<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=419954" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Bob Forsch R.I.P.</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">His heart, like a knuckle ball, <br>fluttered in his chest.<br>A most unwelcome pressure-<br>he felt his chest compressed.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">One week before he stood in awe<br>upon the mound at Busch.<br>Cameras flashed as he let fly<br>the ceremonial first pitch.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A champion in eighty two, <br>A Card for fifteen years.<br>Bob Forsch, A loved familiar name<br>brought out before the seventh game.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The first pitch that he threw that night<br>would also prove to be his last.<br>The Cards went on to victory<br>adding to their storied past.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A heart attack, the neighbors say.<br>Sixty one, so young, to fade away<br>God stole a page from LaRussa's book<br>in giving this starter a quick hook.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Last week, Bob Forsch, tossed the ceremonial first pitch before his Cardinals went on to win the World Series. Bob tossed two no hitters in his career and his Brother ken had tossed one also. The only brothers in Baseball history to accomplish that feat. When a starting pitcher is removed from a game early, before it has lasted long enough to be an official game, it is said the manager gave him a 'quick hook' Tony LaRussa, the manager of the Cardinals was notorious for changing pitchers multiple times in every game.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+F.+McCullagh">John F. McCullagh</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=419954" data-title="Bob Forsch R.I.P. de John F. McCullagh" data-description="His heart, like a knuckle ball, fluttered in his chest. A most unwelcome pressure- he felt his chest compressed. One week before he stood in awe upon the mound at Busch. Cameras flashed as he let fly the ceremonial first pitch. A champion in ei..."></div> </div> </div>

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