19 Blessed Be Baseball 21 Raymond's Ride 23 Four Conversations 25 "Inside" Baseball 27 The Difference 29 Cricket and Baseball 31 The League of Long Ago 33 The Longest Hit on Record 35 The Umpire's Home 37 "Yellow" 39 The Umpire 41 "Choosing Sides" 43 Ode to a Georgia Gent 45 Life and Baseball 47 What Happened to Hilo 49 I Was with Clarke 51 "Home Folks" 53 The Outfielder's Dream 55 The Law of Averages 57 A Converted Rooter 59 To the Lady Bugs 61 Polo in Arizona 63 The Laddies' League 65 The $11,000 Beauty 67 The Lay of the New York Fan 69 The Old Rooter 71 "If" 73 Right Off the Bat JOHN BOURBON, PITCHER They tell me that Matty can pitch like a fiend, But many long years before Matty was weaned I was pitching to players, and good players, too, Mike Kelley and Rusie and all the old crew.

(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

From this reading My name is John Bourbon, I'm old, and yet young; I cannot keep track of the victims I've stung.