“Viva no not Zapata” but the 40 year old Raol Ibanez,.coming off the Yankee bench, pinch hitting for”Arod”, the Bronx Bombers two outs away from an American League
East playoff loss, one game away from tasting the next challenge to the World
Series.
II
But the miracle of “Raol is so
cool” is not only the poetic justice and the reality of the “Field of Dreams”
playing out but that Ibanez, not only tied the nine inning allegory or metaphor
depending on the reader interpretation, is that Ibanez and Rodriquez were
drafted at the same time decades earlier in
their careers.
Arod, a slugger, chasing homers
for his legacy, was taken numero uno. “Raol so cool” drafted 1005..
The the reversal of roles seems
ironic in the sense that Girardi, the manager, in throwing
the dice, benched “Arod” for “Raol so cool” ,
Arod having struck our three times during the game.
Where was the clutch hit, the
Yanks syndrome leaving men on base, their nemesis being themselves
III
“I try not to do too much”
said the hero before 50,000 palpitating hearts As he replicatred his “field of
dreams” in the 12tth inning... taking the first pitch, walloping his dream
above the Monumnt Park, into the bleachers where we used to sit so many aeons
ago as a knothole kid at Ebbets Field across the River.
So walking up to the plate in
the 12th inning, Raol is
so cool ” smashed his game winning four bagger, the Yankees winning 3-2
against the Baltimore Orioles.,game 4 of the 5 game mseries tonight.
His third “Sultan of Swat” homer
during the last month.
“Thank the good Lord I try not to do too much , I jump the first
one.””
IV
“Raol is so cool”also captures
the Bard’s “we are the stuff that dreams are made of, our little lives rounded with a sleep” ..
The City that never sleeps,
10/10/12
