13,515. I STRING FOR FELLOWS

I STRING FOR FELLOWS

Hold the hand that held the hand

that held the hand of Mickey Rivers.

If that's some sort of big deal to you,

good; he played baseball for the

Yankees, but always looked like 

a cripple, with a sort of hobbled

walk and pigeon-like stance. But,

that man could dance  -  once he 

got rolling along the bases. 

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A punch-hitter; singles were good

enough for doubles, stretching that

lead into a stolen base in 3-second

spurts. Kind of was a legend in his

little, own, time, that Rivers was.

I think he's dead now, but I forget.

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Another time, I saw Ron Darling, as

a retired ex-Met, and broadcaster

too, at the White Horse. He was

sitting alone, and facing the TV 

screen up over the bar  -  it was

an October World Series day,

sometime about 2006. We said

hi, and then I got to wondering if

he was there for the betting and

spreads than the actual game 

itself.