Constance La France Poet Free verse

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Sports- In the Man Cave

. . .  What I know about sports is nothing
but my Dad was quite a fanatic really,
he had his sports man cave all setup,
with not one,  but about three televisions going
              at the same time with different sports blaring.
He sure loved the Toronto Blue Jays . . .
and I remember back to 1992 and 1993- he knew the roster
of pichers, catchers, batters, infielders, outfielders, coaches
                 . . . the wins, loses, strike outs, the players names,
and they won the World Series 2 for 2 . .  1992 and 1993.
Other years he cheered the St. Louis Cardinals  or the 
New York Yankees from the man cave  . . .
Now this was a big event for him and his buddies 
and Dad put me in charge of snacks and beer runs,
oh, the hoot and hollering was deafening  (Mom said)
                  Dad left us in 1997 suddenly one summer day
and I found in his pants pocket a clipping from the paper,
sports schedule for July 21 on television-  I still have it.
I recall saying to Mom,  I  hope they have sports
                                      . . . in Heaven.

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February 15, 2017

Poetry/Free Verse/Sports- In The Man Cave
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Tim Smith February 15, 2017 at 6:28 PM I'm sure they do...If you get a chance watch the movie Field Of Dreams....The backdrop is baseball but it is about much more than that..It is very enjoyable and entertaining to even non baseball enthusiasts. Constance La France February 17, 2017 at 7:15 PM Tim, thanks for visiting and I will look for that movie