We would do well to be reminded.
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"Game Called" by Grantland Rice
Major League umpire Jim Joyce and Detroit Tiger pitcher Armando Galarraga.These two gentlemen, as a result of how they handled the "blown call" at the conclusion of a Galarrago pitched perfect game on June 2, 2010, added strength to the moral fiber of America. I am reminded of the great Grantland Rice poem, which coined the phrase, "it's not whether you win or lose, but how you play the game."
"Game Called"
Game called
Across the field of play
The dusk has come
The hour is late
The fight is done
And lost or won
The player files out
Through the gate
The tumult dies
The cheer is hushed
The stands are bare
The park is still
But through the night
There shines the light
Of home beyond the silent hill
Game called
Where in the golden light
The bugle rolled the reveille
The shadows creep
Where might falls deep
And taps has called the end of play
The game is done
The score is in
The final cheer and jeer have passed
But in the night
Beyond the fight
The player finds his rest at last
Game called
Upon the field of life
The darkness gathers far and wide
The dream, is doneThe score is spun
That stands forever in the Guide
Nor victory nor yet defeat
Is chalked against the player's name.
BUT DOWN THE ROLL
THE FINAL SCROLL
SHOWS ONLY HOW HE PLAYED THE GAME.
Grantland Rice, Poet and Sportswriter - 1921
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
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