Deeps Thoughts, by Sir Bullwinkle J. Moose

Dear Mr. Moose,

I will give it a go - with my favorite:

"You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the other way around all the time."

Jim Bouton.

Mr. Moose,

NICE JOB!

POEM I ONCE WROTE ABOUT MY DAD. (Teacher didn't like it because of the "beat.")

General thoughts of a Dad
Others thought he wasn’t much
Of broken hands and worn down parts
Of endless agony
Of tireless energy
Comprised of the best heart
To bad others didn’t see him as such
The Best that man has had!

Other thougts I repeat to my students each day:

"I know what I know but I know what I know. Most people know what they know but they don't really know what they know. You know? I know what I know but I know what I know."

Only two things can last forever......
an old baseball glove with softened leather...
and a double header delayed by stormy weather...

On a fair summer day under sunny sky,
I listen, enthralled by battle sound:

"Hiss…Swish…Pop!
Hiss…Swish…Pop!
Hiss…Swish…Pop!"

"Kind sir, please retire to the bench.
Carry on, brave knight upon the mound!"

Just saw this on a poster the other day and wrote it down for my son:

"You can't possibly hit the ball if you're thinking about ways you can
miss."

And one of my favorites is what I composed to him for his team program last year:

"Your personal "Goals" are the STEPS to your Dreams.......
KEEP CLIMBING!"

Good thing that bullwinkles have long legs, this is gona get deep.

Some days you win. Some days you lose. And some days, it rains.-- Crash Davis

Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand. -Leo Durocher

Good leaders are like baseball umpires; they go practically unnoticed when doing their jobs right. -- Byrd Baggett

When we played baseball, I'd steal second base, feel guilty and go back.-- Woody Allen

I think there are only three things America will be known for 2,000 years from now when they study this civilization: the Constitution, jazz music, and baseball.- Gerald Early

Close don't count in baseball. Close only counts in horseshoes and grenades. -
Frank Robinson

Jim Crow was king . . . and I heard a game in which Jackie Robinson was playing, and I felt pride in being alive. The baseball held was my fantasy of what life offered.
Lou Brock

Men are too emotional to vote. Their conduct at baseball games and political conventions shows this . . .
Alice Duer Miller

Poets are like baseball pitchers. Both have their moments. The intervals are the tough things.
Robert Frost

Prior to slipping on your athletic supporter, check to insure that it contains no foreign substances or objects.

OPP

There was was a moose-full of Bull
Who added the name of winkle
His eyes were always a-twinkle
He said "Lighten up, you snarling pups!
Or I'll put bengay in your cups."


Dedicated to Rocky. Inspired by his Mooseness and OPP...

"Umpiring.....the only job that everyone knows how to do better than the guy doing it."
(Nestor Chylak)

Texan.....a noble effort.....

My husband's favorite: "Since baseball time is measured only in outs all you have to do is succeed utterly; keep hitting, keep the rally alive and you have defeated time. You remain forever young." (Roger Angell)

CoachB25:

That sounds eerily like Don Rumsfeld from a couple of years ago!

Paul Richards, Orioles Manager:
Baseball is made up of very few big and dramatic moments, but rather it's a beautifully put together pattern of countless little subtleties that finally add up to the big moment, and you have to be well-versed in the game to truly appreciate them.

Dire Straits:
Some times you're the Louisville Slugger, some times, you're the ball.

Shakespeare:
A hit. A palpable hit.

The Bible:
In the Big Inning

Driving home from work one day I stopped to watch a local Little League baseball game. As I sat down behind the bench on the first base line I asked one of the boys what the score was. "We're behind 14 to nothing," he answered, smiling.
"Really," I said. "I have to say you don't look very discouraged."
"Discouraged?" the boy asked with a puzzled look. "Why should we be discouraged? We haven't been up to bat yet." ...Jack Canfield

Nicely done Puma.

Thanks, Moose, I found that on a greeting card about 5 years ago, and I bought everyone of them. It's my all tine fav.