<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=420005" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Faded Photographs</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Some pictures hang upon my wall<br>Of baseball players from the past-<br>Gionfriddo’s catch of DiMaggio’s ball-<br>Lou Gehrig standing at the mike-<br>Babe Ruth pitching in the Bronx-<br>And the one place that links them all.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>They happened at the lumberyard<br>The place on River Avenue<br>The place where Bombers came to play<br>Now sad, diminished, and by Fall-<br>a victim of the wrecking ball.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>One other theme is intertwined<br>Within the pictures on my wall<br>Each enshrines the final time<br>These men enjoyed a curtain call..</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Babe was pitching his last time<br>The season ender (33’) <br>He never pitched another game<br>A complete game shutout<br>Against the Sox.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Gehrig speaking at the mike<br>A hot July 4th holiday<br>At home plate for the final time<br>He stood on the unaccustomed side</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Gionfriddo’s speed won the game<br>By making his miraculous catch<br>But next day he sat on the bench<br>And never played a game again</div><div style="margin:10px 0"></div><div style="margin:10px 0">How bittersweet these moments are<br>for a scrub or a superstar<br>To know, at last, you’ve reached the end<br>To still have done the best you can.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Their time has passed, these men have died<br>And now their park has seen its day<br>I’ve only photographs to show<br>Perfection never fades away.</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=420005" data-title="Faded Photographs de John F. McCullagh" data-description="Some pictures hang upon my wall Of baseball players from the past- Gionfriddo’s catch of DiMaggio’s ball- Lou Gehrig standing at the mike- Babe Ruth pitching in the Bronx- And the one place that links them all. They happened at the lumberyar..."></div> </div> </div>

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