Although Plato denied the artists their inalienable rights, his claim they corrupted the youth of Athens.. But here centuries later, the retribution, seems to these eyes, the miraculous playing out the Dodgers of Brooklyn….. the reincarnation of these New York Mets, their roots being Brooklyn’s Lafayette High School of Bensonhurst.
Sandy Koufax, the Wilpon family, Koufax’ssemi pro team ‘the House of David’, their base being the Parade Grounds of Prospect Park.
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In asking for the historic forgiveness among the readers, may we go back to the bygone yesterdays when Leo Durocher, once of the St. Louis Cardinals Gashouse Gang, was banished for his gambling .
He married Laraine Day …an actress of note, Leo the lip spend his time at the Fria Club of Beverly Hills, playing gin rummy, jostling with the likes of Milton Berle and other celebs.Munching oncracker jackc, mustarding gown hot dogs, rinkingbeer (“only kidding”).
He was the epitome of the fast life in baseball circles, which brings to mind the World Series being in Kansas City, the Royals the big time foe, facing these reincarnated Dodgers, the Mets , in the World Series, beginning Tuesday night 11r/27/15 in K.C.
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Therefore in asking for your indulgence, may your scribe go back, and sand bag those yesterdays at Ebbets Field, before Walter O’Malley turned toward Plato …corrupting the denizens of Brooklyn at Ebbets Field, thus moving the team to L.As Chavez Ravine.
These miracle Mets are filling the void..their Skipper…Terry Collins ……Murphy, Harvey, their bullpen…the metamorphosis to these aging eyes transcend Leo, O’Maley, his son Peter , his father in law, the Judge.
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The soul of the once Brooklyn Dodgers…….in those bygone Plato yesterdays at Ebbets Field are Pete Reiser, Pee Wee Reese, Jackie Robinson breaking the color line, Branch Rickey who master minded breaking the color line from Montreal, the minor league support system, Rickey’s own Gas House Gang with the Cardinals….
Cookie Lavagetto, Dolph Camilli, Vito Tamulis, Eddie Stanky, Billy Herman, Pete Coscart .,Preacher Roe, Rex Barney, Hal Gregg.Johney Podres, Joe Black, Sal Maglie, Billy Cox,. Don Newcombe
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Eddie Basinski, Dixie Walker, Charlie Dressen ,a coach become manager, treading up and down the chalked third base line, Joe “Dusty” Medwick. Duke Snider….
Hughh Casey in relief, MangER Walter Alston, Tommy LaSorda(L.A. Dodger maaer.. Roy Campanela (“Campy”) Mickey Owen, Howie Schultz, Carl Furillo, Paul Waner, Lloyd Waner….Abe Stark’s “clothing” center field advertising…
Hilda and her noise makers , Gladys Gooding singing her high C’s, a foretaste of Joan Sutherland’s cosmic consciousness.
The knot hole kids in the right field bleachers at 55 cent an aficiando. Ralph Branca who threw the home run pitch to the Giants Bobby Thompson in their playoff game, wth Horace Stonehan Giants before they and Willie Mays, abandoned the Polo Grounds for San Francisco like O’Malley’s Chavez Ravine. ..
Two gun g ho sellouts, would you believe it? Branca marrying the boss’s daughter.
Don Drysdale, a nd the immortal Sandy Koufax from Lafayette High School , the House of David in the Parade Grounds and whiffing the enemy batters one two three…..
Cut Davis, Freddy Fitzsimmons, Kirlby Higb e, Whitlow Wyatt, catcher slugger Babe Phelps….. hopefully second guessing Plato’s curse on these Ebbets Field artists, the New York Mets reaffirming those reincarnated yesterdays, beginning Tuesday night against the Kansas City Royals
“GO METS GO.”
“Long LIVE THE MEts”
October 26, 215 The City that never sleeps.
