Never These Men (ePub)
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From Fred Merkle, an early media creation, through to Bill Buckner, a truly fine and underrated ballplayer, Never These Men fundamentally asks the reader to imagine how it feels to be branded for a singular moment in ones life. McDonald, foremost a poet, liberally spreads a few relevant original verses throughout this volume, which is fundamentally a call for fair play. The idea of balanced and proper reporting is considered as well, as in the cases of Ralph Branca, Mitch Williams and Ralph Terry. Though all three were solid Major Leaguers who gave up famous home runs, only the former two are constantly cited, a point of contention here. In the area of authority figures, why Charles Comiskey and Judge Landis are barely scrutinized for their truly abhorrent behavior, while a lifetime baseball man like Gene Mauch is merely brushed aside by far too many is a question that clearly haunts this writer. Never These Men asserts that working in a world with little or no accountability, while demanding total accountability from those whose skill and expertise literally creates your professional existence, is an absurdity that needs to be addressed.
Thomas Porky McDonald is a poet and writer whose poems and narratives often cross through the ballpark venue. His recent releases, Series Endings…a Whimsical Look at the Final Plays of Baseball’s Fall Classic, 1903-2003, a distinctly different view of baseball’s modern World Series than most informational volumes of that American icon usually are and At a Loss to Eternity, which looked at a number of talented yet forgotten teams, each helped define the writer’s take on baseball and what it entails. In Never These Men, McDonald makes a case for fair play in regard to a number of characters who have been, in his and many others’ eyes, unfairly branded. A previous work, Where the Angels Bow to the Grass, A Boy’s Memoir, taken mainly from the writers’ childhood days of the 1960’s and 70’s, described the bond between McDonald and his father, Bill “The Chief” McDonald. In addition, his three-book anthology Irishman’s Tribute series, which paid homage to many heroes of the past, also honored his father, the de facto Irishman noted in the titles of this collection. An Irishman’s Tribute to the Negro Leagues, Over the Shoulder and Plant on One: An Irishman’s Tribute to Willie Mays and Hit Sign, Win Suit: An Irishman’s Tribute to Ebbets Field each contained short stories and historical material, as well as a small dose of McDonald’s trademark baseball poetry. McDonald has also published a book of short stories, Paradise Oval, and his unique New Yorkers take on 9/11, The Air That September, which tried to equate the effect that baseball could have as a healer and a source of joy, one this lifetime City resident obviously reveres.
- Autor: Thomas Porky McDonald
- 2006, 1 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: AUTHORHOUSE
- ISBN-10: 1467075655
- ISBN-13: 9781467075657
- Erscheinungsdatum: 03.05.2006
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