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Spahn and....
Posted: 18 Jul 2025 23:17 pm
by Melville
Sain and pray for rain.
Or.....
Sonny Gary and Liberatore and after them there's nothing more...
Re: Spahn and....
Posted: 19 Jul 2025 00:29 am
by swatski
Melville wrote: ↑18 Jul 2025 23:17 pm
Sain and pray for rain.
Or.....
Sonny Gary and Liberatore and after them there's nothing more...
Great thought but have to be more succinct.
Gray and Liberatore and nothing more.
Re: Spahn and....
Posted: 19 Jul 2025 03:03 am
by illiniriles
Mwlvilles's version has a much better poetic flow
Re: Spahn and....
Posted: 19 Jul 2025 08:19 am
by scoutyjones2
Darkness there, and nothing more
Re: Spahn and....
Posted: 19 Jul 2025 08:24 am
by sikeston bulldog2
After them, there’s nothing more. The cold north wind, blows through the door.
Re: Spahn and....
Posted: 19 Jul 2025 09:08 am
by Melville
illiniriles wrote: ↑19 Jul 2025 03:03 am
Mwlvilles's version has a much better poetic flow
Correct.
The meter and the iamb are what make a rhyme work.
"Sonny Gray and Liberatore (7 syllables)
and
After them there's nothing more (7 syllable)"
Additionally, when pronouncing the syllables "tore" and "more", they are held in place a moment longer than the one which precedes each, which creates the emphasis.
Same is true of Spahn and Sain...and...pray for rain".
Same construction.
Re: Spahn and....
Posted: 19 Jul 2025 09:22 am
by jcgmoi
Not the same construction and also too wordy.
Gray and Matt and then fall flat.
This fits the original. More realistic too, although if Liberatore doesn't pick it up I'll have to offer another line. How about 'Gray and no way'?
Re: Spahn and....
Posted: 19 Jul 2025 09:27 am
by Melville
jcgmoi wrote: ↑19 Jul 2025 09:22 am
Not the same construction and also too wordy.
Gray and Matt and then fall flat.
This fits the original. More realistic too, although if Liberatore doesn't pick it up I'll have to offer another line. How about 'Gray and no way'?
Actually, the original was:
"First we’ll use Spahn
then we’ll use Sain
Then an off day
followed by rain"
Broadcasters misquoted it so often over the decades that is it now better known in its truncated form.
My STL version is much truer to the actual original.
Re: Spahn and....
Posted: 19 Jul 2025 09:34 am
by imetsatchelpaige
The sun is bright
The team is floundering
They hurt my eyes
Re: Spahn and....
Posted: 19 Jul 2025 09:56 am
by rockondlouie
Melville wrote: ↑18 Jul 2025 23:17 pm
Sain and pray for rain.
Or.....
Sonny Gary and Liberatore and after them there's nothing more...
How about Gray alone since the rest have blown?
Pallante last 8 GS:
5.40 ERA
Libby last 8 GS:
6.15 ERA
Fedde last 8 GS:
6.44 ERA
Mikolas last 8 GS:
6.70 ERA