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Subject: Rude people win games Author: Lion Rooter [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 15:03:36 05/17/25 Sat In reply to: Old Lion 's message, "Re: Columbia Wins vs Penn to Open Ivy Baseball Championship" on 21:27:20 05/16/25 Fri seems weird -- the Yale poster who found us "rude" for some reason - what must that Eli have thought when the 4th seed Harvard ousted the home team in the tournie? I wonder... I was worried about facing Penn and I assumed we would meet up with Yale again... but things have shifted like a crafty double steal play! Now we are in the catbird seat (I think some old time baseball pundit said that) - so to speak. wonder if pitcher Andy Leon can take another year ? [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> [> [> Subject: James Thurberd/Red Barber; give credit for 'The Catbird Seat' where it's due. Author: Valmas (Stoic) [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 16:12:16 05/17/25 Sat James Thurber's short story, The Catbird Seat, was published in 1942. Red Barber - Cincinnati Reds, Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Yankees radio and television announcer - popularized the words; and published an autobiography of his own in 1968: Rhubarb In The Catbird Seat. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> Subject: Re: James Thurberd/Red Barber; give credit for 'The Catbird Seat' where it's due. Author: ivy guy [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 18:24:19 05/17/25 Sat nice work Valmas, a well-read sports fan cheers ## [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> [> [> Subject: Nobody would ever reference ivy guy as rude; that's for sure. Author: Valmas (Stoic) [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 19:06:25 05/17/25 Sat I'm sorely undeserving of your praise, i.g. Son of the South, Red Barber was my most favorite announcer when I was a Brooklyn boy, so many years ago; and you may know that he attended University of Florida - studied education and initiated his broadcasting career working for the college radio station in Gainesville; till, one day, he got a call from the Reds asking him to come out to Cincinnati and join their team. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Re: Rude people win games Author: bulldog10jw [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 18:45:37 05/17/25 Sat Ousted? I thought it was double elimination. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]

[> [> [> Subject: Doonesbury Author: John Harvard [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 16:30:03 05/19/25 Mon Was Harvard's starting pitching in the game that ended Yale's season really named Brian Dowling? Unreal. [ Post a Reply to This Message ]