#dan quisenberry

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#al holland #philadelphia phillies #dan quisenberry #kansas city royals #baseball #mlb #baseball cards #card art #firemen

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Jennae Quisenberry by Dan Smith

#jennae quisenberry #dan smith

[baseballbybsmile]

The devastating submarine delivery of legendary Kansas City Royals relief pitcher Dan Quisenberry!

[cobra-shy]

...On the page, Roger created—he threw—a voice that was utterly joyful, as buoyant as a lottery winner. He hated the poetical and the hard-bitten. The Roger Angell of the baseball pieces was a man at liberty, delighted to be in the stands on a long-shadowed afternoon, part of a vast community of fans. The sentences were ebullient but never decorous. An ur-Wasp, he was tickled to learn the Yiddish word for “over the top”: ungapatchka. He took it as an immense compliment when a friend told him that he admired the “un-ungapatchka-ness” of his work. Roger’s best baseball prose—his early piece on the struggles of the fledgling Mets, “The Old Folks Behind Home”; his profiles of the fearsome Bob Gibson, the vanquished Steve Blass, the submariner Dan Quisenberry; his chronicle of the epochal Boston-Cincinnati World Series of 1975, “Agincourt and After”—radiated a sense of wonder at the complexities of the game and those who play it. His enthusiasm for baseball was so immense that it could not be confined to a singular loyalty. In a given season, he was capable of giving his heart to anyone. He was a Mets fan, a Yankees fan, and a Red Sox fan. In anyone else, this would have been unforgivable.

I had the privilege of witnessing Roger’s joy in the game more than once, but never more so than in October, 2000, when we went together to Shea Stadium to watch the fifth and final game of the World Series, a Subway Series dominated by Torre’s Yankees. Sitting in the left-field stands, Roger held forth on everything from Torre’s understated generalship to the “premature decrepitude” of Shea to the best kind of notebook. (Mead notebooks: “They take ink perfectly.”) He recited a Homeric catalogue of his favorite baseball names: Hack Wilson, Napoleon Lajoie, Mookie Wilson. They spanned the age—the age of Angell. I could have sat in the stands listening to Roger (and, incidentally, watching the Yanks and the Mets) forever. But there would be no extra innings that night. Mike Piazza’s towering attempt to tie things in the ninth fell short and into the glove of Bernie Williams.

“That’s it,” Roger said, and led the way to the Yankees clubhouse. The Bombers were winners again. Roger entered the room under great arcs of foamy champagne. Happily soaked, he made his way to Torre, and listened in on yet another soliloquy to the young scribes. On some point of historical interest, Torre paused, and looked Roger’s way for confirmation. Roger, sagely, nodded assent.

After a while, Roger said, “We should check in on the losers. The story’s in there, too.” We hustled over to the home-team clubhouse, where the Mets picked gloomily at a sad array of snacks and made the customary remarks about next year. Roger wrote that down, as well.

His Mead notebook now sufficiently inked, he led the way past the revellers and the mourners along the ramps and made it out to the parking lot. We found his Volvo station wagon and climbed in. Another gaudy night in Queens. Roger got behind the wheel and, driving alarmingly fast on the Grand Central Parkway, he talked about next year. Spring training was four months off.

#i went to go check if i had gotten some of the wording of the quote i just posted correct and was deeply saddened to discover this news! #i was just reading A Summer Game and some of his archived articles the other day and was really astonished at how easily #the clarity of his enthusiasm had lifted my spirits #going to spend this weekend reading his essays and missing him

[wordischaracter]

the future is much like the present, only longer.

-Dan Quisenberry

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#baseball card

[seanhowe]

that first baseball card I saw myself in a triage of rookies atop the bodies that made the hill we played king of I am the older one the one on the right game-face sincere long red hair unkempt a symbol of the ’70s somehow a sign of manhood you don’t see how my knees shook on my debut or my desperation to make it

the second one I look boyish with a gap-toothed smile the smile of a guy who has it his way expects it I rode the wave’s crest of pennant and trophies I sat relaxed with one thought “I can do this” you don’t see me stay up till two reining in nerves or post-game hands that shook involuntarily

glory years catch action shots arm whips and body contortions a human catapult the backs of those cards cite numbers that tell stories of saves, wins, flags, records handshakes, butt slaps, celebration mobs you can’t see the cost of winning lines on my forehead under the hat trench line between my eyes you don’t see my wife, daughter and son left behind

the last few cards I do not smile I grim-face the camera tight lipped no more forced poses to win fans eyes squint scanning distance crow’s-feet turn into eagle’s claws you don’t see the quiver in my heart knowledge that it is over just playing out the end

I look back at who I thought I was or used to be now, trying to be funny I tell folks I used to be famous I used to be good they say we thought you were bigger I say I was —Dan Quisenberry, 1953-1998

#dan quisenberry #poetry

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Al Holland / Dan Quisenberry

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[iquotation]

"The future is much like the present, only longer."

Dan Quisenberry

#Quotes #TextQuotes

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Jennae Quisenberry by Dan Smith

#jennae quisenberry #dan smith

[baseballbybsmile]

Happy Birthday In Heaven Dan Quisenberry - The superb submarine relief pitcher was born on this day in 1953.

[athingcalledbliss]

Jennae Quisenberry by Dan Smith for Ophelia Glass Magazine Spring 2019

#fashioneditorial #fashionphotography #editorial #fashion #glassmagazine #spring19 #dansmith #thealewisyates #jennaequisenberry #paulisaac #benclark #traciecant #kimbrown

[goalhofer]

Weirdest MLB Pitching Stances Of All Time.

1. Dontrelle Willis (Florida, Detroit, Arizona, Cincinnati/2003-11)

2. Bronson Arroyo (Pittsburgh, Boston, Cincinnati, Arizona, Cincinnati/2000-14, 2017)

3. Luis Tiant (Cleveland, Minnesota, Boston, New York Yankees, California/1964-82)

4. Huston Street (Oakland, Colorado, San Diego, Los Angeles Angels/2005-17)

5. Dan Quisenberry (Kansas City, St. Louis, San Francisco/1979-90)

6. Iwakuma Hisashi (Seattle/2012-17)

7. Johnny Cueto (Cincinnati, Kansas City, San Francisco/2008-present)

8. Orlando Hernandez (New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox, San Diego, New York Mets/1998-2002, 2004-07)

9. Robert Wood (Atlanta, Los Angeles Dodgers, Cincinnati/2013-present)

10. Leroy Paige (Cleveland, St. Louis Browns, Kansas City Athletics/1948-49, 1951-53, 1965)

11. Matsuzaka Daisuke (Boston, New York Mets/2007-14)

12. Marc Rzepczynski (Toronto, St. Louis, Cleveland, San Diego, Oakland, Washington, Seattle, Cleveland/2009-18)

13. Francisco Rodriguez (Los Angeles Angels, New York Mets, Milwaukee, Baltimore, Milwaukee, Detroit/2002-17)

14. Pedro Feliciano (New York Mets/2002-04, 2006-10, 2013)

15. Nomo Hideo (Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Mets, Milwaukee, Detroit, Boston, Los Angeles Dodgers, Tampa Bay, Kansas City/1995-2005, 2008)

16. Greg Harris (New York Mets, Cincinnati, Montreal, San Diego, Texas, Philadelphia, Boston, New York Yankees, Montreal/1981-95)

17. Steve Hamilton (Cleveland, Washington Senators, New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox, San Francisco, Chicago Cubs/1961-72)

18. Jordan Walden (Los Angeles Angels, Atlanta, St. Louis/2010-15)

19. Juan Marichal (San Francisco, Boston, Los Angeles Dodgers/1960-75).

20. Kent Tekulve (Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Cincinnati/1974-89).

21. Joe Smith (New York Mets, Cleveland, Los Angeles Angels, Chicago Cubs, Toronto, Cleveland, Houston/2007-present)

22. Pat Neshek (Minnesota, San Diego, Oakland, St. Louis, Houston, Philadelphia, Colorado, Philadelphia/2006-08, 2010-present)

23. Ubaldo Jimenez (Colorado, Cleveland, Baltimore/2006-17)

24. Tim Lincecum (San Francisco, Los Angeles Angels/2007-16)

25. Carter Capps (Seattle, Miami, San Diego/2012-15, 2017)

26. Randy Choate (New York Yankees, Arizona, Tampa Bay, Florida, Miami, Los Angeles Dodgers, St. Louis/2000-07, 2009-15)

27. Craig Kimbrel (Atlanta, San Diego, Boston, Chicago Cubs/2010-present)

28. Alex Cobb (Tampa Bay, Baltimore/2011-14, 2016-present)

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Jennae Quisenberry photographed by Dan Smith for Glass Magazine Spring 2019

#jennae quisenberry #dan smith #glass magazine #fashion editorial #fashion photography #spring 2019

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