Using tongs, Jim Moran sticks a long, thin piece of wire into the small but very hot fire of the blacksmith’s forge.
When he removes the metal, the tip is white hot.
‘Sort of Gone’ should be hit with poetry and baseball fans
Sunday, August 10, 2008
By Jack Rightmyer
Is there any sport more poetic than baseball? Sarah Freligh, a former sportswriter for the Philadelphia Inquirer, has recently published a collection of 48 poems titled, “Sort of Gone,” which follows the rise and fall of hard-throwing baseball pitcher Al Stepansky....
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