And so they came running for the San Francisco Giants Texas Rangers World Series... ducats in their sweaty palms...Hamilton Air Force ( a mall) San Rafael; the wine country Napa Valley Vallejo across the bay ... Golden Gate Bridge
Alcatraz Island Treasure Island (the World’s Fair, ‘39 WW2 ‘46) Bay Meadows Market Street Original Joe’s the Fleet Building .Fisherman’s wharf...Berkeley Oakland
And the cable cars.......”All aboard”
II
Tris Speaker Frankie Frisch Luke Appling Spider Jorgenson Nax Lanier Al Kaline Ernie
Lombardi Maury Wills . the knothole kids from the Ebbets Field bleachers.
.Larry Doby Eddie Waitkus Billy Jurgess Willie McHovey Rudy York Joe Morgan Bill Rigney
Greg Maddox Tom Glavine Chipper Jones Don Larsen Monte Irwin Orlando Cepeda
Juan Marichal
III
The umpires Bill Klem Majorkurth.Al Bartlet...Radio’s Red Barber Al Helfer Vince Scully
Barry Bonds Sammy Soso Mark McGuire Mike Messina Bill Mckechnie Rollie Hemsley
Yale University Comparative Lit Professor A Bartlet Giamatti... Commissioner of Baseball
IV
And boarding Don Nelson in relief.,..strumming his guitar Spike Jones “In der Fuhrer’s face”
Cable car screeching ..... San Francisco game 1, World Series, October 27 ,2010
“All aboard”
