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The Relief Pitcher Throws A Sonnet
\n     ~E. Ethelbert Miller<\/p>\n

You have to forget the last election.
\nThe blown save.
\nWhat matters is now, not tomorrow, just now.
\nIn every inning there is the possibility of something going wrong,
\nthe way sunlight blinds or the way a ball skips towards
\nthe wall or through and under a glove. You stand on the mound
\nof your imagination and imagine nothing except your own breath.
\nIn your hands the roundness of the world.<\/p>\n

How do you feel? Is this what you’ve always wanted?
\nIt’s not about the score or getting out of the inning.
\nIt’s about saving whatever needs to be saved. It can be nothing
\nmore than one’s reputation or helping a child crave the memory
\nof magic and something to believe in. There is nothing more
\nhuman than baseball.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is from Miller’s latest collection of poetry, If God Invented Baseball<\/em>, which came out just as pitchers and catchers were reporting back in February. I’ve borrowed this copy from the library, but I will buy my own because it is a near perfect collection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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