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| Frank Deford
"Ike was a good baseball fan, but shortly before his first Opening Day [1953] he announced that he would have to pass it up for a golfing vacation. All hell broke loose. The country club over the national pastime! Mercifully, old Jupiter Pluvius saved Ike; Opening Day was rained out, and he made it back from the links in time for the rain date. After that, Ike didn't mess around, boy; he made all Openers until 1959.""Surely it is no mere happenstance that the last two words of The Star-Spangled Banner are `Play Ball!' There must be some psychic connection between the anthem and the games Americans play. Why is that? Almost never is the Banner sung at public events of a nonsporting nature. The anthem never serves as a prelude to a movie or opera or ballet or Wheel of Fortune."It almost seemed as if the Statue of Liberty had gone on tour, turning in her torch for a Yonex racket. |
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