tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21666786.post114436829040796454..comments2023-10-31T09:01:11.464-04:00Comments on Church of Baseball: On travelCathiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07291479913130967235noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21666786.post-59672240646507938722009-03-30T17:50:00.000-04:002009-03-30T17:50:00.000-04:00Thanks for your comment. I've had the good fortun...Thanks for your comment. I've had the good fortune of being abroad a few times on Opening Day and it is just as relevant today as it was when it was written, although with MLB.TV, we can watch our favorite teams - at decent hours, too, since they're day games! I typed up the poem from a copy I made of it in 1997 when it was republished in the Herald Tribune while I was in Luxembourg. <BR/><BR/>I'm going to Opening Day in Cincinnati for the second year in a row - I might do it every year for the rest of my life.Cathiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07291479913130967235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21666786.post-3087540911514787222009-03-30T17:43:00.000-04:002009-03-30T17:43:00.000-04:00I couldn't believe I found the poem "Crack of a Ba...I couldn't believe I found the poem "Crack of a Bat". I lived in Paris from 1966 to 1969 and became friends with the author of the poem, Dick Rohrback, a sports writer for the International Herald Tribune. His poem indeed rang true to us ex-pats.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com