Jack Ellison Poet Limerick

Stealing Home

A memory I'll NEVER forget, by crikey
Jackie stealing home, my hero almighty
Eleven at the time
Baseball's ultimate crime
Forever and always etched in my psyche


(With the old Montreal Royals of the International League in 1946)

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Tim Smith April 12, 2016 at 11:58 AM Oh I wish I had the speed...Stealing would be my greed...etched in time...with dirt and grime....and victory with the glorious deed Jack Ellison April 12, 2016 at 2:52 PM True story... late for our very first game, me and my dad! Looked to the right as we entered the left field bleachers and there was Jackie stealing home! Talk about a momentous image etched in my memory!!!