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173_Trees(poem) | trees poem trees lyric poem american poet written february published poetry magazine verse august included collection trees poems poem lines verse describes inability art created replicate beauty achieved nature remembered trees subject frequent parodies references popular culture work critics dismissed scholars simple overly sentimental style far traditional archaic despite popular appeal trees contributed endurance literary critic considers poem known practically everybody trees frequently included poetry set music times including popular rendition performed singers location specific tree possible inspiration poem claimed places institutions connected life towns country visited eldest son declares poem apply tree apply equally trees written upstairs bedroom family home new_jersey looked hill wooded lawn ironically stated father widely known affection trees affection certainly sentimental distinguished feature property outside home writing february according oldest son trees written february family resided new_jersey northwestern corner lived southwest corner intersection road armour road years house overlooked written afternoon intervals writing desk upstairs room window looking wooded hill written little father mother wrote copies poems cases added date composition page lines trees appear date february page book text poem dedicated wife mother family alluded son uncovered journalist researcher library collection family papers donated university granddaughter poem dedicated murray mother wife writer married editor inspiration poetry influenced strong religious faith dedication natural beauty world communities united_states claim inspired trees established specifically inspiration wrote poem residing widow son refuted claims correspondence researchers memoir wrote researcher mother agreed talked dad meant poem apply particular tree trees special region trees trees suitable nesting places guess upward reaching branches line lifting arms pray rule according upstairs room poem written looked hill family wooded lawn contained trees kinds mature trees thin oaks black white know published interview mentioned poet large family home widely known affection trees affection certainly sentimental distinguished feature property outside home house stood middle forest lawn possessed obtained spent months weekend trees pulling stumps splitting logs neighbors difficulty believing man poet analysis trees poem lines strict lines syllables eleventh penultimate line begins stressed foot drops line results truncated seven line making meter line change feeling poem achieve certain effect way changing tone announcing conclusion poem rhyme scheme rendered despite simplicity rhyme meter trees notable use anthropomorphic imagery tree poem depicts female depicted pressing mouth earth breast looking god raising arms pray tree poem human physical attributes hungry mouth arms hair nest professor poet described poem slight free irony self consciousness little reference like end find kind charming scholar points depiction tree indicates possibility different people mind variety anthropomorphic descriptions tree described single human deformed second stanza tree drawing reaching arms sky prayer fourth stanza tree girl nest hair fifth woman living nature god warrant poem different trees remind poet different types people observes series presented order damaging overall structure poem publication reception publication trees published august issue poetry magazine verse magazine begun publishing year chicago illinois quickly principal organ modern poetry english speaking world publishing early works poets major influences development twentieth century literature including vincent poetry paid dollars print poem immediately successful following year included trees collection trees poems published reputation poet largely widespread popularity poem trees liked immediately publication poetry magazine verse trees poems published following year review poetry focused nursery rhyme simplicity poems finding particular trees gave unusual haunting review criticized rest book stating verse volume slight despite enduring popular appeal trees works largely unknown fallen obscurity select poems including trees published frequently trees began appearing shortly death inclusion journalist author ranks lines trees 26th lines assessment quoted lines poetry measured google hits popular appeal trees said rediscovered simplicity simplicity message delivery source appeal english professor recounted undergraduate students considered poem finest poems written good technical flaws discussed simple message lovely pictures students pointed true poem appealed students romantic attitude nature appreciation life nature beauty message works god completely attempts creation considering sentiment enduring popularity trees association annual day planting memorial trees parks named honor including wilderness tracts north_carolina trees described literary critic poem known practically everybody according journalist trees recited generations students troops trenches world war set music set stone opera houses theaters ceremonies april day according friend editor trees speaks authentic song simplest hearts added exquisite title poem universally known reputation rest written immediate widespread popularity critical reception critics including contemporaries modern scholars work religious simple overly sentimental suggested style far traditional archaic poet contemporary work merely sentimental bias faint old love songs familiar characterized pretty sweet pale artificial archaic considered romantic era poets verse conservative traditional style break formal rules style criticized today sentimental taken seriously entire corpus work produced sentimental lyric poetry fell favor took root especially influence years death poetry went drastically different directions seen work academic criticism grew sentimental straightforward verse poem criticized textbook published brooks warren major contributors new criticism movement supporters opposed literature religion new criticism proponents analyzed poetry aesthetic excluded reader response author intention historical cultural contexts bias analysis attributed popularity trees largely religious appeal believed stock response poetry adding praises god appeals religious sentiment people stop look poem study images poem think poem says inclined accept poem pious sentiment little pictures appeal stock responses mechanical rhythm literary critic believed brooks warren criticism poem chiefly demonstrate possible learn poetry bad poems good ones refuted claims inspiration enduring popular appeal trees local communities organizations united_states claim genesis poem accounts family members documents firmly establish place wrote poem towns country claimed wrote trees staying specific tree town inspired writing local tradition new_hampshire asserts proof wrote poem town massachusetts claims maple dominated grounds near hospital treated spreading maple yard old mansion inspired poem new_brunswick new_jersey hometown claim involved large white oak campus tree oak estimated years old weakened age disease removed reporting new_york_times newspapers local tradition repeated claim said prove inspired oak currently historic tree grown site central new_jersey major united_states remains original presently kept storage close identification correspondence priests tree located near dedicated virgin mary indiana asserted inspiration poem according claim priest named accounts visited campus notre dame lecture visit friends accounts occasions date book essays entitled geography imagination american writer suggests different inspiration poem trees favorite symbols frost young pound reading trees context movement stop child labor set nursery schools happy idea breath fresh air intimate acquaintance grass trees worth school system english word gymnasium equipment apparatus book labour childhood find sentence apparatus god tree appears loosely erroneously sentiments expressed exact quote appear text instead expressing observation nineteenth century writers including opposed effects machinery society machine items observation likely derived way examination quotation makes comparisons men machines trees machines greatly disadvantage example displace machine god man god place find life true tree beautiful machine universe adaptations parodies musical adaptations poems including trees set music published england mother writer amateur composer popular musical setting poem composed american pianist composer setting performed recorded frequently twentieth century including song appeared popular network television shows including family performed wayne animated feature segment featuring performing song animated film short film anthology features produced setting notably gang short film day directed played sings song strained voice spare tree dialogue sings trees film critic called poem time worst rendition album caught act playing requests responds member audience sorry don know window know comes pretty close proceeds play setting trees dutch composer der included setting trees set songs written included texts poets sir parodies varied reception poem simple rhyme meter model parodies written poets alike keeping rhythm rhyme scheme references original poem thematic material parodies immediately recognizable seen song open road written poet think shall billboard lovely tree billboards fall tree similar sentiment expressed episode animated series titled wrong lumber race villainous tree uses declaring think shall lovely tree monk poet spiritual writer poem model parody called dollar sign substituted letter ridiculed lucrative sale cheese monastery abbey kentucky poem published lifetime criticized monastic life business profit claiming affected spirit poem attributed parody like graduate columbia_university member literary society hosted annual contest trees read conclusion year event poem recited film superman director cut scene villain played enter comes video elder planet reciting trees example poetry earth literature poem | Trees (poem) | Language and literature | Language and literature | Poetry |
302_OnthePulseofMorning | pulse morning pulse morning poem african american writer poet read inauguration president bill_clinton january public second poet history read poem presidential inauguration african american woman inaugural poet inauguration audio recording poem won grammy award best spoken word category resulting fame recognition previous works appeal poem themes change inclusion responsibility role president establishing economic security symbols references contemporary issues nature inspired critics compare pulse morning frost inaugural poem clinton inaugural address called autobiographical poem received mixed reviews popular press praised clinton choice inaugural poet american people president critic said ultimate greatness attributed poem theatrical performance skills learned actor speaker marked return african american oral tradition speakers critics despite praising performance gave negative reviews poem background wrote recited pulse morning known writer poet written seven series including highly acclaimed know bird sings best known primarily known poet early writing career began alternating publication autobiography volume poetry volume poetry cool drink water fore published shortly best seller nominated pulitzer prize scholar writes fallen love poetry early childhood stamps arkansas rape age depicted studied great works literature including poetry according friend flowers encouraged helped bring self imposed period caused trauma poet read inaugural poem read poem gift outright president inauguration black woman announced read poems clinton inauguration popular press compared role inaugural poet frost especially critic called ability speak american people press pointed nation social progress black woman stand place white man inauguration praised involvement clinton administration gesture inclusion told friend requesting write poem came television producer organized inauguration shortly clinton election suspected clinton request understood kind person bring people admitted feeling overwhelmed requested audiences attending speaking engagements pray followed writing ritual followed years writing books poetry rented hotel room early morning afternoon wrote legal pads deciding theme america wrote think country pushed poetic form recited poem january themes pulse morning shared themes president clinton inaugural address gave immediately read poem including change responsibility president role establishing economic security symbols poem tree river morning example paralleled symbols clinton speech helped enhance expand clinton images clinton address poem according emphasized unity despite diversity american culture pulse morning attempted convey goals clinton new administration compared poem frost claimed poetry critics gave pulse morning negative reviews rewrote frost poem perspective nature appeared poems frost praised american colonization attacked cost creation america abstract ambiguous frost poem tree poem cultures america paid significant cost create frost called break past frost wanted wanted confront mistakes compared poem poem similar themes looking future song negro speaks rivers according poem contains recurring theme poems alike pulse morning contemporary references including toxic waste pollution poem influenced african american oral tradition poets modern african poets folk artists influenced critical response impact according pulse morning famous poem argued ultimate greatness attributed poem theatrical performance skills learned actor speaker marked return african american oral tradition speakers british reporter compared appearance read poem clinton inauguration year old child noting coats wore occasions similar looked magnificent theatrical bow mouth wore coat brass buttons strange reminder year old stood courtroom terrified sight man raped stated observations standing tall steps capitol light years removed terrible time america longer place poem pulse morning soaring peace justice harmony capturing hope embodied human spirit joyful reminder things possible wished good morning poem felt new day truly recognized pulse morning better public poem great poem goal conveying message unity accomplished poet agreed stating fulfilled theatrical political objectives poem memorable poet sterling found performance brilliant enthusiastic text stated negative reviews poem like majority reviews poetry narrow views poetry limited written forms spoken ones like pulse morning written aloud perform compared response literary critics poem critics frost poem frost powerful reading served supplement poem sense enhancing powerful reading poem supplemented sense making evident lack pulse morning resulted fame recognition previous works appeal racial economic educational boundaries week sales paperback version books poetry rose percent reprint copies books demand published hardcover books published poem later year reported sold books january accounting percent increase sixteen page publication poem best seller recording poem awarded grammy award | On the Pulse of Morning | Language and literature | Language and literature | Poetry |
515_Mariana(poem) | poem poem alfred lord published poem follows common theme work isolation subject woman continuously lack connection society isolation defines existence longing connection leaves wishing death end stanza premise originates william_shakespeare measure measure poem ends lover returns version adapted including use works poem received critics described critics example skill poetry background wrote printed early collection poems previously contributed poems work poems brothers early poems dealing isolation memory found theme continued later collection poems like ode memory representing earlier poems visit summer sought aid spanish rebels time affected experience influence appears south published later version follows idea lady structure poems form dramatic monologue like lady accurately lyrical narrative contains elements dramatic contains refrain carries poem found poems completely dramatic monologue represents title figure unable control poem themes poem technique later poem voices rhyme scheme poem different standard ballad rhyme serves contain poem allow free expression middle returns theme beginning pattern lines contain words poem poem teach audience melancholy means instead describes aspects begins moss flower plots nails fell knots held pear wall broken sheds looked sad strange worn ancient lonely said life said said dead lines narrator poem disconnected able particular able describe sweet heaven refuses scene unable understand movement time tears fell tears fell dried look sweet heaven lines surrounded little movement poem water calm growth moss stone cast wall waters slept round small lines trapped surroundings stanza begins sensitive sound starts mentally lose place reality roof slow clock sound wind sense lines poem ends description sunlight unable reveal dust home hour thick lay chambers day sloping western lines poem ends altered version refrain serves wishes death alive final moment allows end poem instead allowing poem end said come said god dead lines themes poems traditionally rely use visual imagery effect instead imagery serves emphasise hearing sensitive able hear sound reveals silence surroundings loneliness causes unable recognise beauty surroundings world contrast poems including lady movement lack true ending poem unlike later version south poem stronger conclusion found death character connected shakespeare measure measure direct quotation shakespeare play regards character shakespeare play rejected character lives love version set lincolnshire vienna shakespeare play makes characters completely english additionally scene poem original context works connected imagery idea dull life female named uses image painting based version lines poem catalogue description painting similarly version served inspiration novel main character sensitive sounds constantly looking window image represents imprisonment homes image later works equally woman weary depictions later works difference depiction image woman woman unwilling live independent life instead depiction greater found version removes replaces scene filled vibrant colours depiction similar wanting die sexually independent figure rejects lover returned character hand likely happily accepted lover character recognise beauty nature character able turn nature gain manner similar romantic poems including connection condition condition ode narrator end able movement reaches point furthermore unlike romantic poems character nature able achieve imagination furthermore little outside exists poem mood respond changes nature terms poems strong connection character female characters characters experience mental imprisonment revealed poetic able control story serves narrator denied control use person narrative structure difference compounded imprisonment coming memories external results lover having returned character connected simply reversal character like waits lover suffers intense passion causes lose control mind able experience world character combination aspects characters revised version south second similar lady live world fantasy reality critical response wrote early career poem outstanding insight primitive ideal life early review westminster review praises depiction women poems says portraits delicate perfect life character nicely different emotion passion expressed common descriptions appropriate object shade feeling light touch passing admiration triumphant madness soul sense deep review professor argues descriptive poetry feature realistic description characteristic muse surpassed view early works aspect makes early works better later works essays ancient modern praises ability represent visual aspects scene later argues poem art penultimate argues analysis works poem depiction self involves drawing forces order assert self differently powerful expression early moment exists strong image rhythm narrative possibility desire end preferred patience writes stanza grip present mastery sound images evident early poem description house echoes utter analysis declares famous heroine volume ballad poems greater substance develop poetic begins establish songs | Mariana (poem) | Language and literature | Language and literature | Poetry |
1036_Sonnet86 | written english playwright poet william_shakespeare final poem rival poet fair youth shakespeare writes unnamed young man rival poet competing youth attention exact date composition unknown scholars generally agree rival poet series written published rest speaker inability articulate admiration fault attributes jealousy appearance poems speaker notable rival poet allegedly provides important clues historical identity rival poet written typical form containing lines ending poem speaker asks lost ability write poetry uses boating references staying closely connected poetic structure written contemporary english prose ambitious poetry written win stopped ability think cause ideas die soon born heaven given ability writing blessed gods stopped tracks companions helped able stop poetic ability muse aids night claim afraid beauty gifted lost destroyed structure shakespeare follow fourteen line rhyme scheme english form originally referred short lyric tried define word definition stated structure shakespeare wrote best line syllables lines metre conclude conventional english form described seen form requires pause lines lines evident end line shakespeare uses period bring stop changing direction moving away questions decisive tone answer distress octave composed type poetic metre based pairs weak strong positions 6th line regular mortal pitch struck dead strong position line exhibits large number necessary potential initial precious initial occur lines potential initial reversal occur lines seven potential mid line occur lines seven thirteen meter demands fifth line spirit count possibly pronounced spear second spirits counts line pronounced syllables context known final rival poet edition rival poet series generally thought written years based vocabulary evidence similarities found plays written time period exact answer rival poet nearly known poet contemporary shakespeare time suggested rival poet poets considered rival poet colleagues literary competitors shakespeare generally considered likely contenders potential alleged clues found second particular garnered attention regard description poet spirits taught write led critics including candidate supposed spiritual inspiration ghost homer scholar connects line mortal pitch struck dead play saying reactions described similar different reading scholar interpreted reference spiritual communion allusion notorious english poet contend significance spirit simply allusion poetic genius contains reference actual overview scholarly debate identities persons contemplated general consensus role rival poet fair youth notes written past tense distinct present tense previous signal end episode rival poet series final series shakespeare claims ultimate victory rival poet situation resolved shakespeare favor opponent admits having experienced poetic shakespeare maintains rival poet caused writes rival verses speaker rival appropriation young man favour begins speaker asking great verse rival poet prevented speaker expressing thoughts according speaker claims unable voice thoughts love ready remain buried brain intimidated rival contends intimidation apparently caused artistic skill rival opening lines shakespeare suggests jealousy superior poetic powers encountering fair young man portrait rival verses significance apparent rival art open interpretation writes proud sail great verse sincere admiration hint debated contemporary scholars tend sarcastic interpretation asserts verse craft opponent rival noted alleged clues identity rival poet discovered interpret references poet spirits taught write allusions scholars poets contenders relies heavily descriptions spiritual communication reinforce argument barnes rival poet noting barnes 16th century england addition claims assume existence historical counterpart scholars argue significance spirit simply refers poetic inspiration diverse interpretations definitive identification rival remains far determined bloom writes nearly contemporary shakespeare forward including structurally extends answers question previously advanced speaker asks spirit rival extinguished speaker inspiration responds certainly response shakespeare simultaneously attacks merit rival output spiritual composition thoroughly rejecting influence speaker poetry accurate reading eighth line giving aid verse note word found earliest definition sensation stunned describing status speaker verse questioning integrity rival work shakespeare continues face rival poetry lines lend ambiguous interpretation found previous scholars reading reference specific poet familiar ghost found line writes phrase carry allusion known relationship poet muse inspiring genius spirit homer shakespeare relationship stating rival spirit communicating creative alliance unable claim victory speaker silence final line sick fear sets stage fact fear come rival poet fear disrupted poetic output finally allows reader glimpse speaker true vulnerability sets aside attack rival poet order admit true cause work writes shakespeare finishes episode acknowledging long evident focus cause contention centered youth literary bloom calls climactic close speaker demonstrates speaker defeated rival poet grounds competition favor terms rival poet identity uses penultimate verse strengthen argument barnes reading line reference work writes phrase echoes barnes filled line barnes 3rd earl southampton includes actual words southampton favour love lyrics withstand criticism word filled barnes line adds extra shakespeare verse hand traditional interpretation reads line final blow rival poet demonstrating shakespeare superior mastery form | Sonnet 86 | Language and literature | Language and literature | Poetry |
1548_ReflectionsonHavingLeftaPlaceofRetirement | reflections having left place retirement reflections having left place retirement poem written english poet like earlier poem poem discusses understanding nature married life suffering problems developed previous poem overall poem focuses humanity relationship nature aspects ranging experiencing state having abandon unity nature order fulfill moral obligation humanity discussion man obligation leads discussion difference life philosopher life poet end poem narrator follows philosophical path manner similar sought response poem critics positive emphasizing religious aspects poem analysis background marrying autumn left home began travel england order meet philosophers political trying meet people raise works time write home constantly pregnant wife concerned state health feelings guilt fever treated affected greatly caused express feelings letter wade february past life like dream dream strange actions dim discovered motives friendships lost happiness murdered letter returned wife living family hill bristol wrote commemorate coming home composed leaving poem included collection poems probably incomplete published october title poem affects poetry reflections included october collection poems collections followed early poems believed reflections best poem poem begins valley open air porch little landscape round green woody eye spot lines poem continues goodbye valley asks life pleasure appropriate quit right dream away entrusted hours rose leaf beds heart feelings delicate use lines narrator describes reasons leaving remembering life work join head heart hand active firm fight fight science freedom truth christ honourable rests mind waking loves dream spirit shall thee dear lines themes themes reflections connected scene land praised seen life serves contrast escaping real world fantasy abstract poems describe relationship wife feelings sexual desire imagination aspects poem represent accept nature rejects conclusion land bring closer god simply exist area seek truth feeling need seek truth creates separation mind poet mind philosopher poem allowing truth reflect time simply enjoying nature god presence philosopher aspect dominant individual try help humanity nature narrator reject quality nature state appropriate imagery figures poems reinforced image trees takes forms poetry reflections state paradise narrator leaves voluntarily ignore problems world like instead individual compelled join humanity lowest form humanity superior image nature themes reappears fears later poem valley image form image looking cottage found reflection repeated similarly enter world help humanity included altered motivated guilt warning message possible invasion outside forces fears seek leave location help humanity stay protector family life tried follow path philosopher july entry admits unable wish life strength spared complete philosophy god hears originating continuing sustaining wish design heart glory thing words promote improvement humanity terms marriage reflections differs saying problems marriage especially distracting nature world outside home shared wife poem expresses feelings confinement difference worlds inside outside cottage similar manner focus found especially true focus private public spheres outside world poem narrator separate humanity focus humanity contains religious political component image life poem abandon sensual pleasures cottage pursue path helping humanity critical response saw favor river reflections review collection poem july review claims poem feeling heart comparison eyes humane friend face equally contrast merely affect sympathy drawn 20th century declares reflections striking imagery recommend respect impression left reader cottage surroundings lovely quiet peaceful paramount dead lines reader wonder cause humanity necessary argues poem image moral path weak returned traveller dismiss ascent mode pleasant useless memory believes important recognize steps outside scene admits fallen world human self states important additions edition poems included reflections points reflections mark new stage exploration sacred relations man nature gradually carry increasingly theological implications | Reflections on Having Left a Place of Retirement | Language and literature | Language and literature | Poetry |
2031_ThalabatheDestroyer | destroyer destroyer epic poem composed origins poem traced school boy days begin write poem finished composing age destroyer completed travelled portugal poem finally published publisher suffered poor sales half copies sold poem divided books irregular stanza structures lines poetry story describes group work destroy family attempt prevent prophecy future doom coming true young child named able escape slaughter hunts kill defeated great storm powerful magical ring comes possession ring travels middle_east find way defeat evil end able stay true guided prophet destroying uses poem describe myths heavy reliance repetition themes link myths based islamic theology action mechanical instead possible moral truths drawn plot main character purported muslim story actually takes place thousands years islam ancient critics gave work mixed reviews strong morality work quality poetry critics felt lack strong lyrical structure use middle eastern myths poem background basis wishing write long poems came private reading literature attending boy summer completed writing began working started work shared sources travelled burton continued write poem called romance time soon travelled portugal april planned finish send england publication july able complete poem october poem edited ready publication served agent selling book finished continued work fixing end poem january receiving suggestions friends portugal went war france spain left country returned england june poem published copies sold half revised edition published poem poem book work irregular lines poem deals group live sea muslim god champion conquer pre prophecy kill family unknown able escape harm mother flee desert arrive ruined city dies raised leader named find alive members goes find location arrives stopped sand storm magic ring lost finds ring grants great power demon comes steal ring stopped young boy allows demand information family killed time passes pastoral life plans marry daughter decides duty prohibits actions leaves fulfill destiny tricks tries steal ring failed attempts tries convince harness ring magic power bring harm instead argues use magic general realises evil attempts kill fails magic storm comes destroys travels past baghdad ruins find angels know magic searching runs evil warrior offers city travel cave individual punished snakes constantly eat brain tries stop continue travel dwelling finds evil attacks ring protects claims magic reason lives decides rid ring pit resume fighting soon thrown pit able ask angels needs defeat enemies simply told faith travels land owns great garden paradise invited feast people unwilling alcohol taken dancing women seek point longer tolerate flees shortly leaving discovers women attacked man wanting way revealed woman captured saving determined stop ends killing following praised sultan wanted kill decides marry finish marriage dies left grave mourning spirit appears begins claim god young warrior comes able recognise spirit vampire killing vampire real comes guide onwards travels look mountain wandering meets old woman casts spell sent land evil sultan sister knows killed killed seeks kill remove finding joins returns ring telling turn darker powers leaves attempts user magic kill ring protects tries user magic witnesses goodness universe represents evil ways magic bring mountain able return search wandering snow comes font fire sleeping trapped inside turns placed father murderers family old worn comes asks simply kill end misery denies request angel death tells die uses chance try stab steps killed god fate feel pity scene leaving able come valley directs continue way spirit asks end misery refuses commit vengeance travels onwards arrives small boat waiting taken river sea away magic ring taken cave lead domain travels cave meets warrior rocks travelling meets guards gate shooting arrow eye able proceed forward meets able knock away quickly moves forward find powerful sword father sword flames covers flames causes area filled light try attack defeats voice asks wishes simply gives prophet destroying evil idol destroys cave themes story depicts suffering essential completing destiny purpose describe myths resolving moral problems story instead moral lessons formulaic events focus awards given emphasis actual incidents moral events backed pages notes describe references traditional myths creatures incorporated story terms structure plot keeps allow easy flow incidents instances plot supplanted myths found descriptions story reliance repetition themes plot times attained paradise turns false followed death woman gone end awarded entrance true paradise seeking figures guide tale equally repetitive little result plot instances added story emphasise evil magic power emphasis magic hides moral achieve goal moral submission quests actions arbitrary repetitive away islamic truth found actions images father magic sword symbols effectively reinforce moral themes events represent minority plot rarely relied early story contrary heavily represented magic ring protect little explanation works moral statements tied use poem able portray scenery events strongly descriptive manners manner takes away meaning effect terms religious imagery islam poem similar thought morality religious images lose power removes mystical aspects including stripped symbol harmony life terms divine dual entity representing preservation representing destruction evil opposite good explained merely plot critical response pointed readers enthusiastic considered morally sublime english poems young favorite poem followed lead verse narratives anonymous review september claimed complete monument taste man raised given books sort irregular lyric unlike verse sense worth present readers tissue coarse texture fill pages specimens mercy single example taken random better rest followed october anonymous review argued matter lamented times like present work letters rarely reviewed ground proper merits consideration romance critic feel rule good writing observed work passed late collins persian erroneous manners irish review continued tells excuse ears agree sins youth like traded long brought lyrical rhyme heroic blank verse reasons obvious recommend esteem faults reader thanks amusement information anonymous review january stated story incident miracle speech spell god statue destiny magic movements human hopes fears human desires vivid sympathy men offers scope review concluded loss interest poem sustain apparent characters compensated busy variety picturesque imagery striking originality parts later editor submitted review october edition claimed belongs sect poets established country years looked believe chief champions author brought judgment discharge office words nature tendency helped disciples school originality led discussion flaws originality persuaded rare mere alteration new poets abandoned old models certainly admitted able discover created model continued discuss flaws british romantic poets returning argued subject poem ill chosen conduct little sketch story readers easily perceive consists altogether wild extravagant openly sets nature probability defiance action imitation rational criticism choice succession incidents followed december review said work art imperfect announced power artist artist powerful rested fame imperfect production author calls romance called lyrical story told ode directly gallery successive pictures descriptive like figures landscape painters lost scene appear objects review concluded style variety epic poetry offers example favourite school acquired employed stunning impression style gives pain believe especially mere english scholars comparison art narrow confined falls limits pleasure cause luxurious readers wider range tolerant taste claimed poem probably influential historically important long poems distinction provocative flamboyant pointed chief weakness plot firm principle progression hero posts stage mysterious stage sir authored destroyer symphonic poem based poem | Thalaba the Destroyer | Language and literature | Language and literature | Poetry |
2132_GuillaumedeDole | known roman rose old french narrative romance composed early 13th century poem lines long especially notable large number contains active female protagonist romance incorporates parts thereof extant example french literature text combines narrative lyric form quickly imitated authors end 13th century canonical poem tells adventures title character sister accepted court emperor fallen love despite earlier love marriage emperor favorites marriage negotiations proceed positive manner emperor discovers intimate detail body uses emperor court longer virgin clever ruse proves accusation false marries emperor manuscript date author manuscript extant single manuscript vatican library regina dates 14th century late 13th century manuscript contains knight cart missing knight lion manuscript known owner 16th century french historian extensive collection zeal collector manuscript poem preserved french wars religion fled paris collection dispersed mention manuscript library acquired queen sweden vatican library acquired manuscript date title opening lines poem contain dedication early 13th century elected confirmed archbishop later bishop northern france died circa according nobleman young wild elevated good candidate dedication plus evidence based names found poem led conclude poem composed year later critics researchers date poem tend earlier date manuscript poem called romans roman rose referred order avoid confusion subtitle added authorship wasn late 19th century scholars including began entertaining notion known author responsible contemporary yale_university article early proponents identifying author based vocabulary places development poetic talent line poem contains religion content plot story begins court emperor good qualities defect refuses married especially says people longer noble tells sister quickly emperor falls love actually story summoned court exploits emperor tells wishes marry sister jealous visits family gives mother valuable ring gains confidence learns particular shape rose thigh knowledge presented proof taken result accusation distraught point clever reputation ruse belt gifts sent supposedly courted promises ready grant wishes messenger convinces wear belt clothes goes court struck beauty pretends maiden raped acquired intimate knowledge body clothing reveals belt clothes belt discovered clothes trial ordeal proposed innocence proven ordeal water sex maiden reveals fact sister earlier claim having proven lie incarcerated wedding celebrated great wedding night happiness greater morning asked costly gift refused sent away join crusade themes plot revolves common theme young man case jealousy needs find young woman favor fails enterprise pretends publicly succeeded causing ruin husband claimed succeeded man wife case despair brother usually young man story believed reveals intimate detail young woman prove innocence beginning influential monograph roman rose rose roman rose new era criticism critics recognized work literature literature self poem comments plot elements fictional status encouraging trend studies work songs romance contains separated groups according group contains sixteen aristocratic topic love attributed specific including second group consists thirty anonymous songs popular nature ballads dance songs incorporated different scholars slightly different counts block count ballads counts detailed investigation claims poem contains different genres hybrid form extant example combined use narrative lyric french mixed form proved popular soon found works including early 13th century roman incorporates songs incorporates series end century form canonical female protagonist female protagonist notable active nature found quick successor active female protagonist recent publication states claim romance true hero editorial critical history mention middle ages found work generally considered studied vatican regina manuscript instead lost manuscript published extracts poem including acquired fame traveled rome study manuscript publishing larger number wasn published lengthy analysis partial edition summary english published poem finally published entirety des comprehensive study work published published edition poem republished regularly translations published modern french german english adapted text musical early version read university_of_chicago modern editions translations roman rose des isbn jean roman rose champion roman rose paris terry romance rose unpublished old french romance transactions modern language association critical studies florida isbn roman rose rose roman rose paris | Guillaume de Dole | Language and literature | Language and literature | Poetry |
3103_JohnKeats's1819odes | composed famous regarded poems wrote poems ode ode ode melancholy ode ode quick succession spring composed autumn september exact order composed poems unknown critics contend form thematic arranged sequence represent attempt create new type short lyrical poem influenced later generations background early left poorly paid position assistant house surgeon london completely devote career poetry past relied brother george financial assistance time time brother appealed aid cash poet unable help overwhelmed guilt despair decided life poet lucrative career allowing months poetic months spring wrote major following month began tackle forms poetry including play longer pieces return unfinished epic brother financial continued result little energy composition september managed squeeze autumn major work curtain career poet structure writing ode sent poem brother explained new ode form discover better stanza legitimate suit language rhymes appears end seldom pleasing effect pretend succeeded explain writing poems particular influence explains writing short poems greatest english product efforts habits ideal practice left dissatisfied pressure lyric forms quick neat solution new ode form appealed sufficiently challenge conscience finally union formal challenge offered unique opportunities concentrated intensity begun master ode incorporated narrative structure sets scene gives background information ends conclusion structural elements preface discontinued setting reduced scene merely implied poems exact chronological orders poems unknown ode probably written autumn simply dated worked spring poems form sequence structures ode ode lyric ode containing lines stanza begins narrator addressing ancient thou bride initiating conversation poet object reader allowed observe person point view describing object foster child silence slow time poet describes silent object theme poem stone object change speaker addresses single object taking note silence points discusses melodies tunes heard sensual ear line narrative audience suggests discussion poet beginning poem leaves reader examine relationship place party observer line second stanza begins change tone poet shifts focus individuals represented artwork lovers image unknown artist created appear poet couple kiss grow old narrator discusses terms qualities saying fade thou bliss line focuses inability lovers obtain sensual pleasure static nature poem comes close narrator addresses single object tone seeks answers work art appears unable answer final poet provides line narrative generated multitude critical responses author intent beauty truth truth beauty know earth need know lines ode ode comprises containing lines poem discusses morning narrator attention figures sees vision beginning taken matthew poet introduces theme excerpt jesus suggestion god provides field making poem describes figures wearing white robes alludes mythology commonly appears images pass narrator times causes compare images spinning line line narrator uses word reference creation thought overseen artist poem progresses narrator begins discuss intrusion figures love ambition suggests images come steal away idle days final figure described suggests poses direct threat poet wishes retain final lines poet rejects images idle clouds return lines intention enjoying poem title ode melancholy ode melancholy shortest spring lines originally poem contained original stanza removed publication stylistic reasons poem describes narrator opinions melancholy addressed specifically reader unlike narrative lyric nature poem allows poet describe onset melancholy provides reader different methods dealing emotions involved poem creates characters joy pleasure delight beauty allows interact characters shape male female mistress mentioned line fails appear character poem mention poet suffering melancholy final stanza poet describes mistress dwelling beauty beauty saying die line suggests provides poem hint philosophy negative capability beauty die meets poem standard true beauty image joy line gives poem theme sexuality according critics alludes passing moment ultimate sexual pleasure decreased pleasure post state ode ode longest containing lines poem begins describing state poet negative statements intensify description poet physical state pains happy lot lines ode written emphasis line placed narrator bird suggests reader party discourse happens song voice pure self expression stanza poet asks fade far away casting narrator ode rejects poet ode figures silence fourth stanza poet states fly moving wings leaves believe poet intends identify bird describing poem real identification narrative exists poet perceptions song closing poem questions bird song real dream vision waking dream fled music wake sleep lines theme imagination arises poet appears according unable distinguish artistic imagination song believes spurred action ode ode line poem written varying length took form modification structure ode written mythological character displaying great influence classical culture poet begins discourse goddess line creature beautiful drew attention draws attention narrator artistic imagination causes dream surely dream day eyes lines relates mythical character god emotions fallen love woman beauty poet understand temporal difference characters ancient greece declares days sing eyes inspired lines line poet states yes priest build suggests implies poet prophet soul regards beauty attempts place according prominent ode great autumn autumn line poem broken discusses autumn force growth maturation deals theme approaching death earlier perfected techniques allowed variations appear autumn aspects previous poems narrator focus themes autumn life poem discusses ideas progression temporal scene idea termed poem emphasize theme shifting imagery summer early winter day turning dusk critical reception use hymn use hymn voice ode ode created according new tone english lyric speaking wrote productivity half weeks begins april difficult parallel career modern writer new beginning matter alive preparation beginning addition argued autumn uniquely different levels generation found nearly perfect poems english need afraid continuing use ode example perfect greater poem argued relationship ode greatest ode range poem controlled execution suggestive imagery high place great lacks finish extreme perfection autumn superior qualities ode despite magic passages similarities structure fact ode deserve rank group viewed approaching true complexity human wisdom later argued early audiences support ode turned enjoyed mythological picture reason ode drew attention admiration believed superior autumn logical contained stronger arguments poet round surface stanza poem readily consumed series | John Keats's 1819 odes | Language and literature | Language and literature | Poetry |
4736_OdetoPsyche | ode ode poem written spring poem include ode ode ode experiment ode genre attempt expanded version format describes dramatic scene poem serves important departure early poems frequently describe escape pleasant realms imagination uses imagination narrator intent love attempts region mind worship neglected goddess background professional writer instead supported small income earned surgeon age left hospital losing source income order devote writing poetry lived friend collected poetry supporting spring composed poetry early products effort included dame ode series write year uncertain poem actually completed sent poem brother attached letter saying following poem written taken moderate pains lines hurry think reads richly hope encourage write things healthy spirit exposed sources myth contemporary sources myth included work read child returned wrote brother george months writing ode longer delighted writing dissatisfied turned golden ass translated read earlier version myth reading work realizing myth established twilight roman mythology wrote george embodied goddess time lived age consequently goddess sacrificed ancient thought old religion orthodox let goddess neglected structure ode line ode major poem experiment ode structure rely spent time considering language poem choice wording found later works including followed ode important attempt altered form include longer lines end message truth want poem based simply message incorporated narrative elements plot characters preface poem additions use preface discontinued removal details describe setting poems implied later analysis form believes took aspects forms incorporated thought benefit poetry particular relies structure rhymes found octave disputes claims incorporate rhyme scheme regardless structure favoured wanted avoid forms ode begins altered rhyme scheme use rhyme continue poem lines follow divided different groups line followed series lines modelled form lack final lines rhyme followed lines repeat previous rhymes final rhyme poem poem describe plot original myth according poem little accepted myth original myth admired girl having use power fall love instead falls love cover darkness order disguise identity curious uses light reveal identity flees presence begins search forces perform tasks united love nearly dying tasks asks transform goddess action ode begins narrator witnessing individuals embracing narrator immediately recognizes recognizes forest sudden surprise saw fair creatures deepest grass beneath ring roof leaves ran scarce winged boy knew thou happy happy dove true lines stanza describes newer goddess better deities neglected latest born vision far faded hierarchy star glow worm sky temple thou altar flowers virgin choir delicious midnight hours lines previous list lacks terms religious worship describes external symbols worship fourth stanza narrator emphasizes internal describes inspired late antique vows late fond believing holy haunted forest holy air water fire days far retired happy fans faint sing eyes inspired lines narrator inspired young goddess priest imagination allows join natural supernatural elements form worship ode poem serves song praise goddess narrator prophet says final stanza yes priest build region mind branched thoughts new grown pleasant pain instead shall wind lines conclusion poem narrator says expand consciousness allow better understand good bad world allow narrator attain new sense inspiration providing sanctuary midst wide sanctuary dress working brain bells stars fancy breeding flowers breed shall thee soft delight thought win bright torch night let warm love lines theme moment revealed example intensity state separation united exist state similar manner figures depicted ode narrator ability witness union unique version myth lovers original story covered darkness narrator questions able dreaming inability narrator know awake theme appears followed including ode ode ode regardless narrator state consciousness able relate believes love representing mind problem ode narrator claim neglected goddess later deities narrator serves figure devoted soul worship soul use imagination idea shows influence poem themes particular lines reminiscent description inspiration muse serve narrator ode seeks worship thoroughly exploring regions mind temple dedicated goddess mind exist reveals struggle acceptance imaginative experience exists small mind struggle according relevance world external action truth offer visionary looks problem different way believes connection external internal worlds narrator face problem regardless narrator states worship embracing imagination aid mankind poem exercising imagination addition theme self mind theme reception plays heavily poem presentation states poem like poems heard heard audience reads poem hears differently bennett implies word line contains double alludes ringing ears involved active listening poem treatment reader party conversation narrator goddess narrative question common leads bennett question exactly reader regard place poem outside critical reception responding poem friend declared poetry ill management good things ideas twice taste positively bad like line ode twice present volume turn 19th century literary critic wrote sake section end open objection imagery work idea characteristic manner extreme beauty dissatisfaction beginning ode good middle midway excellence later thought highly work wrote especially ode reputation defending possible harsh criticism ode argues poem great hard neglected poets imply conventional treatment poem cites bridges views believes poem best illustrates better possession poetic power conjunction unusual artistic detachment remarkable poem right way saying architectural certainly dramatically states poem readers finding poem elusive return know far better hope use keys discover fit lock given standard hard equal feel disappointment ode remembering care supposedly gave poem aside future consideration states modern respectful attitude ode deserved novelty encouraged critics suggest poem dark fundamental way later lines ode rivals myth making faculty writes poem ode unique central art natural growth nature based particular act consciousness arrests | Ode to Psyche | Language and literature | Language and literature | Poetry |
5335_Agrippa(ABookoftheDead) | book dead book dead work art created science fiction novelist artist publisher work consists line semi autobiographical electronic poem gibson embedded artist book gibson text focused ethereal nature memories title taken photo album principal notoriety arose fact poem stored disk programmed single use similarly pages artist book treated chemicals gradual fading words images book exposure light origin concept impetus initiation project publisher museum quality manuscripts motivated disregard art world suggested abstract painter art book computer despite heavy art world resume bored abstract paintings took suggestion seriously developed years written fan letter novelist admired pair struck telephone friendship shortly project minds contacted recruited gibson project exemplified gibson deep advanced new_york_times expressed designed challenge conventional notions books art money collectors people said think pure hype fun maybe interesting gibson thinks memory believes real actually project manifested poem written gibson incorporated artist book created work collaborative conceptual art poetry gibson stated design eventually included supposedly self disk intended display text eat dilemma pose order register copyright book send copies united_states library congress order classify read process necessarily destroy creators initially intended computer virus declined considering potential damage computer systems release sit pay attention going work premiered december kitchen art space new_york_city performance known transmission consisted public incomplete reading poem recorded simultaneously transmitted cities poem inscribed magnetic disk vacuum sealed event commencement programmed exposure air contrary numerous colourful reports disk embedded artist book actually strict sense academic researcher reported text poem released day edgy new_york_city based electronic bulletin board considers interface dark web global internet ideal initial host text spread rapidly point anonymous later email gibson use email time fans sent copies text machine precise manner text obtained unclear initial text known attached introductory note claimed credit claimed troupe students representing attended transmission recording screen displayed text accompaniment reading speculates group included persona associates according account ostensibly endorsed post february students poem tape hours uploaded according account founder prior transmission betrayal trust yielded text declined elaborate declared liberty disclose owes transmission continuing availability complex network individuals communities markets technologies motives heroic reading events saved solely virtue knight today file found messages web readers inevitably encounter false leads work original act allow text stage essential points artifacts memory technology struggle text text december sixteenth anniversary original transmission files working scholarly team released emulated run entire poem derived original loaned collector hour worth footage shot source text posted debut mystery remained hidden years tried hack code program source code lost long ago team files created extensive website tools resources crack code collaborated phd student calling aid figure program works creating cracking code challenge enlisted participants solve intentional poem exchange prizes code successfully cracked late july present consequently visual effect displays poem finished ruse visual effect result running memory bit abandoning text memory fake genetic code written disk resembles data blocks position bits split bit taking low bits second bits bit bits high bits second second bit individually taking power bits text stored string variable program visible noticeable text compressed simple final storage main program code necessary order prevent second running program run program simply long dna like code certain position archival documents suggest original plan use series corrupt point development change use fake genetic code keeping visual motifs book genetic code bits higher natural dna sequence known weakness memory dump obtained similar tool program loaded code reverse engineered block exhibited regular pattern repeated text original compression hide letter frequencies scramble display exactly letter frequencies underlying content editions book published limited editions deluxe small publishing new_york_city deluxe edition came metal case designed look like buried inside book ragged pages hand bound stained book gives impression having survived fire described black box recovered unspecified disaster edition includes pages dna sequences set double columns lines like bible paper depict work accompanied imagery pistol camera instances simple line drawings allusions gibson contribution deluxe edition set letter printed heavyweight text final pages book fused section cut centre containing self text gibson poem work computer programmer assisted founders deluxe edition originally priced later copy unique degree hand finished elements small edition sold like deluxe edition set single columns printed text reproduction printed canon laser printer edition spectrum enclosed box bronze boxed collectors copy released fewer deluxe editions extant exact number unknown source considerable mystery victoria possesses deluxe edition numbered publicly accessible copy deluxe edition available rare books division small copy resides michigan new_york_city hosts promotional victoria copy exhibited display entitled book held museum 20th april october copy subsequently included display entitled copy book exhibited exhibition ninety gibson point claimed seen copy printed book speculation copies actually copies documented gibson signature noted copy held university_of_oxford acquired copy archive papers related work poem construction book subject matter poem share connection decay memory light critic asserts understood organized ideas death gibson father disappearance absence book sense nature text theme form poem detailed description objects including photo album camera took pictures essentially nostalgia speaker presumably gibson feels details family history descriptions houses lived cars drove pets starts moves today possibly works makes reader aware tend accept contemporary media version past way scene change time past version time original form text poem supposed fade page gibson words eat enclosed book reader left memory text like speaker left memory home town family moving canada south_carolina course poem gibson vietnam war mechanism poem contains motif mechanism described forever dividing form camera ancient gun speaker hands technology mechanism agent memory transforms experience allegedly objective records photography agent life death moment lethal bullets likened life giving qualities sex shooting gun time mouth woman poem merely memory memories formed experience memories compare reproduced recordings poem mechanism strongly associated recording replace experience memories constitute identities mechanism represents destruction self recordings cameras devices recording guns instruments destruction mechanism dividing memory identity life recordings death critical reception influence extremely influential artistic community appreciate potential electronic media extent entered public consciousness caused fierce controversy art world museums libraries challenged established notions art literature intended raised significant problems seeking preserve benefit future generations key book mystery particularly received critics digital media theorist describing evocative published 1990s professor english literature claimed importance stems texts fact media work explicitly realm dead english professor argues poem form dna reveals gibson life novel repetition father grandfather lives cambridge history twentieth century english literature described poem text praised inventive use digital format academic remarked paper works read resisted fellow authors institutional environment time finds outlets media lecture exhibition new_york_city drew allusion project work french literary figures philosopher author absence book poet 19th century forerunner response analysis collaborators responding historical condition language modern skepticism gibson commented honest god academics think sort big time french philosophy guys worship pop culture wrong | Agrippa (A Book of the Dead) | Language and literature | Language and literature | Poetry |
5655_TheAbsent-MindedBeggar | absent minded absent minded poem set music sir accompanied illustration song written appeal daily_mail raise money soldiers fighting usually known boer war families fund charitable effort war chorus song audience pass hat credit sake pay pay pay patriotic poem song caused sensation constantly performed war offered shortly publication poem declined honour vast numbers copies poem sheet music published large quantities related merchandise sold aid charity absent minded fund unprecedented success raised total history september clear crisis south_africa likely turn war october military leave cancelled urgent preparations way send large expeditionary force cape horses supplies october proclamation issued calling liable men intended called service men soldiers permanent employment returning military duty meant significant cut income addition contemporary legislation time protecting permanent employment employers replace workers guarantee soldier returned able job result families quickly poverty lifestyle comfortably maintained wage shillings kept day guarantee husband job return prospect injury death number charitable funds existed support individuals notably soldiers number private appeals simultaneously wave patriotism sweeping country newspapers daily_mail newspapers involved charitable fundraising efforts benefit daily_mail proprietor publicised efforts help soldiers families drew attention produced absent minded october sent verses october note service turn proceeds regularly ordained relief funds portion contribution don want mixed business help money verse want catch isn thing shall care reprint need america wants sing care proceeds men october plotting fundraising poem having recited music halls suggested finding composer set common catchy tune poem published daily_mail october immediate success wife actor manager recited palace theatre night fourteen months performers recited music halls giving profits fund country premier composer sir immediately asked set poem music sullivan written operas including fourteen comic operas large volume songs orchestral pieces music middle composing opera rose persia completed opera sullivan agreed sullivan declined fees creating song artist days provided illustration titled gentleman showing wounded defiant battle illustration included art editions poem song sullivan agreed compose music poem completed song asked set absent minded music years later sullivan found verses difficult set told diary wasn charity sake undertaken task experienced composer completed music days november public performance sung sullivan theatre november magnificent reception theatre reception sullivan music captured britain mood sullivan diary entry notes wild enthusiasm sang chorus stood stage conducted encore funny sight characteristic grace composer wrote splendid words went swing enthusiasm music hand described music tune guaranteed pull teeth barrel organs wrote greatest english writers greatest english musicians joined inspiring words stirring melody song expresses heart feelings entire nation sullivan manuscript later auctioned fund critic fuller disapproved composition times sullivan asked friend idiot expect words set form developed composition symphonic introduction treatment etc poem song piano music sold extraordinary numbers kinds household items memorabilia merchandise woven engraved gentleman figure poem sheet music humorous illustrations items expensive answered requests day copies poem included cigarettes months performance alternative arrangements song published absent minded march daily_mail charitable fund eventually titled absent minded relief corps absent minded fund providing small soldiers supporting families activities corps met soldiers arrival south_africa welcomed return britain importantly set overseas centres minister sick wounded fund raised unprecedented money raised solely daily_mail poem publicly available permitted perform print way long copyright royalties went fund newspapers world published poem hundreds thousands copies quickly sold internationally song sung widely theatres music halls heard australia december local absent minded relief corps branches opened trinidad cape_town ireland new_zealand china india numerous places world contributed fund war efforts building hospitals fund charitable effort war referred origin welfare state december raised daily_mail asserted history world produce parallel extraordinary record poem popularity poem allusions common wrote lines thrilled world november month publication poem new patriotic play advertised open week titled absent minded queen country month called absent minded prominent figure charitable horizon present critical book conduct war published titled offered weeks publication song declined declined offers state honours historian wrote single restored strong ties civilians soldiers britain army performance absent minded march july crystal palace sullivan public appearance composer died months later absent minded remained popular year war years war ended popular culture time title popular phrase cartoons humorous representations character absent minded popular song performed play entertainer song heard issues early recordings post world war recordings noted phrase killing mouth current till recently conference called following absent minded held organised included lectures exhibition memorabilia documents relating poem song lyrics | The Absent-Minded Beggar | Language and literature | Language and literature | Poetry |
5964_Isyngofamayden | titled middle english lyric poem carol 15th century celebrating virgin birth jesus described admired short vernacular english poems late middle ages written anonymous hand text found manuscript collection medieval lyrics held british library contemporary sources suggest known day originally intended sung evidence work musical setting survives formed basis number modern choral vocal works analysis work described yale_university researcher medieval manuscripts admired fifteenth century middle english lyrics offers simple form extremely delicate haunting presentation mary conception christ primarily text celebrates mary described luke widely references concepts university wisconsin stevens point notes quiet beautiful meditation inward aspects immediate consequences mary acceptance message concept choice mary important subtlety text writes brain subtle ear gone making poem celebrating mystery christ conception falling grass flower spray traditional imagery texts suggests ease grace generally progressive stages emphasis mary freedom choice moment strictly proper according miles despite celebratory opening mary physical proof remains poet priority result poet repeats phrase verses implications conception mary birth jesus christ poem written person point view contains text original spelling intact modern translation origin manuscript poem found held date work speculate lyrics belonged wandering poems included manuscript include adam lay songs begging song scholar notes contains surviving copies poems include aforementioned poem adam lay born suggested fellow antiquarian dated manuscript reign personally felt greatest antiquity included fifteenth century lyrics contained earlier origin wright speculated basis dialect middle english lyrics probably originated suggested number songs intended use mystery plays recent analysis manuscript places dialect east original specifically norfolk carol county contain unique instance lyric manuscript surviving source scholar proposed poem similarity earlier 13th century poem held cambridge unlikely accidental specialist latin drama late middle ages noted set contemporary compiled writer called quote final phrases poem way suggest poem widely known time musical setting explicitly noted poem originally intended sung noted emeritus professor text imply melody verse oral tradition time original melody song course time forgotten text composers set text music diverse choral vocal interpretations berkeley ceremony setting published chorus sing maiden opera salisbury work regularly performed | I syng of a mayden | Language and literature | Language and literature | Poetry |
7247_JoanofArc(poem) | joan arc poem joan arc epic poem composed idea story came discussion realised story suitable epic subject appealed events french revolution concurrent writing poem serve parallel current events eventually helped rewrite parts poem edition later editions removed additions changes poem divided halves describing joan quest meet charles france eventually capable gaining support begins lead french military secondary half describes french defeat british army victories poem ends joan arc serves way express views history politics include republican ideals claims political common element europe opposition christian practices thought later editions poem shifted promotion view religion traditional view critics gave work mixed reviews quality images themes poem believed poem lacked merit believed subject matter inappropriate time critics felt rushed composing work devote time background july discussed story friend conversation led believe joan arc serve good basis epic began work plan poem started composing lines subject poem appealed reflected incidents surrounding french revolution started early august lines poem written august devoted time writing book poem hoped complete end september admitting desire preface poem edition critics accused spending time composing poem summer attempted find publisher john arc taking fall poetic drama french revolution began plan political system start america called needed money project contacted july publish end plan advised contact london publisher publish work raise money find publisher print poem publication included publication poems later edition stopped printed lacked minimum subscribers pay cost poem finally published poetry changes text including section added second edition later printed lines instead published second edition revised lines added research work printed later editions published final republican sentiment poem versions changes version regular editions story describes joan appearance crowned rest events described flashbacks half story begins year old joan travels home uncle arrives searching meets general tries raise troops france defence helps explaining background life story general tells family natural living effects soldiers brought war france told french soldier named incidents english french prisoners battle starvation people siege mentioned finally arrive able find french court joan comes speak charles pretends common member court pretends joan able ruse immediately sent restore french crown charles examined priests scholars determine free black magic questioned joan describes god came visions describes faith similar manner causes believe blue flame appears sound silence doubts faith flame reveals suit armour individual immediate armour claim france cursed victim individual turns blames joan left peaceful life help french court corrupt warns experienced vision burning stake following joan begins gather troops takes army forests camp girl named comes begins describe events surrounding siege city joan sends messenger offer english peace english decline french attack english soon start storm starts lightning flashes english joan able win enter city soon joan able lift siege story continues french victories english pushed fort fort eventually english pushed english fight way generals salisbury able wound joan companion able kill salisbury return brought general french soon lay siege begin bloody fight fort battle french captives generals wish execute joan ensures safety captives lives lives french awarded god collapse bridge leads english soldiers drowning quick victory english losing fall coast await reinforcements word comes troops coming help english joan meets duke warn battle returns men help bury dead son comes reinforcements england english army attacks french battle joan able kill son able kill father causes english flee turn allows french retake free charles comes crowned story ends joan telling good king themes terms subject matter story known outside legend history dealing joan written written probably unknown serve major historical source information history published mid-19th century non historical works known work attacks joan joan reputation joan later turned french hero napoleon encouragement deal legend way die von terms works relying general idea warrior woman figures exited females central figure woman unique time poem focus france served way discuss feelings french revolution particular upset british calling men farms serve militia time terms french support followed france support idea heard execution october told friend condemned action held republican beliefs upset word came leader executed caused believe countries equally bad hoped home feelings involvement actions included joan arc fall followed execution radical believed great man helped mankind actions poem contains views catholic_church influenced political views comes trip lisbon madrid exposed believed catholic believed church catholic leaders kept people ignorant believed muslims cast spain tolerant ideas repeated speech work character attributes ignorance vice oppression believed way escape problems people believe universal family enemies later described holding belief claimed supported sympathies laid larger extent replaced poem subversive described french patriot fighting english parallels strife time figure joan arc represents common person child free society corruption editions understanding politics religion began change reflected changes second edition joan originally character natural understanding religion connected form christianity child ignorant church theology revealed directly replaced second edition joan having traditional form religion provided youth critical reception joan arc wrote march claiming right certainly proved completely preface joan arc epic poem published preface performance poem passages rate excellence inferior execution june letter stated joan arc delighted amazed presumed expect thing excellence poem sufficient character age live poetry subject chosen opens expect day rival december letter admitted entirely according opinion joan poem frequently reached sentimental display sublime language natural like description character dramatic dialogue certainly possess imagination paced harmony thinking necessary order plan review april claimed sorry observer preface work certain facts stated order display extreme written epic poem books finished weeks improved plan books entirely time printing possible person classical education slight opinion effort human invention suffer confidence youth hurry manner design fix reputation life review continued proceed execution design declare opinion powers displayed superior kind wasted premature promise rich harvest future excellence daring sentiments commanding language energetic best passages poem afford easily found scarcely sink glow feeling genius anonymous review june critical review argued character taken english considered manner history treated writers suspicion arise chosen subject scarcely suited dignity epic poetry called question expect interest english nation fortunes heroine active champion hardly successes involved english disgrace regard effort writing poem review concluded powers superior capable doubt producing poem place class english poets present tells readers engaged execution help expressing wish future poem hazardous experiment assigning little time completion following anonymous review stated learn joan arc form books finished weeks thought right mention fact author detailing beginning preface appears lay stress wish entirely forget examination poem request readers story poem founded interesting history france respects happily adapted epic representation review concluded general result impression poem minds poem taste years struck manifest runs piece characters fifteenth century politics philosopher eighteenth ill supply place grand machinery obtained glorious admire noble spirit freedom evidently poet inspiring muse | Joan of Arc (poem) | Language and literature | Language and literature | Poetry |
7384_JustGiveMeaCoolDrinkofWater'foreIDiiie | cool drink water fore cool drink water fore collection poems african american writer poet poems originally song lyrics written career night club performer recorded albums publication autobiography know bird sings considers poet playwright best known seven began early writing career alternating publication autobiography volume poetry poetry collections best sellers received critical attention interesting read aloud sections poems poems section love scream center love poems section structured like blues jazz music universal themes love loss eighteen poems second section world ends focus experience survival african americans despite living society dominated whites uses vernacular african americans irony humor statements race racism america acts spokesperson race poems use irony humor allows speak collective assume distance order comments themes topics subjects critic called poems protest poems metaphors poetry serve meanings understood blacks themes topics universal readers understand cool drink water fore received mixed reviews critics best seller nominated pulitzer prize critics expected volume popular despite negative reviews considered written lyrical moving expression social observation background cool drink water fore volume poetry studied began writing poetry young age rape age recounted autobiography know bird sings dealt trauma reciting great works literature including poetry helped bring self imposed recorded albums poetry songs wrote career night club performer second poetry maya year publication autobiography know bird sings later incorporated volumes poetry including published year best seller best seller nominated pulitzer prize despite thinking playwright poet editor challenged write best known readers identify poet second like critics consider important poetry critic agrees states books best sellers poetry perceived seriously prose bloom believes poetry interesting bloom considers performances dynamic says moves vigorously reinforce rhythms lines tone words singing dancing stage presence predictable words phrases began early writing career alternating publication autobiography volume poetry publisher placed poems volumes collection poetry capitalize popularity following reading poem pulse morning president bill_clinton inauguration year later publisher placed poems smaller volume entitled title chose cool drink water fore volume title interest unconscious innocence says trying remain innocent title reference belief individuals innocent think asked murderer puts final throat cool drink water said didn believe wouldn morning themes uses rhyme repetition works rhyme found seven poems cool drink water fore critic calls use rhythm ordinary death important theme works especially opens according scholar resolved book end son born death directly mentioned poems according scholar poems second volume fit lack overt empowerment themes later better known works especially rise shall moved love scream themes section cool drink water fore focus love states poems volume describe love moment passionate discovery suspicion painful loss finds truth poems section describe love perspective black woman compared second section feels best love poem uses repetition biblical allusions state black mother loves children husband praises black slaves helped development growth america black men especially man subjects poems views example ability translate personal experience political discourse liberation places poetry use concrete imagery abstract symbolism describe emotional sexual experience meaning liberation painful poignant memories according lacks clear themes liberation later poems phenomenal woman subtle use themes techniques liberation theme compliment poems overtly poem focus women sexual romantic experiences challenges gender codes poetry written previous eras challenges male centered themes messages found poetry movement late 1960s early 1970s use sexual imagery woman point view provides new interpretations assessments poem speaker feels trapped women sexuality depicted powerful controls partner moves away assumption male control sexual act depiction allows readers women identify celebrate sexuality races states man enact empowerment reader placed women sexuality gender assumptions male sexual power notions women experience librarian states poems set music like jazz singer musician especially poem section went home says fits love bag considers best poems ones meant song lyrics went home analysis went home calls recognizes married man dates women usually returns wife states sentiment psychologically sound lines reflecting state abandoned analyzing think states poem central theme self self pride prevent losing spite experiences involving pain degradation according analysis loser speaker expresses common experience loss beginning minor ones losing doll watch ending loss speaker boyfriend considers poem went home slight carrying weight experience world ends poems second section militant tone according critic poems section bite express experience black white dominated world states acts spokesperson especially freedom fighter acknowledges debt owed involved civil rights movement according bloom themes poetry tend short lyrics strong jazz like rhythms common lives poems survivors prevailed despite racism great deal difficulty challenges states focuses lives people time slavery 1960s themes deal broadly painful suffered blacks forced submission guilt accepting protest basic survival critic states metaphors poetry serve meanings understood blacks poem fashion example lines remind look knees got miss ann reference slavery black women knees prove hard cleaned states true poetry change reader emotions poem humor anger says uses technique letter aspiring contained repeated phrase happens prevalence violence society connects poem final scene second autobiography gather describes encounter friend drug shows effects drug habit according poem disturbing images drugs slave master tied habit like monkey attached street calls signifying states knowledge black linguistic folklore appreciation poems line example white right brown hang black stand popular african americans people cultures recognize believes despite signifying occurs poems themes topics universal readers understand appreciate think presents perspective aging maid ironic statement blacks surviving world dominated whites times square competition black boy defends prices white customer words punctuated poems letter aspiring volumes deal universal social problems black perspective african american literature professor analyzing poem think states person singular uses symbol refers people calls self defining function ironically views world outsider resulting loss direct literal relationship world providing ability laugh characteristics matter politically socially devastating scholar discusses poem calling poems protest poems according critic analysis times square line fourth stanza ain playing dozens allusion dozens game participants insult game mentioned later poems black white according critic uses twist dozens compare insults blacks whites allows compare actions races bloom compares blues protest poetry suggests best way analyze subjects style themes use vernacular poems use blues based model like blues singer uses laughter ridicule instead tears cope minor sadness great suffering compares themes black white poems communication communication appear pray wings gon fit second volume poetry poems support assertion conditions improve black race states poems ring lively invincible beat carries defeated figures triumph claims best trade retains pride despite circumstances celebrates survival strength energy necessary accomplish rhythm echoes beat player compares life brutal match end poem speaker wins game life states poems poet defense incredible odds game life stating language rhythm poem subject especially repetitive end line parallels sound work relies rhythm repetition song maintain pace relieve provides way help abilities talents takes role common character black folklore demonstrates control vernacular language especially refers dozens critical response cool drink water fore best seller nominated pulitzer prize poems volume received mixed reviews critic recognized volume popular success characterized poetry confused poetry people read poetry stated collection isn accomplished means readers going love reviewed collection issue classified like young adult category called volume lyrical poems found poems volume sensitive spoken aspects poetry rhythm considered prose poetic poetry reviewer choice called poems powerful great poetry recommended libraries collection african american literature critic says ability capture sound voice page places poems especially ones volume background black rhythms reviewing calls poems moving blend harsh social observation poems poems cool drink water fore love scream remaining eighteen second world ends volume dedicated man reference poems man book according contains poetry love sharing fear affection loneliness features poetry racial confrontation protest anger irony poems short length | Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie | Language and literature | Language and literature | Poetry |
7822_DannyDeever | poem room ballads received wide critical popular acclaim regarded significant pieces early verse poem ballad describes execution british soldier india murder execution viewed regiment watch poem composed comments exchange hanged context poem published february scots observer america later year printed shortly generally read set india gives details actual situation research suggested poem written specific incident mind execution private number details execution correspond occasion described poem later story similar basis story apparently wrote early year india years execution wrote large amounts occasional verse usually added note beneath title giving context poem notes cleared poem written month suggests thought inspired specific incident possible remembered case summary form dialogue young inexperienced soldier soldiers given suggesting group experienced older colour sergeant setting execution generally presumed india soldier tried sentenced death murdering fellow soldier sleep battalion hanging procedure strengthened discipline unit process helped inexperienced soldiers sight death young soldier unaware happening asks blowing sergeant looks pale told hanged regiment drawn square presses sergeant second verse people breathing hard men collapsing signs effect watching hanging men regiment explained away sergeant cold weather bright sun voice keeping young soldier calm sight death sergeant calm voice combat verse files thinks saying slept alongside drank sergeant reminds sleeps far night reminds soldier magnitude crime shot look face county regiment disgrace roughly number men single infantry battalion regiments formed local lines county emphasised crime black mark regiment comrades fourth verse comes hanging files sees body sun feels soul overhead term reflects ranks watch die finally sergeant moves men away directly mentioned poem marched past corpse reflecting recruits shaking ordeal want beer day structure poem composed line verses containing dialogue voices said turn turn said makes look white white said got watch said hear dead march play regiment square day taken buttons cut stripes away immediately noticeable poem written vernacular english appear common feature work time unusual published works written voice common soldier speech direct representation single dialect serves clear effect working class english voice period note taken buttons deliberate error add speech refers ceremony military degradation man executed formally stripped marks rank stripes significant parts uniform buttons bore regimental crest verses consist questions asked files answered response form lines sergeant explaining interpretations second lines taken spoken voice file parade poem rhythm rhyme scheme reinforce idea drilling infantry giving effect feet marching generally perfectly poem overall meter line verses slightly lesser extent chorus features syllables additional emphasis fit rhythm left left left right left marching lines end word feature rhyme scheme slightly lighter syllables force pace march despite somber mood text poem final chorus noted imperfect rhyme scheme parade said rhyme strongly contributing effect slight supporting feel large number men marching harmony critical reaction seen powerful early works greeted acclaim published professor literature reported magazine appeared students crying literature literature editor said danced wooden leg received text later commented noted interests critical audience today tragedy called poem technically content remarkable holding best ballads writing shortly death critical opinion poetry low point nonetheless drew attention significant work discussing low critical opinion essay considered example worst vital pleasure like taste cheap people secretly carry middle life felt work example described good bad poetry verse essentially vulgar undeniably seductive sign emotional overlap intellectual ordinary man music room ballads suggests songs soldiers written share form style traditional army songs pay attention works noted contrast songs sailors thought collecting genuine soldiers songs wrote traditional style recognised traditional fond singing poetry writing fit rhythm particular tune specific case musical source suggested army song bill sailor possible popular tune period ballads published music quickly adapted sung new musical settings written musical setting described favourite song encountered tune entitled hanging morning date dozen published recordings known tune hanging morning played end day classes repeated year making oldest campus traditions song referenced book starship hangs murder main character basic training | Danny Deever | Language and literature | Language and literature | Poetry |
8731_Sonnet18 | alternatively titled shall compare thee summer day best known written english playwright poet william_shakespeare fair youth sequence comprises accepted numbering stemming edition cycle opening sequence described speaker compares beloved summer season argues beloved better states beloved live forever words poem scholars found parallels poem love themes written typical form having lines ending detailed revealed double meanings poem giving greater depth interpretation poem starts question beloved shall compare thee summer day beloved lovely temperate summer day speaker lists negative things summer short summer lease short date sun hot hot eye heaven shines beloved beauty forever unlike beauty summer day putting love beauty form poetry poet preserving forever long men breathe eyes long lives gives life thee lover beauty live poem long read structure typical english consists followed characteristic rhyme scheme poem reflects tradition italian typically discussed love beauty beloved love contains shift poem subject matter beginning line regular rhythm long men breathe eyes strong position context poem sequence comprises accepted numbering stemming edition cycle opening sequence described scholars contend addresses idea reaching eternal life written word theme find view seen transition time theme varying theories identity enigmatic scholars suggested poem expressing hope interpret having hope homosexual relationship professor university_of_michigan characterizes sequence sex love scholars noting romantic language sequence refer daring representation passionate erotic love suggesting relationship speaker sexual true character love remains unclear interpret relationship purely love describing woman scholars pointed order placed decision publishers shakespeare support interpretation addressed woman line implied answer poet question shall compare thee summer day negative point illustrated comparisons line rough winds shake enigmatic deeper apparently containing anglo saxon original term refers condition green flower begins eventual colour describes process change subsequently describe girl girl entering internal external changes brings girl showing promise eventual appearance line meanings outward appearance face compared sun eye heaven previous line older sense word relation shakespeare time carried outward inward meanings word temperate externally weather condition internally balance second meaning communicate beloved inner cheerful temperate disposition like sun cloudy day meaning obvious meaning negative change outward appearance word line taken ways sense loss decoration second sense sails ship interpretation poem reads beautiful things naturally lose time second reads nature ship sails adjusted wind changes order correct course combination words nature changing course creates change nature fact thing change change line poem creates shift lines change acknowledged challenged final line line carry meanings equally common time readers interpret owe shakespeare day synonym delivers interesting view text conveys idea beauty borrowed nature paid time progresses interpretation fair pun fare fare required nature life journey scholars pointed borrowing lending theme poem true nature humanity summer example said lease short date monetary theme common shakespeare everyday theme society music recorded jazz version shakespeare album shakespeare jazz recorded diana princess wales tribute disc pink floyd guitarist recorded song wife music written played piano video recording piece released extra dvd concert recording released album currently available youtube song credits given shakespeare recorded pop ballad version poem album disgrace set music swedish composer choral piece singer songwriter head band admitted inspired writing song poet | Sonnet 18 | Language and literature | Language and literature | Poetry |
8849_OhPrayMyWingsAreGonnaFitMeWell | fit pray wings gon fit book poems american author published second volume poetry written volume poetry published considers poet playwright best known seven especially know bird sings poetry successful began early writing career alternating publication autobiography volume poetry poetry collections best sellers received critical attention pray divided parts consists poems volume dedicated paul like poems poetry volume characterized light verse contain ordinary objects universal pray received mixed reviews critics critic states poems best read aloud focus themes love insight tension overcoming difficulties writes ordinary objects experiences deep feelings variety racial themes concerns background gon fit second volume poetry studied began writing poetry young age rape age recounted autobiography know bird sings dealt trauma reciting great works literature including poetry helped bring self imposed film georgia georgia produced swedish film company filmed sweden screenplay written black woman released married welsh carpenter husband san_francisco considered playwright poet editor challenged write best known readers identify poet second like critics consider important poetry critic agrees states books best sellers poetry received little critical attention bloom believes poetry interesting bloom calls performances dynamic says moves vigorously reinforce rhythms lines tone words singing dancing stage presence predictable words phrases began early writing career alternating publication autobiography volume poetry volume poetry cool drink water fore nominated pulitzer prize followed autobiography pray followed publication second autobiography gather publisher placed poems pray collection poetry capitalize popularity following reading poem pulse morning president bill_clinton inauguration collection cool drink water fore published pray rise don sing publisher placed poems smaller volume entitled themes poems characterized light verse example characterizes reaching light growing older expresses sadness having reaching youth ends poem unexpectedly ironically expressing admiration die early volume pairs poems america africa communication communication strengthen themes poems volume like poems volumes contexts contain universal ordinary objects example telephone describes relationship object silence life poem structured long demands telephone ring despite resentment intrusion uses familiar feminine metaphors themes found blues songs colors black blue weekend loneliness poem poor girl uses vernacular express universal themes voice teenage girl lost boyfriend scholar cites couple example practice subtly including level meaning poems ability translate personal experience political discourse placement themes racism liberation combines liberation ideology poetic technique challenge society concepts gender identity especially affects women varies length poem lines beginning stanza continuing poem convey ambiguity doubt demand reader question perceptions gender power couple starting second stanza attacks class based ideals society poem ends demanding social surrounding gender class end insists human survival depends recognizing shared emotions experience regardless gender position society poems gon fit divided parts consists poems volume dedicated paul critical response review states poems pray like child dead old seas good heritage ballads excellent lyrics calls winter day colorful pleasant states reminds genre painting like critics poetry says poems work best read aloud critic considers way poems organized distracting says diminish street wise infused particular pain pride according review rhyme simple structure complex critic says quality reaching reduces age minor milestone elevated higher deeper plane africa america typical acceleration causes dead halt poetry critic says poems awkward according reviewer choice poems pray focus themes love insight tension focus black condition celebrated triumphant difficulties reviewer finds poems uneven best read aloud meant laughed thought states volume suffers dangers success happen poets gain fame soon gilbert blames publishers success stating pray collection poems think reason maya myth print writer responds gilbert criticism stating poet long began writing prose audience comfortable sparse lines insists critics missed power poems message apparently simple lines calls poetry light verse states writes ordinary objects experiences deep feelings variety racial themes concerns | Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well | Language and literature | Language and literature | Poetry |
8990_CatalogueofWomen | catalogue women catalogue women ancient greek known ancient greek epic poem attributed antiquity women title fact lay gods bearing heroes greek mythology divine mortal contrast focus narrative odyssey catalogue structured vast system stemming unions covered heroic age course poem books family trees embellished stories involving members poem amounted heroic mythology way presents systematic account greek built divine scholars currently believe catalogue considered work questions poem authenticity interest study literary social historical topics work treats depth world heroes catalogue offers transition divine sphere terrestrial focus works days virtue subjects status given poem concentration addition heroes provides evidence roles perceptions women greek literature society period composition popularity greek aristocratic communities ruling elite traced heroes epic poetry catalogue map world terms preserves information complex system associations continued political importance long archaic period myths catalogue entirely form narrated held special fascination poets scholars late archaic period roman eras despite popularity reading public poem went circulation pass medieval manuscript tradition preserved today fragments quotations ancient authors catalogue better attested lost works partial lines surviving quarter original poem estimate evidence poem reconstruction elements content distribution content catalogue extensive nature evidence leaves unresolved course past century led scholarly title formula ancient authors commonly referred poem simply catalogue alternate titles employed tenth century encyclopedia known gives expanded version catalogue heroic women late source twelfth century byzantine poet prefers poem heroic earliest popular alternate title feminine formula ancient introduces new sections poem introduction heroine nickname provided standard title similar work reflected use alternate title formula poem recognizable features belonged originally genre poetry simply listed notable catalogue formula tool allows poet resume broken branch family tree jump horizontally new figure line descent characteristic example found introduction daughters cat preceding section poem dealt length extended family sister tracing line generation following war jump backwards order complete account descendants father covering son family formula transitions distant branches example ultimately serves family great hoped win bride son marriage place descendants soon presented content according catalogue books long length unknown likely entire poem consisted lines majority content structured major units descendants found book book followed later books believed rough guide structure found roman era mythological handbook transmitted catalogue primary source details appears followed reflect poem overall arrangement book far best attested book poem extensive overlapping ancient quotations coinciding verses survive entire includes line numbers taken system overlaps sources allows book content assigned approximate line numbers significant overlaps containing opening lines poem catalogue styled continuation canonical poem final verses standing catalogue women book lines end transmitted manuscript tradition following final ordering key deities poet sing tribe slept mortal men bearing children like gods verses topic catalogue comes form invocation introduce new slightly terrestrial topic cat immediately subsequent lines describe significant characteristics heroic age allowed poem subject gods freely interacted days significant detail heroic condition offered passages catalogue men women said equally long lived unclear refers different heroes difference lives heroes today man heroes gods differing heroes described appear lived long life characterized perpetual youth apparently condemned early death gods damaged point implications comparisons unknown addressed asked sing lay race glorious kings lay ends families repeated use introductory phrase implies initial likely woman treated wife debate catalogue included account flood myth creation race humans born stones cast appear figured poem pick catalogue women daughters named maternal grandmother famous like mother lay bearing sons early greek tribes said descend bore bore grandfather son family ultimately entire greek world greatest mythological significance apparently son sons gave names tribes division called son migrated married daughter father daughter named relation greek tribes outlined following table likely largest unified treated account daughters seven sons stretched line book second book sons certainly found catalogue seventh son obscured identified tentatively second father myth similar doubt attends identities daughters families daughters treated middle book lines devoted extended family sons daughters notable concentration narratives folk elements sort largely absent poems beginning doomed love called turned punishment treating families poet turned lines earlier book borne sons river grandfather bore son great grandfather later traced families found form catalogue fierce twins heads arms equal number legs significant epic tradition marriage son daughter produced daughters introduced group marriage followed immortal daughters poem woman later famously known sacrificed greek fleet sail catalogue version events goddess replaced birth reported earliest extant account killing planned sacrifice found catalogue marriage follows followed turn bearing damaged lines unknown helen birth reported leave uncertain lies bears heroic qualities described death hands apollo conflict sequel hunt children singled role death poet turns attention closes account female daughters daughter provides transition families male king forced subjects worship simulated god thunder lighting dragging bronze throwing air real destroyed king subjects alike spared conducted house uncle father river designs guise river lay brothers gave different realms rule received lot fell western house takes center stage sacked killing male save city son granted ability change shape onslaught catalogue poet granted brief ended pointed bee actually defender following account marriage family contest daughter narrated father hand cattle feat accomplished bias help brother poet turned family fragment book breaks likely children followed room book start family brother ruled complicated family life details known played catalogue children mother episode saga gave children ram golden fled according sources driven mad gods took young household slaughtered son jumped sea son sea goddess point marriage daughters given extended group treatment catalogue book uncertain point extant fragments division books fell families covered second book families order likely found 2nd book appear room left book accommodate group children thought opened book recently published evidence casts doubt view book family centered son daughters singled extensive treatment apollo bore killed rage apollo killed arranged apollo serve instead directly following affair comes daughter bore brothers daughter bore apollo grandfather master thief change appearance booty avoid detection daughter mother jason apparently born directly preceding daughter story best preserved studied sections catalogue ability change shape skill father exploited service hunger cursed reason people nicknamed marry bride prices garnered girl return home different form notable victim plot despite characteristic retain custody daughter law strife arose mortal resolve case handed authority text damaged point identity matter dispute nature verdict rendered exactly judgement resolves quarrel obscure ultimately comes losing end bear children instead bears god rule island sacked brief allusion great hero adventures way home attacking horses assaulted going participate closes returning athens care father poet attention stays son male subjects immediately follows wise beautiful having taught arts attempted cheat cattle intervened accomplish marriage gods got way bore gave son winged horse task presented order father law catalogue appears followed immediately marriage daughter king descendants catalogue appears followed order likely introducing river god granddaughter bore turn father affair place catalogue ancient authors cite poem version myth quoting fact far love clandestine deeds produced son father libya families sons covered depth line book following birth daughter bore sons myth mass wedding sons daughters came point little survives narrative catalogue daughters fled introduced practice digging wells making sons followed greece order marry predominant version myth union bore sons daughters offended way cursed madness cured service rewarded granting brother bias shares rule daughter golden liaison birth mother son exile quickly recounted comes quick succession book division books presents special problem reconstruction catalogue appears attribute story book method citation certainly refers present poem concludes appears beginning line followed blank space suggesting pictured clearly ends lines section preceded blank space giving possibility beginning book fragments combine account follows extensive exciting episodes catalogue survive antiquity wished avoid marriage gathered beauty father promised hand beat swift daughter condition accepted challenge lost death given contestants golden girl course threw ran pity toss apple finally accomplished aim couple live happily transformed lion seen presumably means entered holy evidence leaves remains unknown passage fit catalogue possible book simply incorrect came family books possibility introduced context mother family identity catalogue unknown hypothesis allow appear following extended family catalogue later tradition family brother like aliens displaced persons son phoenix sons present bore mother phoenix daughter girl mother tale known later classical literature appears largely familiar form catalogue caught eye friends gathering flowers meadow god transformed bull breath guise abducted carrying crete bore gave necklace figure saga necklace ruled apparently granted lifespan equal generations men death rain blood inspired send briefly described succeeding stepfather sent sea bull sex wife bore equally possible names referred single son daughter surely present myth death athens subsequent sacrifice youths expedition crete beast better traveled sister biography catalogue apparently meant conclude geographically diverse appropriate flourish ruled kidnapped pursued ends earth poet far remarkable races encountered chase including subterranean men black men horse half dogs called episode journey world thought title referred independent work erroneously attributed view publication extensive fragment pictured episode derived contained myth described likely section describing descendants followed mountain bears sons drew destroyed save majority subsequently covered figures descend son local familiar version attributed work intended citation sons father father wife daughter reason entrusted care lay bore throne greek expedition accidentally landed found fighting fellow immediately followed progression known mirror structure catalogue fragments roll myth cover families daughters bore mount slept mother line traced including father helen wife bore line killed sleeping sons children section included daughter bore daughter slept changed spring bearing line traced leader war lay bore possible union delayed book section treating family daughter book began longest extant passage catalogue known shield lines borrowed book according ancient hypothesis shield passage recounts went husband marriage deaths brothers hands returned having accomplished feat lay return night god bore hero bore belongs line mother daughter passages preceding concern daughters married sons married daughter married funeral games honor son caught eye future wife daughter son father contrary better known father mother daughter reported verses directly preceding line remained ultimately belongs little known certain content book possible section including kings athens daughters found family river proposed region based presence persons families sources represent descended daughters notable family belong section daughter island bears slept bore fearing lonely island changed ants men spawning tribe play greek word family belongs notable hero saga father book final book different apparently left structure books book opened nearly line catalogue helen similar style catalogue ships book likely entire catalogue included thirty attested sons attempted win helen able join contest punishment gifts simply sent envoys knew ultimately prevail wise gave sheep cows hope winning helen gifts given cousins catalogue brothers catalogue ships gave gold confident wealthiest heroes helen promising surrounding lands possession gift long journey crete aware helen beauty accounts giving decision bound oath daughter force exact vengeance readily agreed believing given helen hand point come close success reported poet introduces status greatest hero saga central role plan bring heroic age close aid given bride prices age surely won helen hand human earth defeated present bore end heroic age marriage helen war event ultimately brings heroic age end circumstances surrounding transition catalogue unclear directly following birth strife arises gods plan stir trouble mankind exact meaning plan obscure deficiencies text interpretations proposed commonly accepted plans destroy great number men causing war ultimately removing heroes life lived conditions resembling golden age possibility intends destroy race heroes return world order gods slept event great change coming final placed fragment catalogue breaks enigmatic scenes great storm arises strength mankind lines described west finest passage poetry known catalogue parallel prophecy fruitless years image snake snake gives birth appears sets remains snake skin representing regeneration come heroic age comes end world given notable disputed fragments fragments attributed catalogue relatively substantial placed poem content obscure assigned different individuals difficult locate books place poem implications level content narrative connected city libya terminus post composition catalogue approximate year city foundation tells apollo saw hunting native immediately god goes cave wise asks wise consort fated apollo mate bring sea libya queen portion land bear son ode states took story relates opening lines section cat believes catalogue composed argues extent relied text unknown apollo carry libya city argued citation vague poem included catalogue included narrative similar presenting different version myth catalogue treated complete removal easily accommodated related evidence presumably involve transferring fragments concerning traditionally attributed catalogue son certainly appeared poem myth known narrated catalogue virtue found dictionary according dictionary catalogue included variant myth changed killed attempted wife designs woman appeared containing related myth published tentatively attributed text catalogue fragment opens torn apart dogs goddess likely arrives cave born dogs hills return stay point damaged clear dogs delivered madness line begin master goddess returns west include edition fragment calling epic cause author catalogue turn grave knew attributed according scholars believe text archaic today consider catalogue date composition authorship antiquity catalogue universally considered work reports living mount day believed genuine poem works days lines poem called hymn surviving expression doubt found cites number children citation verses passed falsely like passages skepticism stemmed belief common today poetry especially susceptible impossible tell regarded entire catalogue passages event isolated critics like rhodes byzantium apparently found reason doubt going far cite catalogue arguments concerning content authenticity poems modern scholars shared confidence counterparts today catalogue generally considered post composition supposed lived turn seventh century guarantee poem survey epic language hand suggests catalogue early nearly contemporary sees reason catalogue poet calls different critical strain views transmitted poems ultimate products oral tradition hold initial nucleus catalogue arrived final form period assigned scenario account perceived mythological content linguistic character poem issue relation catalogue transmitted broader corpus early greek epic argues poetic linguistic cultural political grounds poet compiled catalogue women attached thinks possible range narrowed period following sees example marriage daughter means union produced similarly son west takes reflection attempts promote interests traditionally closely connected considerations west view establish terminus post prefers later dating assumption assigns portion sixth century contemporaneous composition catalogue west arguments highly influential scholars arrived different conclusions evidence thinks likely reflect composition death dates poem period closely following sacred war connecting content growing influence placing author family trees centered region dominate earlier portions poem hand takes focus catalogue poet perceived interest eastern peoples indicative poet asia minor proposes catalogue composed viewing composition apparent allusion poem died providing ultimate terminus reception catalogue greatest influence felt period poem extra poets era favored antiquarian references direct engagement prominent members canon famous allusion catalogue found included catalogue great literary figures loves beginning commonly known proceeding poet contemporaries including teacher entries engage subjects work homer example portrayed directly preceding comes formula styled woman rendered anne home works days lover boy village near contemporary composed catalogue mythological relationships entitled loves beautiful boys story introduced formula like later poet wrote catalogue women unknown said written masculine equivalent allusions formula catalogue structure poem easily recognized interaction catalogue poetry limited plays aspects direct engagement myths found catalogue popular way rome poets age continued period engagement catalogue poet plain earliest roman author seen engage catalogue wedding alludes catalogue presented defining characteristic heroic age couple sung later book closes catalogue combatants swift female warrior account speed remarkably subtle nod tradition best style picked allusion treatment recast roman allusion way highlights character poem contrast character transmission reconstruction impossible tell exactly complete copy catalogue lost fragments ancient copies found dating period early byzantine times book label century latest catalogue lists contents sixth century works days shield appears time byzantine works corpus poems traveled poet knowledge catalogue cease altogether loss final complete copy medieval times authors cite poem fragments contained ancient authors poem influence clear pseudo early roman era handbook greek mythology example widely believed taken catalogue primary structural model stated explicitly text collection interpretation fragments modern era began sixteenth seventeenth centuries primarily editions earliest collections simply presented ancient quotations organized quoting author work attempts proper reconstruction began recognize early portions poem treated descendants systematic fashion regarded called catalogue women initially separate works joined structured view simply recounted myths involving notable introduced formula attested book proposed books catalogue books nineteenth century progressed important observations structure catalogue noted mass information connected family assigned book ancient citation placing picture catalogue emerging began resemble structure suggest explicitly passing poem reconstructed help work contemporaries largely followed conclusion catalogue semi distinct texts finally demonstrated fact alternate titles single poem years leo paper small fragment found half twentieth century publication pieces added significantly modern text catalogue finds important passages example advanced modern understanding work overall structure appearance actually led major list gods found beginning proceeding divine led believe catalogue organized strictly manner presented unions gods organized extent deity years later publication 28th corpus witnesses poems nearly doubled lion share new texts belonging catalogue new proved poem organized great families way similar poet use formula random method introduction organizing tool overall structure editions translations critical editions extant extant amsterdam robinson cum oxford vol leipzig leipzig berlin leipzig 2nd paris vol leipzig athens leipzig 2nd leipzig 3rd leipzig isbn naples west oxford isbn west opera dies 3rd oxford isbn und den isbn translations poems fragments oxford consulted caution date hymns classical library 3rd cambridge isbn link 1st edition english translation facing greek text obsolete translations ancient quotations german translation isbn italian translation facing greek text based editions west classical library cambridge isbn includes ancient assessments catalogue shield catalogue fragments classical library cambridge isbn english translation facing greek text takes recent scholarship consideration | Catalogue of Women | Language and literature | Language and literature | Poetry |
9451_DevotionsuponEmergentOccasions | occasions occasions occasions steps prose work english poet church_of_england published covers death rebirth concept sickness visit god reflecting internal written december recovered unknown illness believed fever having come close death described illness suffered thoughts recovery near super human speed concentration registered january published soon seven printed works attributed printed lifetime divided parts consisting sub sections called meditation prayer sections ordered covering thoughts reflections single day illness famously 17th devotion meditation includes phrases man man island bell tolls work considered similar 17th century writing generally particularly academics identified political strands running work advice young background born january elder wealthy wife elizabeth father death instead prepared enter trade trained gentleman scholar family money father hire private taught grammar rhetoric mathematics history foreign languages elizabeth soon remarried wealthy doctor ensuring family remained comfortable result despite son portraying early poetry outsider refused accept gentleman study hart hall oxford private education eventually saw study lincoln inn occupied time history poetry theology humane learning languages lincoln inn began writing poetry looking life sign minor defined november fell seriously ill london scene spotted fever hit victims unexpectedly left conscious physically helpless disease suffered known writers suggested likely culprit writings subject reference multiple diseases writing studies english literature suggests exacerbated suffered childhood opinion age illness reflected state internal constituted visit god despite ordered rest insisted pen paper given wrote impressions disease recovery december occasions published prose works seven printed works acknowledged authorship written near super human speed concentration work registered january published year albeit rarely title occasions steps contents structurally consists ordered sections representing length days illness contains meditation describes stage illness containing reaction stage finally prayer makes peace disease editions published 17th century book opens latin preface titled sections long line preface followed english translation latin argues lines constitute poem disputes arguing customary wit drama imagination instead represents writing argues constitute poem mere table contents latin lines play english translations contain nuanced meaning found english better represents sections refer following begin section taken isolated way follows pattern states element illness treatment expands statement develop theme closer god famous meditation begins statement bell thou die statement title expanded concludes aware bell saying bell tolls ill tolls better state caused toll know expanded bell matter concern man man continent maine bee washed away sea europe friends death involved send know bell tolls tolls thee original spelling argues dies right use death long considering treasure writes man carry treasure wedge gold coined treasure treasure nature money use nearer nearer home heaven man sick death lie gold use bell tells applies gold consideration danger secure making god death individual bell treasure buried value given makes good use refers work specifically christian doctrine describes knowledge gold silver involved christian purposes appropriated properly twisting idea arguing death individual learn understand properly style meaning example 17th century writing compared professor literature considered effect sequel context 17th century writing uses demonstrate view writings public private serving vehicles diagnosis spiritual sources argued title signifies growth spirit physical ordeal draws works writing studies draws parallels style exercises set structured mental exercises designed bring individual closer understanding god number literary approached politically themed particular identifies arguing highly actually publish works merely let friends actively resisted publication normally publishing works result commission pseudo martyr literally rushed print volume handed month recovered disease argues rationale publishing matches rationale publishing sermon year assert importance places outward felt sense urgency coupled explicitly comes simultaneously purposely militant deliberately frustrating extreme anti volume explicit writing quarterly argue work political rhetoric work political advice aimed prince charles dedicated political situation time complex king james ill charles attempting gain control government gray highlight noted line man island interpret argue reminder prince advisors private actions public consequences nature political references deliberate allowed work acceptable accessible charles close event rejected underlying message accessible prominent influential political figures argues structure work symbolic division poem parts signifying describing day illness split representing trinity use elements meditation prayer matches services found book common prayer common influence writers era critical response received mixed reaction critics described curious little book wrote manual devotion compares introspective learning different kinds described output anxious restless mind hand describes mature complex work remarkable sustained prose poem expresses conflicting powerful internal emotions consciously provides readers touching model experiences god elect confronting course human characterizes life earth writes mixture elaborate rhetoric argument frank details creates particularly powerful impact draws particular attention meditation noting despite apparent self interest piece highlights recognition ultimate humanity meditation focus writing american notes noted forceful statement theme ultimately powerful psychological analysis wider popular culture phrases particularly meditation commonly quoted including man man island bell tolls writing notes identifies similarities christian morals | Devotions upon Emergent Occasions | Language and literature | Language and literature | Poetry |
9531_TheStoryofSigurdtheVolsungandtheFalloftheNiblungs | story fall story fall epic poem lines tells tragic story drawn norse hero son equivalent wagner ring wife sprang fascination legend extended years author youth resulted literary scholarly treatments story morris favorite poems enthusiastically praised contemporary critics figures recent years rated highly scholars succeeded finding wide readership account great length archaic seen influence fantasy writers story available modern original form cut version critical edition synopsis book poem opens marriage king daughter king feast interrupted arrival stranger god disguise drives sword tree trunk tries draw sword son man disappointed takes new wife home inviting visit killed sons taken prisoner captivity killed wolf apart escapes forest sends sons help family accepts kill burn hall return ancestral home hall marries goes abroad brother kills return poisoned turned instead marries killed battle pregnant taken live hall king denmark book gives birth raised old man grows asks horse king bids choose likes best takes best horse names urged attack dragon guards gold treasure curse possess says originally human dragon brother gold belongs tries fails forge adequate sword produces shattered fragments sword inherited fragments mighty sword named wrath makes way kills drinks blood eats heart gives power understand voices birds read hearts men understands intends kill kills takes treasure journey comes blaze slopes rides straight comes unharmed heart fire finds beautiful sleeping woman clad armour wakes tells left punishment pledge places ring finger leaves book iii scene changes court king daughter dream encounters beautiful ominous falcon takes breast anxious learn meaning dream rides visit tells marry king life war death returns home declare love rides court joins making war winning great glory witch mother gives makes fall love completely spell marries sets win brother visiting time disguised penetrating fire surrounds reminds promised overcome supernatural fire reluctantly marry goes land carries promise distraught tragic outcome tells trick unwanted wedding urges brothers kill murders lies bed dying throws sword kills leaves filled remorse commits suicide burned single funeral book widowed marries brother king years pass memories fade vengeance reminds urges win invites surviving brothers feast arrive threatens death treasure worst battle breaks hall brothers overwhelmed superior force tied killed holds victory feast end court lie sleeping hall having lost loves burns hall kills sword thrust throws cliff death genesis morris came story tale told later called young man read summary northern mythology favourite book paradise included story daughter taken began learn scholar embarked series collaborative translations classics published saga story claiming preface great story north race tale greeks composition working prose translation morris wrote head write epic clearly verse render best parts version thing existing morris visited iceland aware writing wrote look short bring tremendous world wide subject opera degraded forms art idea sandy haired german tenor simplest words typical express morris began work october completing following year end poem extended lines took corresponding poems basic sources felt free alter thought necessary poem movement feminine keeping theme morris good deal possible words origin resulted difficult archaic involving lines folk war wrought better steel heaven man folk ready way critical reception according morris daughter work held highly wished remembered contemporary reviewers agreed america atlantic monthly compared king writing second great english epic generation ranks order time fully equals monumental work force story told unity continuity interest academy style adopted luxurious word spirited earlier works literary world agreed work morris genius going predict immediate reception certain eventually place great english tongue note caution reaction 19th century reading public sounded strongly critics wrote noble poem doubt meet ready appreciation sympathy country question easily disposed thought morris greatest achievement worried choice metre thought effect unfavourable review complained narrative seldom rises memory finds little carry away ear particularly repulsed dark age outlook believed morris adopted poem like reflects hard realism obsolete code ethics condition society finds key nineteenth century feeling deprived strongest claim interest sympathetic response moral religious sentiment readers appeal intellect work art successful attempt antiquarian restoration admired applauded taken nation heart contrast believed morris method reproduce antique felt feel modern thought emotion morris death interest poems began fade enthusiasts continued speak favour wrote remains masterpiece sustained power young called best poem know according greatest poem great poem english inspired norse literature went far greatest epic homer novelist acknowledging morris tells story endless invention brilliant detail complained poem thames heroism conveyed sense tragedy wide readership contemporary tend depend judge opinion morris verse general find length archaic putting modern critics agree morris finest poem editions poem published white november date appeared imprint issued second edition book brought turner years morris death revised text published edition limited paper copies copies wood cuts sir issued edition passages replaced prose firm reprinted original version volume collected works introduction morris absence critical edition generally cited scholars recent years frequently reprinted turner scott version influence later fantasy writers morris remained english translation saga version influenced writers adapted red fairy book read student days letter mentions wished imitate morris works version story legend published posthumously compares morris legend contrast morris work written heavily archaic difficult penetrate prose recently published draft closer style content heroic authors inspired directly cycle following morris lead example published translation myths wolf age fight right world war composer set music words taken story producing song fight right dedicated members fight right movement pro war organisation dedicated continuation war victory words deemed fitting express idea | The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs | Language and literature | Language and literature | Poetry |
10060_Madoc(poem) | poem epic poem composed based legend supposed welsh prince fled conflict sailed america 12th century origins poem traced days completed prose version story time twenties began devote working poem hopes sell raise money fulfill ambitions start new life america hoped found finally completed poem age began devote efforts extensively editing work ready publication finally published volumes london publisher extensive half poem wales describes young welsh nobleman family breaks series bloody disputes royal succession unwilling participate struggle decides journey america start new life reaches america witness bloody human sacrifices nation demands surrounding tribes believing defiance god leads local tribe warfare eventually able convert americans christianity returning wales find recruits colony second returns find returned human sacrifices long bloody warfare able defeat force homeland exile poem contains bias catholic protestant pagan believed work historical epic contained political views critics gave work mixed reviews saying beautiful scenes feeling language fell short adequate subject matter review went far mock reliance welsh names background basis wishing write epic poem came private reading literature attending boy particular subject suggested school friend claimed descendant brother began write prose version story year old attempting publish works raise money support expedition america establish democratic form government invented poems sought publish epic started working school finished able complete poem joan arc summer worked claimed february morning began study law evening began given ideas studying lawyer spent rest time working publications translating french revolution continued work started working poem able finish composing soon began work travelled portugal continued work years polish language portugal went war france spain returned england travelled wales information epic continued travel worked epic time took beginning poem publisher began finish second section october finished published parts early preface explaining purpose work cost lot money publish prompted write high price half edition condemned furniture expensive libraries collect publisher warehouses shall solid poem wales intended combination bible works homer poems story deals legendary welsh prince supposedly americas 12th century book divided parts represent reversed division odyssey work focuses starts wales king henry_ii reign england section loosely based historical events following death supposedly father late 12th century work begins crowned king removing nephew power dies sons david takes throne killing siblings youngest sibling leaves britain settle new land joins son start journey discovering america return recruit people help form new colony stays long witness fighting living siblings determines leave immediately story follows journey travel west problems storms dissent crew eventually reach america received natives takes natives guide begin explore area mississippi_river continue travel soon come original homeland nation discovers require human sacrifices gods decides interfere tribal affairs stop children taken sacrificed following encourages peaceful tribe arms protect goes capital deal king shown king great stand witnesses buildings monuments piles corpses horrific scenes unwilling allow continue practices war smaller nation bring large army able use welsh technology superior tactics overcome able prisoners king contracts mortal illness following battle releasing prisoners instead sacrificing provides help king recover disease leads treaty human sacrifice priests fear stop practice king decides people abandon religion religion based god love rest story involves returning wales recruit settlers colony time meets poet tells discuss matter meeting young like america trying recreate greatness afterward meets individual trying reclaim title prince wales tries fails convince come america returns original home stops attempt remove body grave holy ground instead offers corpse america buried worry rest time wales spent trying brother david king free brother imprisoned escapes release promised sets return colony met boat informs working overthrow david restore rightful king upset potential warfare leaves promise britain fine second poem parallels follows events america returns america wales finds colony struggles people turned pagan gods peace groups ends people starts convince people worship pagan gods begin sacrifice children god feeding large snake angry accuses priest leading sacrifices traitor killing priest snake feat brings christianity high priest tells people favour gods kill foreigners warriors volunteer capture child gods return child forced fight condemned men welsh allies attack city allowing woman free time warrior attacks defeated welsh women returns joins welsh forces battle continues kills king battle followed destroying pagan temples gather appoint new king games events established follow battle events temple covered flames idols pagan gods appear followed telling welsh leave attacking battle takes place water surrounding city boats superior welsh ships able win unwilling stop turn rituals priests travel sacred mountain sacrifices sudden lava eruption kills priests causes believe support gods cease fighting admitting defeat leave area head south mexico themes time portugal cultivated strong anti catholic bias saw catholic rituals pagan like limit feelings catholics believed political threat religious enthusiasm alteration mind away reason wrote following beliefs gentle tribe delivered intent believed dealing closely history scholarship reinforce intent epic like works instead argued evidence story historical basis story according came britain america replace christianity terms politics believed war post revolution france inappropriate started composing time poem finished advocate war napoleon government instead supporting government return opposed government prime minister younger poem heavily grounded ideas includes earlier version democratic ideal form connection wales america poem alludes plans travel wales settle america start new societal system endings poems opposite results sunset exodus country deals wales second lands return wales greatness second deals new country created reception intended rival works homer believed poem better received mixed reviews critics critic believed comparable paradise lost felt letter written june claimed highly pleased beautiful pictures descriptions happily introduced animation story said characters interest young situation highly interesting appears best conceived sustained character piece poem fails highest gifts poet mind imagination true sense word knowledge human nature human heart shows hand great master followed letter july saying mind strong draw picture hero character short according notion character conceived william sister wrote june claim read great delight painful feeling care author wished characters general sufficiently distinct separate existence affection review october argued fallen lot writer puzzle critical contrived manufacture large styled poem description easy matter decide poem classical respect manners appears successful choice story adhered history discover facts adapted purpose history failed resource probability continued attack welsh names appear poem nomenclature heroes shocked ears feel interest swallow jaw words particularly remind strongly nurse child tolerated anonymous review november stated said language undoubtedly chief excellence style places trailing flat strength animation author artificial ornaments feel compelled observations hardly necessary add think highly performance review continues comparing paradise lost style adorned little artificial enriched decorations poetry hardly yield stands certainly second heroic production english language leading characteristics fire humanity head touches heart admire love biography believed poem longest successful tedious poems argued ended poem end larger framework welsh history american adventure clash culture interesting comparable purpose proportion power dramatic exotic flashback narrative court welsh narrative appeals variety romantic interests patriotic picturesque sentimental thought tends commonplace quality writing uniformly high memorable moving passages description rhetoric suggestive images continued adding epic fact effort eighteenth century english literature deal american indian northern irish poet published long poem mystery inspired work events surrounding work takes premise idea actually came america found ideal state offers multi layered poetic exploration happened won memorial prize | Madoc (poem) | Language and literature | Language and literature | Poetry |
10442_TheGood-Morrow | good good poem published collection songs written student lincoln inn poem earliest works thematically considered work songs referred work follow common scheme works line poem consisting line stanza followed line conclusion instead lines long divided good written point view lover describes lover thoughts wakes partner lover discussing sensual love spiritual love realises spiritual love couple liberated fear need seek adventure poem makes use biblical catholic writings indirectly referencing legend seven paul description divine love concepts practising catholic familiar references stanza subject analysis academics differed interpretation meaning lines reference argues references interpreted reference love maps familiar style maps common modern era instead maps appear shape heart allow display multiple worlds alludes lines noting sharp work essential intelligent discussion extended image conclusions argues actually referring map showing world background structure poet born january wealthy wife elizabeth father death instead prepared enter trade trained gentleman scholar family money father hire private trained grammar rhetoric mathematics history foreign languages elizabeth soon remarried wealthy doctor ensuring family remained comfortable result despite son portraying early poetry outsider refused accept gentleman study hart hall oxford private education eventually saw study lincoln inn occupied time history poetry theology humane learning languages lincoln inn began writing poetry looking life sign minor defined early poetry included good works later went comprise collection songs published years death good considered terms theme maturity collection poems poems lines schemes originating 14th century works common form known italian stanza lines writer lays complex thought followed pause line conclusion unpredictable intense idea love goal romance simply passion significant moral perfection good identified follow structural layout follow thematic simply refer piece love poetry ignoring fact good line work divided poem poem opens reference catholic legend says wonder thou till loved till suck country pleasures seven den lines refers catholic legend seven christian children persecuted faith reign roman emperor fled shelter cave slept years seven children baptised catholic time strong anti catholic sentiment populace government certainly familiar story good waking souls watch fear love love sights controls makes little room let sea new worlds gone let maps worlds worlds shown let possess world lines passage speaker experiences sense wonder having bed lover makes discovery love makes finding new worlds pale importance awake bodies called love sleep ordinary life mere lust face eye appears true plain hearts faces rest find better sharp north declining west dies mix equally lines passage shows speaker communicating lover proceeded pleasures moment souls finally awakened happened speaker feels sort love paul claimed encountered heaven loves thou love alike die lines version found songs includes passage lines manuscripts later volume poetry lines loves thou love alike loves die themes love poem good thematically centred concepts poem primarily evolving love movement pure lust stanza nascent evolving spirituality lovers longer watch fear instead clearly lovers faith allows brave unlike seven forced fear hide beliefs love lovers allow pursue dreams accepting let possess world need search adventure notes sensual spiritual love arguing suggesting impossible buried sensual love mundane matters experience true love emphasis importance spiritual love seen biblical allusions states tone wording poem intentional reference paul description divine love moments like merges walls collapse veil parts know known deepest exposed writing argues story seven contains theme story find new environment analogous revelation love grants lovers poem scholars maintain poem indicates seriously believed separate planets planes existence christ belief later abandoned academics poem general evolution minds stanza lovers suck country pleasures mature form love references maps stanza writing argues references interpreted reference love maps familiar style maps instead maps appear shape heart simply heart shaped maps allow display multiple worlds opposing sharp argues work references multiple world map lines writing review english studies notes sharp work essential intelligent discussion extended image conclusions particular argues sharp conclusions incorrect actual words poem refer map showing single world showing worlds face eye example eyes instead walker suggests basing work book showed single map importantly gave way draw heart shaped map displayed single world interpretation reconcile unify problems interpreting good essential distinction interpret work referencing maps sharp sees referencing map showing worlds walker maintains reference map showing | The Good-Morrow | Language and literature | 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10449_LittleOrphantAnnie | little annie little annie poem written published titled child riley changed little printing error printing renamed poem current form known poet riley wrote rhymes nineteenth century dialect known poems served inspiration character little based comic strip plays radio programs television shows movies subject inspired smith orphan living riley home childhood poem contains introduces annie second stories telling young children story tells bad child away result underlying moral warning announced final stanza telling children obey parents kind unfortunate suffer fate background poet achieved national fame united_states late nineteenth early twentieth century little annie known poems originally published november title child poem inspired girl named smith born near liberty indiana september lived small farm parents story goes parents died years old stories mary mother died young father died evidence points father incarcerated time cause considered orphan mary uncle came took young orphan home dressed black bound earn board taken captain bound servant help wife children john james alex customary time worked alongside family earn board evening hours told stories younger children including riley family called guest servant treated like family smith learn inspiration character 1910s visited riley riley previously presented fictionalized version short story published september arrives family home time telling children story murder later introduces soldier friend dave soon killed going war plot short story heavily incorporated movie adaptation child printed book form time boss girl child kept original title riley decided change title little printing printing house incorrectly cast printing unintentionally renaming poem little annie riley contacted printing house error corrected decided poem growing popularity reprinted annie book poem given additional introductory verse little annie knows rhymes things 1910s 1920s title inspiration names ann doll created fellow indiana native rhyme popularity led reprinted times later compiled number children poems illustrated book sold verses poem detail scary stories told annie repeating phrase don watch sic popular children letters received children commented poem remains favorite children indiana associated halloween celebrations poem riley recorded readings poems early twentieth century readings released public little annie written nineteenth century dialect words difficult read modern times style helped feed popularity time composition riley achieved fame writing poetry readings like poetry little annie written achieve best effect read aloud poem consists lines riley dedicated poem little ones served introduction draw attention audience read aloud parallels add effects rhymes read aloud refrain ending stanza spoken emphasis poem written person regular meter begins introducing annie sets mood excitement describing children gathering hear stories story annie tells children story tells bad child away underlying moral announced final stanza encouraging children obey parents teachers help loved ones care poor annie come house stay wash cups brush away chickens porch dust sweep fire bread earn board children supper things set kitchen fire fun list witch tales annie tells don watch little boy wouldn prayers went bed night away stairs daddy turn room hole press guess found pants roundabout don watch time little girl laugh fun blood company folks mocked shocked said didn care kicked heels turn run hide great big fore don watch little says blaze blue lamp wind goes hear quit moon gray away better mind fond dear loves dry tear ones clusters don watch film adaptations little annie silent film featuring annie previously romance based riley work riley appeared film silent narrator short animated film based poem released studio russia directed poem translated russian derivative work annie story book author character background story goes great lengths image portraying telling pleasant tales anthropomorphic animals characteristic horror stories popular culture series getting series character lamb poem end episode season | Little Orphant Annie | Language and literature | Language and literature | Poetry |
11836_EastCoker(poem) | east poem east second poem started way writing poetry modelled finished early printed easter edition new english weekly title refers small community directly connected ancestry home church later house ashes poem discusses time disorder nature result humanity following science divine leaders described unable understand reality way mankind find salvation pursuing divine looking realizing humanity people understand universe background thought unable continue writing poetry attempt started copying aspects substituted place east place visited ashes later kept place held particular importance family ancestor left town travel america plaque dedicated ashes reads beginning end kindness pray soul poet end beginning managed complete sections february finished rest month helped review edit east published march new english weekly easter edition later reprinted june published september completion poem began creating series poems based theme series east second poem east described poem late summer earth faith poems sections holds theme common poems time experience prayer time theme stated section beginning end given proper attention prove lead eternal moment second section discusses disorder nature opposite discussion order nature found second section rational knowledge described inadequate explaining reality pursue reason science ignorant progress progress continue repeat errors past section discusses rulers secular society flaws fourth formal section series baroque context good friday mass past manner regarded ironically poet fifth section looks period experimentation years largely wasted approaching old age new opportunity find renewal lost found lost despite poem doubt darkness note hope struck line fifth section middle way refers line midway life journey went descent going light themes east gives message hope english communities survive world war letter dated february stated little hope contributing immediate social change disposed hope modest local beginnings transforming world alive aspirations remain valid longest period universal degradation poem relied war way connect idea united humanity particular claimed war modified attitude convincing western cause positively defended war germany brought western tradition poem served sort opposite popular idea waste land served expression world war accepted interpretation world war direct mention writings world war affect poem especially disruption caused war reflected poem disruption nature heaven poem describes society ways similar waste land especially emphasis death dying place connected family originates place family symbolically end second poem nature experiencing disorder suggested humans burn reason knowledge science save people errors past reasons war conflict need humble order escape destruction darkness rulers world society adam fall resulting concept original sin christ need seek redemption overcome human states involved fighting humanity trying help mankind learn important christ man able twist expectation poem suggests old men explore warns people trade wisdom pointless experience argues men explore human experience concept hinted waste land draws ideas argues old men supposed return god describes process way similar travels unlike homer hero argues men travel material world spiritual world forth similar view focus internal travels travels mankind able faith salvation able world darkness explains poem time realize realization mankind able understand truth universe turn allow humanity break free burden time explains end reality superior birth death reality rhythms physical nature know god enjoy forever family family history plays important role poem found information family sketch family described family lived years left disrupted family history similarly broke family travelled away family family saw declining poem emphasizes need journey need inward change source according poetic aspects poem grounded tradition early work additionally images connected poetry terms theology orthodox theory relies primarily writings additional influences works cross applying views society heavily influenced writings reliance understanding god step better society literary sources draws personal feelings experience especially great stress felt composing poem similarly image pilgrims coming america stories common childhood particular mother wrote poems pilgrims arriving new_england found information related family history book called sketch family location east ancestor left joining pilgrimage reception east sold copies initial publication response claim popularity proved bad poem regardless statement enjoyed fact poem inspire people war friend liked poem read poem students love letter god early reviews focused discussing poem terms content style spring winter discussed poems sources passages spring stated better poem east burnt poem suggestion east poem argument explanation american critic appreciate tone east especially expressed fifth 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12198_TheBotanicGarden | garden set poems economy vegetation loves plants british poet naturalist economy vegetation celebrates technological innovation scientific discovery offers theories concerning contemporary scientific questions history popular loves plants promotes illustrates classification scheme plants popular science books intent garden readers interest science time embracing language plants darwin makes interesting relevant readers reliance conventional images women describing plants flowers traditional gender stereotypes darwin emphasizes connections humanity plants arguing natural world sexual reproduction heart evolution ideas grandson later turn fledged theory evolution evolutionary theme continues economy vegetation contends scientific progress evolution urges readers celebrate scientific discoveries language usually reserved heroes artistic amateur popular britain second half eighteenth century despite high cost bestseller poem radical political elements support french revolution criticism slavery angered conservative british readers darwin attempt science convey wonders scientific discovery technological innovation poetry helped initiate tradition popular science writing continues present day historical background increasingly popular britain translation works english prominent books botanical arrangement vegetables naturally growing great_britain system classifying plants book went multiple editions standard text british plants generation book delighted intrigued experts children alike effects book provoked debate translation works aimed translation latin stripped nomenclature language wanted widely available believed women readers protected mention sexuality preface writes english dress favourite amusement ladies thought proper drop sexual titles darwin held opposite position maintained works translated literally possible sexual references nomenclature retained founded darwin friends specifically translate works issued english translation system vegetables categorized plants assisted coined new botanical words work group families plants introduced words english language example translation prevailed forced adopt vocabulary later editions work system reliability system subject debate darwin composing loves plants leading scholars conclude intentions publishing poem defend classification scheme proposed like humans plants male female reproduce sexually described system highly language scholar writes believe sex life flowers poem darwin embraced classification scheme metaphors time defending system darwin classified plants solely number reproductive organs darwin poem emphasized proportion length arrangement sexual organs writing publication inspired enjoyment botanical garden primarily poem verses written darwin garden darwin decided compose poem ideas darwin later include edited version poem loves plants permission treatment complained darwin rights memoirs according darwin said system poetic ground sic happy subject muse fine scope poetic landscape suggests kind reversed darwin thought love plants kind love song woman love eventually marry concerned scientific reputation curious audience demanding poem economy vegetation published loves plants anonymously poetry stunned success published loves plants economy vegetation garden publisher eventually bought copyright garden sum johnson published garden charged shillings price time wrote immense price gave work owing considerations inspired trust popularity time continues fashionable study high price discouraged government prosecution book contained radical political views subversive ideas poem contained limited audience educated elite afford purchase book loves plants structure poetic style suggesting passing single day loves plants divided written heroic preface poem outlines basics classification system guiding reader garden muse described inspiration interspersed dialogues poetic theory poet poem narrative instead reminiscent tradition consists descriptions eighty separate species accompanied extensive explanatory loves plants darwin claims banner science believer enlightenment ideals wanted participate scientific discovery new knowledge accessible format darwin scholar written darwin sought pope newton mechanics essay man loves plants voice poet darwin voice argues poetry meant appeal senses particularly vision darwin primary tool darwin based classical allusions embedded naming system meant images gods heroes images plants depict ordinary images stimulate readers assist learning material allow darwin argue plants discussing living things like humans darwin use suggests plants akin humans reader assume emphasis mankind contributes evolutionary theme runs poem loves plants argues human emotion rooted physiology christian theology darwin economy vegetation works called describing plants language love sex darwin hoped convey idea humans human sexuality simply natural world darwin writes poem reverse art poetic gods trees flowers undertaken similar art restore original themes evolution darwin wrote sexual generation plants new varieties improvements frequently obtained insisted loves plants sexual reproduction heart evolutionary change progress humans plants writes poem seen early study darwin lifelong commitment idea darwin illustrated organic change social political change garden darwin ideals american french revolutions criticizes slavery celebration technological progress economy vegetation suggests social scientific progress single evolutionary process humanity improving moving perfection evidenced political rights gender love plants opening world non specialist women particular reinforced conventional gender stereotypes darwin images remained deeply virgin seductive predatory woman modest powerful queen darwin gives plant women central role reversal classification scheme focuses male representations stray stereotypical images women female male reproductive organs ratio plant darwin represents traditional women playful gentle ratio female associate males separate bonds brothers reaches darwin presents women seductive extreme needing protection presents metaphors power command woman pictured saint reigning sovereign industrialist images present largely positive view relationship sexes rape sexual violence kind elements central representation marriage market divorce adultery exception poem largely pastoral representations intelligent women women writers darwin knew exception muse botanical knowledge poem argues readers eighteenth century seen image women skeptical woman written poem inhabited voice muse assumed anonymous writer man despite traditional gender associations scholars argued poem provides language models sexual social institutions encourages women engage scientific pursuits economy vegetation loves plants celebrates natural world economy vegetation celebrates scientific progress technological innovation steel invention steam engine improvements gunpowder advances scientific formation moon earth darwin poem represents scientists responsible progress heroes new age poems separated endorse evolutionary view world darwin distinction nature culture technological progress single evolutionary process economy vegetation deals mining use minerals example darwin describes great mining capability steam engine examples demonstrate economy vegetation enlightenment progress loves plants focus integrated natural world early romantic work darwin connected scientific progress political progress darwin spread revolution meant reason equity political religious criticizing british slavery writes reception legacy garden reissued repeatedly britain ireland united_states publication darwin considered england poets poems dynamic vision change transformation ideals french revolution revolution entered radical bloody phase scientific progress associated started failed revolution anti opposed french revolution denounced sexual freedom gaining ground france linked scientific projects men like darwin published parody loves plants anti review titled loves suggesting connections darwin poems published decades nineteenth century conservative reaction solidified britain poems imitating darwin increasingly popular analogy plants humans lasted nineteenth century alice wonderland books employ image darwin unique poetic style impressed revolted called dazzling said absolutely darwin poem darwin visionary temperament similar ways modern popular science writing | The Botanic Garden | Language and literature | Language and literature | Poetry |
12485_Fredmansepistlar | english collection poems set music major figure swedish 18th century song published created period years onwards companion volume published following year vary widely style effect themed cast gods classical antiquity effects drinking tavern scenes apparent lyrics based lives contemporaries describe gallery fictional semi fictional characters events taking place stockholm alcoholic central character fictional narrator description lying drunk recovering crawl tavern described swedish literature based friends chief fictional half goddess half prostitute key figure characters admired way poetry music fit chose compose tunes instead borrowing adapting existing melodies likely exploit humour contrasting associations known tunes meanings gave intended provide historical depth work devoted considerable energy adapting melodies fit needs remained culturally significant scandinavia especially sweden widely sung recorded professional solo singers ensemble singers translated german french english russian polish finnish italian dutch overview wrote total starting overall theme surface drinking effects far drinking songs instead diverse collection songs telling stories romantically pastoral dramatic life paint words music canvas age populated lengthy cast characters set firmly time place eighteenth century stockholm simultaneously decorated romantic humorous effect style result listeners confronted striking realism classical imagery general themes follow pattern join tell single story tunes borrowed variety sources french words fitted tunes contrast original themes likely achieving humorous effects eighteenth century audiences easy critic stated songs model successors entertaining performer songs accompanying putting different voices imitating sounds crowd people unusual unique major poets work conceived music achievement compared great playwright major classical composer biographer suggests comparison closer mark gift elegant classical references comic contrast realities drinking prostitution way celebrating song achieved paint art historian describes sensibility painter unusual optical distinguished agrees noting words music faded silence visual image remains comments scandinavian literature theater achievement consists taking humble literary form drinking song raising genre impossible ignore process creating songs characters sweden literary cultural heritage remain popular sweden diverse styles themes illustrated examples best known songs begin min thou mother described swedish literature tells style story drunk wakes stockholm outside crawl tavern parents table looks torn clothes tavern door opens goes drink song ends loud thanks drunk mother father contrast barn min yesterday saw child tells tale attempt arrest based real event combines realism wearing black losing watch named street stockholm stan images classical mythology crown allusion goddess different tone set din room wedding hall dog soldiers interfere chaotic wedding mixing roughly musicians wedding party shouts shoulder arms panic chimney fire combine complex pattern create humorous picture disastrous event story ends priest collection money later blank sun smooth round narrates relaxed peaceful journey boat bringing home stockholm lake lovely spring morning night apparently detail helps create pastoral vision gradually wind blows fallen sails pennant stretches stands song greatest creating eighteenth century stockholm meets min dig offer thee best loved pastoral melody sitting horseback outside window summer day invites come milk wine following night piece set melody french describes erotic detail asleep bed create desired mood rising excitement creates rainbow sunset comments audience notice like best dress french guide construction pastoral verse starting dressed spring day june grass bed accents dress effect religious invocation final rest spring pastoral depicting little breakfast stockholm countryside red wine flows chicken flowers thousand kinds stallion field mare bull roof musicians blow wind god small love sprites asked sing called final chorus asks drink cast characters lyrics describe gallery fictional semi fictional characters real events time cast includes named appear twice like principal characters based real people case real alcoholic central character fictional narrator supposedly present named backdrop stockholm frequented musicians including flute father instruments father dance master corporal particular group member seen lying drunken stockholm twice minor characters husband real fact marry real silk spinner fallen woman pregnant passing nobleman chief half goddess half prostitute chief characters theme theme especially pieces cast gods classical mythology blow short crossing stockholm waves thunder venus neptune angels water words principal figures given focus drinking effects cast wider including countryside god wine drinking carrying souls place dead goddess flowers growth spinning thread human life suddenly cut god desire erotic love late invention king gods god thunder god sleep neptune god sea accompanying birth venus waves beautiful female nature deity pan god rough countryside divine law justice messenger sea accompanying love realism alongside frankly mythological convincing realism painting pictures moments low life contemporary stockholm provided list descriptions characters giving brief pen portrait like cheerful different characters appear different making episodic fire funeral prepared fight breaks songs effects strong drink damage tavern portrait lying described swedish literature pastoral impression real places flesh blood people specific times day tells friends return stockholm boat night lake summer morning verses picture moment peaceful journey wind stirring fallen sails daughter coming cabin church clock striking morning sun calm water effects stanza little picture framed melody remember lived like morning lives calls new vision natural urban scene fresh martin detailed ethereal praise realism observation effects chosen work song strictly correct possible memorable rainbow glowing colours purple gold green seen nightfall comments mind beautiful scene chronology calls poetic license farmer reason going coming market sunday market closed cart heavy wheel contained chickens sunday allow step outing city remarks actually pointed notice meals cause terrible listener actually eat feast mind eye ear highly satisfactory imagination filled poetic wealth provides literary historian observes sharp eye detail brought praise swedish saying particular brand realism carries measure pure fantasy humor elegant classical mythology credits good knowledge literary tools rhetoric classical knowledge provide theatrical backdrop tavern folk result astonishing mixture realism wild mythological fantasy set complicated musical structures marches graceful result related drinking song artistic achievement stands history swedish poetry fitted music critic introduction edition found songs known fully poems stated art poetry art music united argued verse set music music set verse thoroughly melted beauty impossible miss quoting final thesis commented ought said argues given music important musical skill write tune remarkable tunes borrowed suggests indicate wanted preserve borrowing borrowing saving effort making absent skill argues demonstrated fact work melodies surely production new melodies borrowing accepted encouraged time explain consistently poetic possibility suggests wished exploit humorous contrast melody type story existing image associated melody fresh presented addition able use audience knew borrowed music reinforce historical flavour introducing exactly kind ambiguity seeking points employs variety methods poetry work example uses devices counteract melody uses figure repeating word clause start verse dog got child child died verse uses repeating word clause end verse men min men verse uses repeating word starts neighbouring clauses verse den man pour pour verse observes good musical poetry like compromise fit music good musical setting contrast music good poetry final verse containing devices argues example decay shows freedom change focus lament acceptance closure impact lifetime king iii called master said enormous reputation lifetime critic objected fame rules good literary taste objections verse fame hand seized wit drunken pleas court grows wild rich vein words tavern wonderful gift improvisation wildly ignored rules literary genres example classical tradition supposed different metres different use language mind attitude shared like traversed moods lyrical humorous tragic descriptive dramatic critics later times sung delight students start 19th century romantic movement treated inspired genius later admired artistic skill literary innovation research work began 19th century studies standard edition publications 20th century end 20th century increasing number doctoral written life work songs remained culturally significant scandinavia especially sweden remains widely popular day swedish government subsided edition songs illustrations bring texts wide audience compared poets musicians diverse shakespeare notes called swedish poetry observing comparison accident like english portrait painter drew detailed pictures time songs life court ordinary people everyday says instead simply unique great poets think virtually entire conceived music poets course notably written songs song branch art leave great musical literary work paint words music canvas age songs dramatic commented anthology swedish verse finds little pause comes poetry long describing master improvisation wrote like great masters opposing elements style substance form fire content reminds somewhat pictures rome poet introduces readers intimate circle friends rest witness life stockholm world awakening rain funeral concert visit sick friend neighboring parks villages little world lives live considering phase genius critic order notes dazzling mastery form variety meter stanza ease equally tempted lyric style performance recordings widely sung recorded amateur professional singers alike choir named phrase set perform works concerts music composers world professional solo singers swedish ballad tradition largely 1960s singing accompanying style guitar members artistic community stockholm include albums fred albums spring spring singers authentic accompaniment ensemble release recording english alongside swedish recordings singers traditions sing example folk singer rock musician editions edition appear lifetime published royal privilege held monopoly printing sheet music sweden arranged songs piano edited song texts wrote introduction extent influence shape fully determined edition illustrated leading swedish artist engraved corpus published change death minor selections published illustrations introductions translated partially german french english russian polish finnish italian dutch shown english edition selection verse original metre describes challenge translation difficult impossible admits way translations inevitably little faint explains offended contemporaries strike swedish ears language everyday speech antique flavour brilliantly modern sounding slang produced effect editions selections illustrations music printed include stockholm reprint stockholm copenhagen coloured text copenhagen danish stockholm stockholm arranged piano solo stockholm intro german stockholm stockholm standard edition stockholm french trans reprinted das lied munich german trans songs stockholm english trans russian polish finnish stockholm rome italian selection van van dutch selection | Fredmans epistlar | Language and literature | Language and literature | Poetry |
12951_OdetoPsyche | ode ode poem written spring poem include ode ode ode experiment ode genre attempt expanded version format describes dramatic scene poem serves important departure early poems frequently describe escape pleasant realms imagination uses imagination narrator intent love attempts region mind worship neglected goddess background professional writer instead supported small income earned surgeon age left hospital losing source income order devote writing poetry lived friend collected poetry supporting spring composed poetry early products effort included dame ode series write year uncertain poem actually completed sent poem brother attached letter saying following poem written taken moderate pains lines hurry think reads richly hope encourage write things healthy spirit exposed sources myth contemporary sources myth included work read child returned wrote brother george months writing ode longer delighted writing dissatisfied turned golden ass translated read earlier version myth reading work realizing myth established twilight roman mythology wrote george embodied goddess time lived age consequently goddess sacrificed ancient thought old religion orthodox let goddess neglected structure ode line ode major poem experiment ode structure rely spent time considering language poem choice wording found later works including followed ode important attempt altered form include longer lines end message truth want poem based simply message incorporated narrative elements plot characters preface poem additions use preface discontinued removal details describe setting poems implied later analysis form believes took aspects forms incorporated thought benefit poetry particular relies structure rhymes found octave disputes claims incorporate rhyme scheme regardless structure favoured wanted avoid forms ode begins altered rhyme scheme use rhyme continue poem lines follow divided different groups line followed series lines modelled form lack final lines rhyme followed lines repeat previous rhymes final rhyme poem poem describe plot original myth according poem little accepted myth original myth admired girl having use power fall love instead falls love cover darkness order disguise identity curious uses light reveal identity flees presence begins search forces perform tasks united love nearly dying tasks asks transform goddess action ode begins narrator witnessing individuals embracing narrator immediately recognizes recognizes forest sudden surprise saw fair creatures deepest grass beneath ring roof leaves ran scarce winged boy knew thou happy happy dove true lines stanza describes newer goddess better deities neglected latest born vision far faded hierarchy star glow worm sky temple thou altar flowers virgin choir delicious midnight hours lines previous list lacks terms religious worship describes external symbols worship fourth stanza narrator emphasizes internal describes inspired late antique vows late fond believing holy haunted forest holy air water fire days far retired happy fans faint sing eyes inspired lines narrator inspired young goddess priest imagination allows join natural supernatural elements form worship ode poem serves song praise goddess narrator prophet says final stanza yes priest build region mind branched thoughts new grown pleasant pain instead shall wind lines conclusion poem narrator says expand consciousness allow better understand good bad world allow narrator attain new sense inspiration providing sanctuary midst wide sanctuary dress working brain bells stars fancy breeding flowers breed shall thee soft delight thought win bright torch night let warm love lines theme moment revealed example intensity state separation united exist state similar manner figures depicted ode narrator ability witness union unique version myth lovers original story covered darkness narrator questions able dreaming inability narrator know awake theme appears followed including ode ode ode regardless narrator state consciousness able relate believes love representing mind problem ode narrator claim neglected goddess later deities narrator serves figure devoted soul worship soul use imagination idea shows influence poem themes particular lines reminiscent description inspiration muse serve narrator ode seeks worship thoroughly exploring regions mind temple dedicated goddess mind exist reveals struggle acceptance imaginative experience exists small mind struggle according relevance world external action truth offer visionary looks problem different way believes connection external internal worlds narrator face problem regardless narrator states worship embracing imagination aid mankind poem exercising imagination addition theme self mind theme reception plays heavily poem presentation states poem like poems heard heard audience reads poem hears differently bennett implies word line contains double alludes ringing ears involved active listening poem treatment reader party conversation narrator goddess narrative question common leads bennett question exactly reader regard place poem outside critical reception responding poem friend declared poetry ill management good things ideas twice taste positively bad like line ode twice present volume turn 19th century literary critic wrote sake section end open objection imagery work idea characteristic manner extreme beauty dissatisfaction beginning ode good middle midway excellence later thought highly work wrote especially ode reputation defending possible harsh criticism ode argues poem great hard neglected poets imply conventional treatment poem cites bridges views believes poem best illustrates better possession poetic power conjunction unusual artistic detachment remarkable poem right way saying architectural certainly dramatically states poem readers finding poem elusive return know far better hope use keys discover fit lock given standard hard equal feel disappointment ode remembering care supposedly gave poem aside future consideration states modern respectful attitude ode deserved novelty encouraged critics suggest poem dark fundamental way later lines ode rivals myth making faculty writes poem ode unique central art natural growth nature based particular act consciousness arrests | Ode to Psyche | Language and literature | Language and literature | Poetry |
12975_Shaker,WhyDon'tYouSing? | don sing don sing author poet fourth volume poetry published published productive periods career written published volumes poetry point considers poet playwright best known seven especially know bird sings poetry successful began early writing career alternating publication autobiography volume poetry poems focus survival despite threatened freedom lost love defeated dreams half love poems emphasize inevitable loss love bird refers autobiography contained volume background don sing fourth volume poetry studied began writing poetry young age rape age recounted autobiography know bird sings dealt trauma reciting great works literature including poetry helped bring self imposed publication don sing occurred productive periods career written songs composed movie scores written articles short stories scripts documentaries poetry produced plays named visiting professor colleges universities given multitude awards period including thirty honorary degrees colleges universities world years marriage husband divorced returned southern united_states accepted lifetime american studies north_carolina taught variety subjects reflected interests including philosophy ethics theology science theater writing considered playwright poet editor challenged write best known readers identify poet second like critics consider important poetry critic agrees states books best sellers poetry received little critical attention bloom believes poetry interesting bloom calls performances dynamic says moves vigorously reinforce rhythms lines tone words singing dancing stage presence predictable words phrases began early writing career alternating publication autobiography volume poetry time published published eventually going publish seven publisher placed poems collection poetry capitalize popularity following reading poem pulse morning president bill_clinton inauguration collection previous collections cool drink water fore fit rise shall moved published publisher placed poems smaller volume entitled themes according critic like previous poetry collections celebrates ability survive despite threatened freedom lost love defeated dreams states poems volume control confidence characteristic work general tone moves themes strength humor satire captures previous poetry loneliness lovers sacrifice slaves experienced defeat despair half poems focus love doomed relationships lie example speaker feels compelled use deception protect lover abandonment brief poem prelude parting speaker senses inevitable implicit end relationship especially lover draws away touch love poems volume focus deception title poem don sing describe inevitable loss love rest poems emphasize determination despite oppression black race deal cruel treatment slaves south poem family affairs uses german fairy tale framework painful origins slavery compare black white tensions critic calls wise deeply felt poem considers poem bird says inevitably brings audience circle autobiography powerful poem volume agrees calls central motif hypnotic chant cries sung states poems don sing imply long melodies sung heard hope strength overcome defeated dreams scholar agrees cites plagued journey example themes liberation found poetry poem calls beliefs limit human beings insists hope allows action forces engagement world reviews finds poetry lacking comparison prose states reader poetic language sing song school rhyme finds best poems ones structured like blues music calls poems lyrical seasoned feelings heart mind calls musical world literature today says light graceful poems lyrical emotional melancholy compares poems music especially music french singer states poems shining hurt like curving pierce hearts readers poems don sing contains poems dedicated son grandson johnson | Shaker, Why Don't You Sing? | Language and literature | Language and literature | Poetry |
15404_InFlandersFields | flanders fields flanders fields war poem form written world war canadian physician lieutenant colonel inspired write presiding funeral friend fellow soldier died second battle according legend fellow soldiers retrieved poem initially dissatisfied work discarded flanders fields published december year london based magazine punch popular quoted poems war result immediate popularity parts poem propaganda efforts appeals recruit soldiers raise money selling war bonds references red grew graves fallen soldiers resulted remembrance poppy world recognized memorial symbols soldiers died conflict poem poppy prominent remembrance day symbols particularly canada flanders fields nation best known literary works poem wide exposure united_states associated memorial day background poet physician developed interest poetry young age wrote life earliest works published canadian magazines newspapers poetry focused death peace followed age enrolled following outbreak world war option joining medical corps training age volunteered instead join fighting unit gunner medical officer second tour duty canadian military previously fought volunteer force second boer war considered soldier father military leader grew believing duty fighting country empire fought second battle flanders region belgium german army launched chemical attacks history war attacked canadian position gas april unable break canadian line held weeks letter written mother described battle nightmare seventeen days seventeen nights clothes boots occasionally time awake gunfire rifle fire ceased seconds constant background sights dead wounded terrible anxiety line way close friend killed battle performed burial service time noted quickly grew graves died day composed poem sitting ambulance advanced dressing station outside location today known poem chapter poems collection works gives text poem follows earlier poems flanders fields continues death stands transition struggle life peace follows written point view dead speaks sacrifice serves command living press popular works world war written early conflict war turned bitterness soldiers civilians alike publication sergeant major unit delivering brigade mail watched worked poem noting eyes periodically returned grave wrote handed read poem moved immediately committed memory described exact description scene according legend satisfied work said paper threw away retrieved fellow member unit convinced submit poem publication story poem origin claimed funeral actually held morning wrote poem minutes claim morrison worked poem time allowed arrivals wounded soldiers need medical attention regardless true origin worked poem months considering ready publication submitted spectator london rejected sent punch published december published anonymously punch attributed poem year end index word ends line poem disputed according poem began flanders fields grow written ended second line grow punch received permission change wording opening line end blow word making copies friends family questions line end endured publication recently inundated complaints believed line end grow design dollar bill released featured stanza flanders fields ending line blow popularity according historian flanders fields popular poem era received numerous letters praising work revealed author poem republished world rapidly synonymous sacrifice soldiers died world war translated numerous languages needs chinese surely appeal nearly universal soldiers took encouragement statement duty died people home viewed defining cause brothers sons fighting propaganda particularly canada federal election amidst conscription crisis french canadians quebec strongly opposed possibility conscription english canadians voted overwhelmingly support prime minister government flanders fields said dominion duty fighting world ultimate peace political speeches recent campaign staunch supporter empire war effort pleased effect poem election stated letter hope stabbed french canadian vote poem popular tool great_britain encourage soldiers fighting germany united_states reprinted country quoted works war places campaigns sell war bonds recruiting efforts criticize sought profit war american composer flanders fields basis song premiered criticized poem work great war noted distinction pastoral tone lines recruiting poster rhetoric stanza describing vicious stupid called final lines propaganda argument negotiated peace legacy moved medical corps stationed france june promoted lieutenant colonel placed charge medicine promoted acting rank colonel january named france years war worn contracted pneumonia day later came cerebral january died military hospital buried military honours book works featuring flanders fields published following year flanders fields attained iconic status canada staple remembrance day ceremonies known literary piece english canadians official french adaptation entitled written canadian government french bilingual ceremonies addition appearance dollar bill released poppy themed quarters occasions version featured red poppy centre considered multi coloured circulation coin world mark poem centennial colored poppy quarter coin issued circulation coins collector coins uses popular culture line failing hands throw torch hold high served motto montreal hockey club honored 50th anniversary death stamp marked centennial famous poem canadian stamps featured poppy including ones postal authorities employed poppy symbol remembrance including australia gibraltar united_kingdom united_states birthplace ontario converted museum dedicated life war designated national historic person house designated national historic site belgium flanders fields museum named poem devoted world war situated flanders largest tourist areas monument commemorating writing poem located thought location burial lies john memorial site despite enduring fame flanders fields ignored academics teaching discussing canadian literature poem viewed spoke glory honour war synonymous trench warfare wholesale slaughter produced 20th century weaponry professor speculated patriotic nature usage tool propaganda led literary critics view national symbol anthem poem remembrance red referred associated war napoleonic wars writer time noted grew graves soldiers damage landscape flanders battle greatly increased lime content surface soil leaving poppy plants able grow region inspired flanders fields american professor resolved war conclusion wear red poppy year round honour soldiers died war wrote poem response called shall faith distributed silk peers campaigned adopted official symbol remembrance madame attended convention legion supported michael proposal inspired sell native france raise money war sent poppy sellers london ahead armistice day attracting attention founder supported encouraged sale practice quickly spread british_empire wearing days leading remembrance day remains popular areas particularly great_britain canada south_africa days leading day australia new_zealand | In Flanders Fields | Language and literature | Language and literature | Poetry |
16027_Baseball'sSadLexicon | baseball sad baseball sad known chance refrain baseball poem poem presented single stanza point view new_york_giants fan watching chicago_cubs infield shortstop second baseman baseman complete double play chance began playing cubs formed double play combination lasted april cubs won national_league pennant times defeating giants route world series poem published july popular numerous additional verses written poem gave chance increased popularity credited elections background joined chicago_cubs reserve catcher backing cubs manager decided chance better suited baseman chance opposed threatened quit ultimately obliged baseman minor league baseball cubs shortstop replacing major league debut cubs september shortstop moving shortstop base days later returned shortstop assigned second base suffered knee injury late season providing playing time chance appeared game september turned double play september injury properly heal offseason making new permanent second baseman cubs chance succeeded manager season ill cubs led chance won national_league pennant cubs clinched pennant defeating giants game hit home run alerted umpire hank day replay game hit triple started rally gave cubs victory pennant cubs turned double plays time according formula expected double plays cubs led double plays expected seasons chance double play happened times games played trio collaborate double play world series games trio committed errors poor field conditions composition wrote weekly column called good humor adams hoped leave work attend giants game editor found adams produced content column traveling polo grounds giants play cubs adams wrote poem reflecting chance considered lines forgettable wrote editor paper told consider work good work published double play july july numerous sources state reprinted july days later july republished title best known today baseball sad poem hit submitted additional verses poem 100th anniversary director research conducted research poem revealed poem series poems published chicago_tribune research process archives uncovered poems detail specific play game occurred season baseball sad poem published publication giants overcame cubs capturing consecutive league championships trio played final game april chance hospitalized brain injury suffered playing club owner released argument murphy releasing players high salaries murphy named manager season displeased traded cincinnati_reds murphy fired manager season trading february consequence national_league president newspaper owner owned philadelphia_phillies successful effort drive murphy baseball purchased cubs murphy commemorated affair variation poem brought smashed jaw outside law torn cubs gold stripped glory kicked stomach cut fold impact legacy chance died died year members trio died poem players inducted credited fame generated adams poem teammate cubs coach columbia_university regarded chance best infield baseball history book happened hall fame argued accomplished time member hall_of_fame poem gave trio fame appearance information radio adams thanked adams writing poem credited remembered forgot baseman started alongside chance including cubs infield set record longevity surpassed los_angeles_dodgers infield baseman second baseman shortstop baseman played years despite celebrated success turning spectacular plays collaboration relations teammates said strained feuded years september engaged field taken cab stadium left teammates hotel lobby speak years following event according speak following fight years asked participate radio broadcast world series cubs new_york_yankees knew invited joined signing week contract perform theatrical baseball different cities united_states popular culture poem line yesterday written references poem jaw advance afraid chance phrase chance variations phrase names colloquially characterize high caliber examples include song brien ryan musical film ball game advertisement hours film praising trio acting version baseball players expression characterize process happens precision near synonym expressions like machine example long goodbye detective goes mail opens waste remarking mail slot desk chance washington_post journalists phrase chance account post investigation scandal book president men reference described smooth operation president richard_nixon white_house staff responding allegations misconduct leader 1980s band game theory chose chance ironic title compilation album band greatest hits despite significant critical acclaim struck commercially poem set music recorded chicago singer songwriter guitarist song titled baseball sad appears album chase waves solo project | Baseball's Sad Lexicon | Language and literature | Language and literature | Poetry |
16466_Sonnet102 | written english playwright poet william_shakespeare fair youth shakespeare writes unnamed youth poet series seemingly connected poet speaks silence muse exact date writing unknown contention scholars written scholars believes written primarily early edited added later early decade regardless date writing published later rest poet writes stopped muse praise analysis shakespeare suggests sequence silence described response infidelity rival poet sequence caused rift poet muse writes immediately following rival poet poet begins speak lover false having west claims ultimately poet expresses regret speaker explaining writing poetry muse frequently feelings strong believes attempt apologize period silence poet goes explain silence simply wanting praise making common written prose love stronger love diminished love don love spoken highly frequently sing praises frequently love new like sings summer stops summers end summer pleasant simply songs birds fill air things common dear reason like stopped writing wish poems boring structure english english followed final follows typical rhyme scheme form composed type poetic metre based pairs weak strong positions 8th line regular stops pipe growth days 1st 3rd lines final feminine ending love strengthened weak strong position context sequence connected surrounding detailing silence arisen poet muse contends sequence response rival poet sequence rival poet sequence mention rival affections addressing writers pen long list people scholars believe likely candidates title fair youth addressed earl earl montgomery earl southampton common candidates speculation identity rival poet typically considered likely rivals publicity profession relations standing shakespeare presumed time writing overview consensus specifically caused silence grown speaker muse attempt relationship claiming loves strongly given following overview claiming fallen silent poet claims loves shows fear repetition poet describes quiet love muse doesn mean love claims exact opposite reason feels tone established like thought publishing love kind currency use common time praises wishes sell suggests viewed attack rival poet attempt rival poet love second poet sentiments comparing present silence relationship new uses seasonal imagery set atmosphere continues use line encounter allusion myth poetic myth involves kidnaps wife sister cuts tongue silence contention scholars shakespeare actively utilizes allusion contends active reference feels shakespeare reason poetic moving contends shakespeare views silence violation magnitude rape cause poet silence lover betrayed favor rival poet chooses silence line word appears original edited scholars think manuscript read change frequently editors referred feminine rest scholars defend use simply contends away mythological allusion focuses male sings offers defense use reasoning differs greatly booth west contends shakespeare variety reasons reasons avoid embarrassment comparing lover female reason defense forth west difference language times neutral modern writer use continues metaphor seasonal imagery stress poet silence love pleasant metaphor explain doesn doesn mean loves scholar praise poet explains silence line wild birds physically burden tree branches crowd air songs represent love published attempt similar interpretation line given claims poet addressing circulating love somewhat redundant describes pleasures familiar longer intensely enjoyable usage common familiarity breeds contempt lines like hold tongue dull song clear statement poet final time dull bore represent muse tedious way creating exhausted contemporaries analysis compares desire dull delight booth suggests poet wish lover common praise similarly suggests poet wish praises annoying suggests poet uses language address obsession receiving praise personal plea fall deaf ears makes case | Sonnet 102 | Language and literature | Language and literature | Poetry |
17025_TamerlaneandOtherPoems | poems poems published work american writer short collection poems published today believed copies collection exist abandoned foster family moved boston find work having minor success enlisted united_states_army brought manuscripts paid printer named publish page collection called poems include distribution limited copies received critical attention poems largely inspired lord including long title poem depicts historical loss romance like future work poems poems include themes love death pride published collection rare death believed existed found recognized editions american literature background unable complete studies gambling debts left university march strained relationship foster father grew worse determined boston born biological mother died object left painting city written little son love boston place birth mother found best sympathetic friends merchant richmond virginia refused foster son trip likely got money foster mother aware decision whereabouts concerned wrote thinking gone sea seek fortunes arriving boston april served briefly clerk wholesale merchandise warehouse waterfront office clerk reporter obscure newspaper weeks desperation enlisted united_states_army year term pseudonym gave age likely needed parental consent assigned stationed boston harbor fort independence point written poetry earliest lines verse labeled poetry presumably written book foster father company lines read night cares weary laid couch rest earliest known length poem satirical poem authorship subject dispute calling poet working longer poems manuscripts brought boston publication history spring turned manuscripts year old printer named family known birth parents thomas previously printed labels small jobs money pay publication poems page collection poems known book printed thomas collection pamphlet sized inches years old collection released july copies printed total production number subject dispute scholars believe number slightly lower copies substantially higher poems published anonymously credit granted typically listed published work second collection late chosen foster father know choice embrace heritage attempt distance family richmond boston time center publishing literary world time book released army introduced collection notice admitting low quality poems said intended published published concerns author claimed majority poems written author completed fourteenth year assumed low circulation collection attract readers later career suggesting poetry book suppressed circumstances private nature second collection included revised versions poems poems distribution poems light claimed existed noting found known copy turned second found type copy held edited introduced published limited edition copy poems published provided introduction correction additions found subsequent publication themes poems theme youth inspired works largest inspiration came work lord character title poem daughter named named daughter admired poetry rebellious personality blamed interest biographers suggest wandering boston joining army represent need live like inspired title poem depicts dying regrets leaving childhood sweetheart home pursue ambitions original form based historical lines choice eastern character unusual time written works autobiographical overtones suggest based poem loss early love birth mother poem mirror relationship foster father similar uncertain poems admitted written young knowledge world breast poems present poet solitary figure faced unnamed transforming childhood event adopted common themes day including imagery heavenly bliss beauty steps away typical use time instead focuses psychological aesthetics beginning lifelong poetic refusal write masses continue themes death beauty love pride later works later rewrite poem imitation dream dream use images evening star critical reception poems virtually ignored received significant critical attention publication public notice mention title couple lists recent books listed august listed october listed poems catalogue american poetry section volume anthology literary historian suggests american reading public period interested fiction poetry despite lack attention publication poems gave young confidence continue writing popular raven reviewer saw parts poems commented poems written youth matter written best preserved eye writer modern scholar said collection save poems distinctly work biographer wrote perfection marked great lyrics course present promise quinn credits publishing collection poetry slightly older contemporaries popular poets including holmes scholar distant relative wrote collection include great poetry added trumpet blast announcing new poet stepped stage believed dozen copies original printing poems remain making editions american literature ironically value copy today money lifetime rarity recognized ran article titled attic article ran woman worcester massachusetts named searched found copy prompting search today surviving copies owned libraries museums copies example purchased new_york copy display collection richmond virginia copies command high prices sold auction later sold december copy collection sold new_york record price paid work american literature content work originally published table contents later editions commentary use titles lines identify poems content reworked occasionally retitled later collections preface pages iii poems known fugitive pieces known song dreams visits dead known spirits dead evening star imitation untitled poem youth known untitled poem birth dream untitled poem day hour day lake author | Tamerlane and Other Poems | Language and literature | Language and literature | Poetry |
17816_Baa,Baa,BlackSheep | black sheep black sheep english nursery rhyme earliest surviving version dates words changed little half centuries sung variant french melody theories advanced explain meaning rhyme include complaint taxes wool slave trade twentieth century subject controversies debates political literature popular culture metaphor allusion folk song index lyrics variations number modern version recent versions tend following form rhyme single stanza metre common nursery rhymes relatively easy younger children master folk song index folk songs variations number song variations collected great_britain north_america original version rhyme printed pretty song book oldest surviving collection english language nursery rhymes published lyrics similar today surviving printing rhyme remained lines given little boy cries lane melody rhyme usually sung variant french melody little star alphabet song words melody published nursery songs games published philadelphia origins meaning nursery rhymes attempts find origins meanings rhyme evidence thomas real mother suggested rhyme referred resentment heavy taxation wool particularly taken refer medieval english great old custom wool tax survived fifteenth century recently rhyme connected slave trade particularly southern united_states explanation advanced debates political use reform nursery rhymes 1980s supporting historical evidence negative wool black sheep prized dark cloth modern controversies controversy emerged changing language black sheep britain alleged popular press seen racially dubious based rhyme private nursery exercise children local government policy similar controversy emerged reservations rhyme submitted working group racism children resources approved implemented private altered song rainbow sheep black replaced variety like happy sad pink private nursery kingston thames replaced black little easter commentators asserted controversies exaggerated distorted elements press general campaign political controversy australian state victoria changed words black sheep concerns racial word black addition considering changing line little boy lives lane case deemed allusions phrase yes sir yes sir bags sir describe subordinate attested originally common british_royal_navy rhyme raised literature popular culture rhyme title semi autobiographical short story wrote title black sheep book leader colonel gregory series later syndicated aired nbc mood black sheep song digitally saved played computer | Baa, Baa, Black Sheep | Language and literature | Language and literature | Poetry |
17921_BattleofBrunanburh(poem) | poem battle old english poem preserved historical record events kept late ninth mid twelfth century poem records battle fought english army combined army scots battle resulted english victory celebrated poem style language like traditional old english battle poetry poem notable traditional elements praised authentic tone remarkable fiercely tone documents development unified england ruled historical background battle culmination conflict king northern kings defeated york scottish king recognised threat posed position began alliances neighbouring kingdoms attempt pre strike married daughter mac called poem claim throne expelled father invading army combined scots english joined brother later king ensuing battle combined forces won decisive victory poem poem preserved surviving manuscripts verse lines written poetry following common practice line long poem written saxon regular west saxon dialect surviving old english poetry copied referred celebrating victory text begins praising king brother victory mentions fall scots battle lasted entire day battlefield flowed dark blood norse weary killed west pursued people killing swords stint hard young kings killed battle seven mac flees boat constantine flees north leaving son weapons field slaughter mere boy battle poem concludes comparing battle fought earlier stages english history men island slain sword edge books aged confirm sailed east sought wide seas welsh eager glory overran land style tone style poem described sparse use language combined ample specific detail according poem comes late period gives evidence continuing attraction warrior tradition clear convincing testimony old english battle epic tradition authentic ring sounds years laid rest compares passages concerning boarding ships remarks similar imagery according language resembles old english genesis poem detractors early critic study poems said longest best written number ghost older poem treated historical text appropriate genre argued poet subjects praise heroes glory victory realised repeated criticism greatly add knowledge battle falls ground object writing epic ballad writing agrees notes praise poems contemporary men completely missing anglo saxon period cluster including compared old english poem commemorates battle english half century later notable nationalist overtones celebrates christian non christian values poem seen celebrating logical progression development england unified nation ruled battle reports sense crisis nation involved respect closer anglo saxon poem taking found chronicle year celebrating king recapture poet claims notes ironic view primarily historic concerns fact successful poet traditional poetic style peter argues opposed relies patriotic poem treat personal responsibility expansive view history sees battle line chronicle view contemporary history especially history history britain traditional according poem builds sense ideological identity english given accompanying combatants usual battle found old english poems wolf raven eagle include fourth animal war hawk line editors scholars poem suggested war hawk actually earn coated white tailed eagle lines editions adaptations translations poem included accepted standard edition poem edition edited published includes alternative translations poem essays battle poem twelfth century chronicler likely account treatment des english poet alfred lord translated modernized poem publishing ballads poems son published prose translation poem contrast translations poetry praised faithful sensitive recreation source argentine writer wrote short poem translation published new_yorker lecture harvard_university praised translation stating sounds saxon original translation included anthology poems prose | Battle of Brunanburh (poem) | Language and literature | Language and literature | Poetry |
18870_FourQuartets | set poems written published individually year period poem written published collection early works following production play murder cathedral years composed poems east written world war air raids great_britain poems collected publisher printed published series great_britain end poetic career common theme man relationship time universe divine describing understanding divine poems blends mystical philosophical poetic works eastern western religious cultural traditions references cross julian critics find great work contemporary critics including dissatisfied overt later critics disagreed claims poems argued instead religious themes poem stronger overall reviews poem great_britain favourable reviews united_states split liked later style felt abandoned positive aspects earlier poetry background working play murder cathedral came idea poem structured similarly waste land resulting poem named manor house published edition decided create poem similar different location mind second poem east finished published visited east ashes michael church finishing second poem world war began disrupt life spent time great_britain helping war time began working poem near end poem published february immediately began plot fourth poem health declined stayed illness war disrupted ability write dissatisfied draft believed problem poem started poem soon written quickly september stopped writing focused september finished poem finally published writing thought creating quartet poems reflect idea elements loosely seasons parts associated classical elements constituent poems air earth water fire little support poems matching individual seasons described meant quartet september letter poems particular set form elaborated word quartet start people right track understanding case musical suggests notion making poem weaving unrelated themes poem degree success making new published series new_york london original title supposed time poems kept separate entity united_states collected plays united_kingdom delay collecting rest poetry separated work result development earlier poems world war outbreak world war pushed belief worth defending society germany stopped little mention war writing pieces like defence islands war central adds aspects experience serving building london blitz favoured giving hope war later religious revival movement present time connected english civil war poems poem sections later poems connect earlier sections themes earlier poems sections poetry sections connect waste land allowed structure larger poems difficulty according structure based movement time brief moments caught experience leading dissatisfaction world soul love created things lyric prayer need problems attaining artistic merge problems achieving spiritual health points applied structure waste land necessarily merely longing discussion poem begins taken fragments translated wisdom common live wisdom second way upward way downward concept origin connected play murder cathedral poem discusses idea time concept present moment matters past changed future unknown poem begins narrator trying focus present moment walking garden focusing images sounds like bird roses clouds pool narrator meditation leads reach point doesn try experience place time instead experiencing grace sense iii meditation experience darker night comes night time bell buried day narrator reaches end meditation initially contemplating arts words music relate time narrator focuses particularly poet art manipulating words strain crack break burden time tension slip slide decay stay place stay comparison narrator concludes love cause end movement timeless reason spiritual experience love form consciousness interests narrator presumably creative act writing poetry east started writing east modelled poem way focus thoughts poem served sort opposite popular idea waste land served expression world war accepted interpretation poem focuses life death continuity humans seen science viewed unable save mankind flaws instead science reason lead mankind warfare humanity needs humble order escape cycle destruction saved people recognize christ need redemption began writing end air raids london managed finish poem quickly poem included personal images connecting childhood emphasised image water sailing metaphor humanity according poem connection mankind man accept drifting sea end broken rocks restrained time gave mankind hope able escape hope present understand patterns found past order meaning found meaning allows experience moments revelation little little started delayed declining health dissatisfaction early drafts poem unable finish poem september like previous poems central theme time humanity place generation seemingly united poem describes unification western discussing world war poem states humanity given choice bombing london holy spirit god love allows mankind escape living hell fire drew coda shall medieval mystic end poem describes attempted help world poet parallels work language working soul working society motifs believed poem mean different things reader absolute meaning poem needs discovered central meaning connect european literary tradition addition christian themes seeks unite european literature form unity especially creation familiar compound ghost supposed connect like time time viewed problematic beautiful true living time influence problem section people trapped time similar stuck life death deals past importance combat influence evolution encouraging people forget past care present future present capable reminding past moments rely idea krishna death come moment divine important considering future jesuit critic believed salvation happens time outside explained attempting wrote hard impression use mixture symbols christian imagination finally limited element fire day descent holy ghost disciples revelation time intersection suppose imagination theology alive points intersection descent continued focus time operated poem place faith hope love time points time sure mind interested line time christ spirit total sure imagination imagination saved time terror points intersection little doubt attracted image goal seeks goal human order lynch went point understanding time includes asian influences poems end beginning things constantly repeat use circular time similar way uses time ends rose garden image garden beginning repetition time affects memory travel past find divine memory poem similar discussed memory allows understand words life way discover memory understanding past time likewise view shares timeless words connected christ christ calls mankind join salvation music title connects music appears poems night song lecture called music poetry critics suggested classical works focused writing pieces particular literary criticism emphasis serving model claims rarely substance purpose quartet multiple themes section musical image distinct share performance east written way poems continuous create double quartet focused sounds imagination called doesn device especially concerned thematic development fix passages revision christianity critics compared believed live type world saying true god circle centre saint goes centre poet artist ring comes round believed system stuck time influenced reading appears wednesday changing desire away approach wrote personal topics tended use reference point relied imagery idea fire comes rose fire imagery makes way series love song alfred waste land ash wednesday time conception allows exist people able experience god directly long know fully understand tries create new system according able describe christianity restricted previous views fallen favour modern society contradicted science reasoned supposed preach theological system poet expose reader ideas religion stated learn read poetry properly poet persuades believe learn religious poetry feels like believe religion according possible appreciate agrees comes ideological ideology remembered attempt religious political premise religion snare instance follows enemy assaulted journal admire believe goal quest krishna poetry filled religious images common christianity brings hindu stories particular emphasis went far mark alludes hindu stories editions including page added compared battle scenes critical responses reviews favourable poem completed set received divided reviews united_states received overall favourably british american critics liked poetry appreciate religious content work abandoned philosophical aspects earlier poetry british response connected spirit work received series poems intended help nation difficult times went far assert universally appreciated crown achievement religious poetry appeals including share orthodox christian creed believed opposite argued clear departed kind current switched later verse contain earlier claimed improvement feel faith merely complex reasons fresh literary impulse years later wrote agree gave melancholy doctrines unbelievable past quarter century critics find christian faith impossible found greatest twentieth century achievements poetry philosophy religion like noticed difference earlier poetry disagreed conclusion attempt bring exact balance creative imagination attempts harness creative imagination earlier poetry ran course edited consciously directed achievement high order best qualities inevitably different waste land early american reviewers divided discussing theological aspects scrutiny summer analysed poems discussed verse makes concrete realities experience conceptual currency instead christian themes theology march opposite emphasised captured christian experience general relates literature spring issue scrutiny discussed image discuss relate appreciated work believed despair found poem meant christian poet felt understanding salvation help real world believed understand poems critics emphasised importance religious themes poem stated certain values necessary structure poems devote structure questioning meaning relevance work fact authentic example know modern poetry satisfying poetic meditation sense merely building intricate poetic form foundation experiences constant energy present activity thinking feeling analysis approaches apocalypse religious british poetry claimed quarter century lost status modern poem evolving merely play complex variations design motifs romantic representation poets educational progress late 20th century early 21st century critics continued religious emphasis pointed undeniably faults instance elementary anxious worried women section passages documenting detail moment time successful attempts mystical poetry spots time prelude mystical argued poems religious dimension claimed poems genuinely time speaking religious faith assume reader regard poem place historical context world war described aspects series appeal spoke spirit midst new crisis surprisingly readers allow poem carry secular appreciation biographers critic stated striking characteristic way sequences carefully structured echo echo sequence poem echoes companion sequence poem poems nation culture severely threat sense describe poem memory memory individual memory civilization | Four Quartets | Language and literature | Language and literature | Poetry |
19555_Betelguese,aTripThroughHell | trip hell trip hell lyrical poem book written publication includes preface author poetic works gone poem called classic work utilized beat language considered delight compared poetic works book published height nature controversy suggested elected release trip hell trip africa effort avoid potential conflict resulted roosevelt awareness content publication trip hell published new_jersey july application copyright submitted september copies received august publishing company considered work distinction years modest publications book features painter illustration greek father monsters trip hell opens note written september reveals writing poem began desk english language vengeance thirty consecutive hours began writing poem continuing work early morning writer later explained repeated process nights completing work total words preface succeeded photograph short poem entitled gone finally publication concludes eponymous poetic work making length trip hell total pages promotion promote trip hell took advertisements months release literary publications included showcased trip hell alongside works published year flight soul seasons poems silence published pseudonym stewart advertisements trip hell listed printed fine paper hardcover book featured gold stamped title cloth height centimetres book included color printed sold advertisement called trip hell unique work absolutely like written number historical variant red admission chose place hell star placing hell earth moon sun largest known outlawed universe rejected sun animal vegetable life moon earth describes poem descriptions terrifying aspects hell actions thereof hell august appearing regularly greek mythological figures including subject similar recurring double rhyme scheme lines stanza successive line rhymes line line line following sets words additionally written meter contracts typically multi words read syllables opposed poisoned read syllables reception main work called study unconscious parody classic poem called poem featured section world books april edition trip hell likened poem wine comparing poetic works columnist felt sterling poor dragons look like small pink stating work dreams later years compared poetic work language editor felt enthusiastic heaven trip hell review march edition mixed beat use english language stating weird words particular meaning columnist went wild sort fierce suppose subtitle trip hell published nature conflict columnist suggests book intentionally released president trips africa according lines poisoned shocked roosevelt goes hopes poet ready explanation colonel roosevelt returns africa | Betelguese, a Trip Through Hell | Language and literature | Language and literature | Poetry |
20670_FrostatMidnight | frost midnight frost midnight poem written february conversation poems poem discusses childhood experience negative manner emphasizes need raised countryside poem expresses hope son able experience childhood father true child nature view nature poem strong christian element believed nature represents physical presence god word poem understanding frost midnight received critics seen best conversation poems background frost midnight written february described aspects childhood christ hospital grammar school similar content poem rest comes experience friend provided detailed description served basis description place relationship close friendship helped rewrite poems time frost midnight later connected poems poem published small work containing poems france ode fears poem intended added edition collected poems dispute fellow writer mutual publisher altered plans poem later collected published poetry rewritten times seven different versions printed revisions edition differs final lines removed later versions removal explains copy poems lines destroy return poem poems kind length ought lie tail round head poem image early lines poem sign stranger appear poem continues discussion narrator sleeping child gentle heard deep calm fill thought lines narrator believes child experience better life great city mid dim saw lovely sky stars thou like breeze lakes sandy shores beneath ancient mountain beneath clouds image bulk lakes shores mountain lines poem concluded message hope narrator child seasons shall sweet thee summer general earth sit sing snow bare branch apple tree sun drops fall heard blast secret ministry frost shall hang silent quietly shining quiet moon lines original ending version poem described narrator child wife winter secret ministry cold shall hang silent quietly shining quiet moon like tomorrow warmth sharp keen points drops catch eye novelty suspend little soul thee shout stretch mother arms thou fly lines themes narrator comes understanding nature isolated left thoughts nature narrator remembers loneliness childhood final year christ hospital completed poem titled school exercise poem describes time school pleasant experience frost midnight experience deprived countryside quality retelling childhood experience adds supernatural descriptions common scenes youth particular church bells able promise better life gothic elements poem connect works including ballad dark fears france ode graves poem narrator expresses hope child experience life connected nature represented features typical common lake poets revered similar friend narrator poem composed later year feelings narrator child connected friend asked felt nurse presented infant ideas nature transformed basis education learn nature innocent way unlike nature christian presence nature physical presence god word understanding god emphasizes need experience divine knowledge like conversation poems frost midnight touches idea life connects mankind nature god touching themes come religious poems poem produces image life narrator child experience countryside boy child nature raised free constraints found philosophical systems produced like critical response declared original lines ending flat view probably agreed 20th century argues conversation poem said stand equally poems high imagination certainly frost midnight lime tree quality heart essential poems quality striking effectiveness imagery poems said true greatest poems declares poem structured conversation poems performing characteristic outward return movement time space curve memory gives poem rich emotional resonance sadness hope joy held exquisite tension believes poem delightful conversation poems believes beautiful conversation poems | Frost at Midnight | Language and literature | Language and literature | Poetry |
21542_OhPrayMyWingsAreGonnaFitMeWell | fit pray wings gon fit book poems american author published second volume poetry written volume poetry published considers poet playwright best known seven especially know bird sings poetry successful began early writing career alternating publication autobiography volume poetry poetry collections best sellers received critical attention pray divided parts consists poems volume dedicated paul like poems poetry volume characterized light verse contain ordinary objects universal pray received mixed reviews critics critic states poems best read aloud focus themes love insight tension overcoming difficulties writes ordinary objects experiences deep feelings variety racial themes concerns background gon fit second volume poetry studied began writing poetry young age rape age recounted autobiography know bird sings dealt trauma reciting great works literature including poetry helped bring self imposed film georgia georgia produced swedish film company filmed sweden screenplay written black woman released married welsh carpenter husband san_francisco considered playwright poet editor challenged write best known readers identify poet second like critics consider important poetry critic agrees states books best sellers poetry received little critical attention bloom believes poetry interesting bloom calls performances dynamic says moves vigorously reinforce rhythms lines tone words singing dancing stage presence predictable words phrases began early writing career alternating publication autobiography volume poetry volume poetry cool drink water fore nominated pulitzer prize followed autobiography pray followed publication second autobiography gather publisher placed poems pray collection poetry capitalize popularity following reading poem pulse morning president bill_clinton inauguration collection cool drink water fore published pray rise don sing publisher placed poems smaller volume entitled themes poems characterized light verse example characterizes reaching light growing older expresses sadness having reaching youth ends poem unexpectedly ironically expressing admiration die early volume pairs poems america africa communication communication strengthen themes poems volume like poems volumes contexts contain universal ordinary objects example telephone describes relationship object silence life poem structured long demands telephone ring despite resentment intrusion uses familiar feminine metaphors themes found blues songs colors black blue weekend loneliness poem poor girl uses vernacular express universal themes voice teenage girl lost boyfriend scholar cites couple example practice subtly including level meaning poems ability translate personal experience political discourse placement themes racism liberation combines liberation ideology poetic technique challenge society concepts gender identity especially affects women varies length poem lines beginning stanza continuing poem convey ambiguity doubt demand reader question perceptions gender power couple starting second stanza attacks class based ideals society poem ends demanding social surrounding gender class end insists human survival depends recognizing shared emotions experience regardless gender position society poems gon fit divided parts consists poems volume dedicated paul critical response review states poems pray like child dead old seas good heritage ballads excellent lyrics calls winter day colorful pleasant states reminds genre painting like critics poetry says poems work best read aloud critic considers way poems organized distracting says diminish street wise infused particular pain pride according review rhyme simple structure complex critic says quality reaching reduces age minor milestone elevated higher deeper plane africa america typical acceleration causes dead halt poetry critic says poems awkward according reviewer choice poems pray focus themes love insight tension focus black condition celebrated triumphant difficulties reviewer finds poems uneven best read aloud meant laughed thought states volume suffers dangers success happen poets gain fame soon gilbert blames publishers success stating pray collection poems think reason maya myth print writer responds gilbert criticism stating poet long began writing prose audience comfortable sparse lines insists critics missed power poems message apparently simple lines calls poetry light verse states writes ordinary objects experiences deep feelings variety racial themes concerns | Oh Pray My Wings Are Gonna Fit Me Well | Language and literature | Language and literature | Poetry |
22031_YGododdin | pronounced medieval welsh poem consisting series men kingdom allies according conventional interpretation died fighting place named traditionally ascribed survives manuscript book book manuscript later 13th century dated 7th early 11th centuries text partly written partly old welsh early date place oral composition soon battle presumably old north written dialect consider work poet wales 9th 10th 11th century 9th century date oldest surviving welsh works poetry known roman times held territories southeast scotland northumberland poem tells force picked warriors assembled far year din edinburgh attacked usually identified north yorkshire days fighting overwhelming odds nearly warriors killed poem similar heroic poetry emphasis heroes fighting primarily glory narrative manuscript contains connection considered stanza particular received attention mentions king arthur passing earliest known reference character book manuscript early manuscript book thought date second half 13th century currently accepted view manuscript contains work usually known wrote poem left blank page writing related poems known wrote material added material later apparently access earlier manuscript material added wrote variants given given stanza incomplete missing end manuscript material lost differences material added material shows signs partial remainder retention features explains suggesting started partially copied tired copied remaining older manuscript suggested sources called correct material books sources poem poem series warriors fell battle vastly superior numbers verses refer entire host individual heroes tell ruler gathered warriors kingdoms provided year drinking halls din launching campaign killed fighting overwhelming odds poetry based fixed number syllables language oral transmission uses rhyme end rhyme internal parts use number open words example men went dawn collection appears compiled different versions according verses men survived warriors survivors addition poet certainly counted warriors names eighty warriors given poem book begins introduction sang stanza appears prologue composed death pan want pan claim behalf presence court gentle wall battle slain earth covered parted second stanza praises individual hero man youth years swift long thigh handsome youth quicker field blood wedding quicker feast burial beloved friend wrong beneath sad wonder land son slain praise entire host example number men went high spirits life span drank gold sweet year merry red swords let blades remain white shields sided men mentioned suggestion linked deaths led 19th century editors assume warriors went battle drunk williams explained stood warriors received lord return expected pay loyal lord unto death similar concept found anglo saxon poetry heroes commemorated poem mounted warriors references horses poem references spears swords shields use armour latin references indicate christians example altar enemy described features seen stanza men went war cry dark armour shields spear shafts held high spear points sharp edged coats mail swords led way thrust armies companies fell blades gave gold altar rich reward simon evans suggested references point christianity later additions personal names given recorded sources warriors williams identifies mentioned old personal recorded sources arthur mention arthur formed original poem earliest reference arthur bravery stanza poet praises warriors fed black fortress arthur powerful ones battle rank warriors lands places mentioned thought area area leeds called came example came reference mountains thought territory chief fort warrior come came north wales included manuscript connection subject matter remainder associated southern scotland northern england wales stanza celebrates victory kingdom described grandson welsh king battle saw array came brought sacrifice holocaust saw second array come settlement grandson saw mighty men came dawn head stanza appears separate cycle poems associated poem entitled cradle song addressed baby named describing father goes hunting fishing thought added poem written written space manuscript incorporated poem later failed realise belong stanza example stanza text book jackson suggested probably inserted blank space page original manuscript according reconstruction stanza deliberately added text analysis interpretation date date subject debate scholars early 19th century poem composed soon battle fall recorded reign king event thought meant collapse kingdom later composition latest date ascribed determined second text usually considered 9th 10th centuries scholars consider 11th century debate date poem employed linguistic arguments believed time battle british language transitioning daughter languages primitive form welsh wales southwestern britain brittany northern britain concludes majority changes transformed british belong period middle 5th end 6th century involved loss final syllables poem dates time written early form usual speech jackson suggested primitive dialect spoken time gives example found british middle final lost text laid foundations modern scholarly study poetry considered regarded likely late 6th century origin transmitted period written cast doubt date composition arguing unlikely end 6th century developed language notably earlier ninth century suggests poetry composed 9th century traditional themes attributed jackson considers real substance arguments points poetry transmitted long period written case language rule date suggests earlier date suggests poem existed written form 7th century earlier usually thought reviewing arguments date poetry states today possibility outright modern literary concept early welsh tradition longer contention spectrum alternatives ranges corpus literary creation wales based fairly slender thread traditions old north corpus large text actually composed earlier time place believes considerable poem dated 6th century considered language poem 9th century 6th century writing stated linguistic evidence dating poem 9th 10th century approach dating poetry look historical point view writing concluded historical arguments suggest poem authentic work establish essential nature poem surviving versions favourable circumstances establish wording original commenting attempts establish poem said case authenticity exactly mean proven mean fact great majority warriors mentioned poem known sources forward authors argument idea poem later composition poems known later clearly written purpose example strengthen claims particular dynasty men commemorated appear welsh dynasty breeze comments difficult later poet trouble commemorate men poem forgotten background poem set area southern scotland england year area included number kingdoms apart kingdom occupied area covered parts lancashire south lay kingdom leeds area areas later known welsh old north known british period occupied territory area head far south modern terms lands included borders regions capital period called known edinburgh time area later invaded increasingly occupied anglo saxon kingdoms attributed reference poets area 6th century having mentioned founder royal line ruled goes time father muse famous poetry called time renowned british poetry preserved work poems attributed published considered comparable antiquity poetry praises son refers lord interpretation narrative poem series heroes died battle history familiar original listeners context poem worked text interpretations events recorded poem 19th century welsh scholar identified linked poem king mac king edition translation book claimed poem referred battle text fit theory generally accepted interpretation battle forward published williams interpreted text refer person modern welsh version king chief seat modern edinburgh year gathered selected warriors far din year launched attack williams agrees identifying hands opposed larger army anglo saxon kingdoms battle seen attempt resist advance angles probably occupied lands modern north eastern england kingdom time battle angles absorbed kingdom possibly fall capital incorporated kingdom interpretation accepted modern scholars jackson accepts interpretation suggests force men small undertake task demanded considers mounted warriors accompanied larger number foot soldiers considered worthy mention poem follows williams interpretation jackson suggested fall kingdom poem preserved maintained independence centuries considers written period oral transmission reached wales manuscript form end 8th end 9th century particular interest matters relating founding myth kingdom involved coming alternative interpretation published new study involved attempt reconstruct original poetry written terms work included new different interpretation background poetry draws attention poem entitled battle gwen men arise day battle victorious cattle rich sovereign senior leader reference slightly later poem addressed thought composed lines poem translated fierce wrought great renowned mortality identifies kings fought alliance draws attention mention sons enemy stanza points according old welsh kings descendants considers view references poems case identifying attack recorded battle gwen date poem favoured williams interprets having fought power struggle allies sides alliance points according son baptized princess father subjects real victor battle person personal description meaning mountain feast mountain chief aspects view historical context criticised example makes point reference men state battle fought according baptized editions translations known translation printed latin translation book specimens poetry welsh published text printed time english translations poem published followed translations ancient books wales produced copy book edition translation reliable edition notes welsh published new translations based work published modernized welsh text colour edition manuscript introduction published new edition aimed recreate original text appeared number translations aim present literature subject scholarly study examples translation earliest welsh poetry translation cultural influence number references later medieval welsh poetry known 12th century poem praises war band heroes uses model slightly later poet eulogy addressed wishes inspired sing sang day sang period poetry forgotten wales centuries discovered manuscript late 18th century early 19th century onwards allusions welsh poetry english major influence long poem reflects witnessed world war jones quotation beginning seven sections poet writing english basis difficult admired poem fallen written memory son tom poem welsh dead opens line men went original poem comment contemporary conflict poem inspired number historical novels including british industrial band test brought album entitled words poem set music original english translation collaboration welsh avant garde theatre company performed wales germany italy netherlands scotland | Y Gododdin | Language and literature 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22210_TheDrySalvages | poem marks beginning series consciously formed set poems written published air raids great_britain event threatened giving lectures area title comes rock formation near town spent time child reflects references past poem poem discusses nature time humanity place time life described travelling boat humanity science future gain keeping travellers reaching destination poem image krishna emphasise need follow divine instead seeking personal gain background began working world war time london experiencing air raids near end time moved spent time writing lectures tiny poems able find time work poem envisioned east fourth poem united set wrote poem quickly sent draft january received draft began corresponding alterations poem joined poem soon finished published february issue according note title dry presumably les small group rocks beacon north east coast massachusetts pronounced rhyme location place knew poem links image cape ann sailing gloucester harbor images mississippi_river childhood images personal references originally intended discussed autobiographical work collect series essays childhood poem poem described poem water hope begins images sea water past water later metaphor life humans act transitions image ringing bell discussion time prayer images men drowning dominate section leading science ideas evolution separate mankind properly understanding past ends krishna stating divine future benefits rewards matters fourth section prayer virgin mary fishermen sailors drowned end starts discussion people attempt future means narrator tries convince reader resignation death necessary resignation viewed pushing self redemption eternal life world acting properly able overcome life world themes central image water sea images similar odyssey represent internal aspects humanity loses technology theories like evolution separate mankind past according man connection mankind accept drifting sea end broken rocks restrained time gave mankind hope able escape hope present understand patterns found past meaning found meaning allows experience moments revelation christ able overcome time know corruption overcome able join eternal images original sin adam fall talking past points events forgotten affect mankind brings image krishna discuss past future related krishna speaking claims death come time men find divine instead worrying actions bring individual follow krishna words able free self limitations time fully attained effort attempting important way mankind understand divine prayer power holy spirit images connect earlier works images life boat leak similar death water section waste land like images old age experience found image need look life try things limitations time men supposed progress aren supposed focus gain future prayer virgin mary intended help guide journey end understanding mary guide sailors proper harbour connecting earlier works connects family past dry landscape ancestor travelled source dry refers joining personal pursuit divine references events places knew child terms literary allusions brings krishna discussion acting according divine allusions philosophy book common prayer regards allusions mark editions works note quotes allusions lines work particular edition included page added compared battle scenes dry reception review times literary supplement dated september stated note bleak resignation poem lost wit woven logic earlier poems later claimed dry satisfactory sequence time contains best lines opening lines poor weakly sub fashion writing suddenly picks words river end section sustained sequence believed dry complicated uneven poem continues thing progression mainly maritime imagery | The Dry Salvages | Language and literature | Language and literature | Poetry |
22271_MounseerNongtongpaw | poem thought written romantic writer child believed author theatrical writer poem expansion entertainer song published eighteenth century philosopher series comic french english stereotypes inability understand french illustrated friend publication details originally published publishing firm series english editions located philadelphia editions located original edition illustrated protégé biographer speculates verses written match illustrations designed copper plate reproduced peter nursery companion structure plot based popular song entertainer original song english french stereotypes line particularly refusal learn french makes numerous inquiries receives response don understand mistakenly interprets comes believe royal versailles beautiful woman sights sees touring france belong mysterious comes funeral receives response concludes wealth save death expands comic verses adding events narrative shorter line inquiries tavern feast shepherd flock coach hot air balloon attributed half year old later nursery companion peter supported view biography mary father year rested advertisement book dealer printed january letter unknown correspondent troubled small writing production daughter eleventh year strictly modelled far infant talent allow song object joke constantly taken greatest man france song refers popular song poem based wrote verses printed daughter introduction described early childhood writing close putting suggestions mind entire letter doubts emerged dear sir midst short conversation yesterday pleasant short expressed wish receive sketch prose thing desired sure kindness renders duty incumbent return afford facility power troubled small writing production daughter eleventh year strictly modelled sic infant talents allow song answer purpose prose sketch written young man afford hint designs shall favour shall purely exquisite satisfied found object joke constantly taken greatest man france believe thousand thanks dear sir send morning thing communicate address skinner street reach safety complete letter suggests small writing prose piece owner letter held circle argues wording open interpretation claims read entirely letter indicates wrote initial revised text final version argues revision usable prose sketch necessarily mean wrote prose according editors recent definitive edition works letter evidence uncovered correspondent invited write new version song correspondent composer text man probably describes veteran theatrical miscellaneous writer best known narrative poem comic poem similar authoritative collection works poem attributed significance represents beginning collaborative writing career longer possible reconstruct actual contributions sketch given author published work way inspire precisely drew text unknown | Mounseer Nongtongpaw | Language and literature | Language and literature | Poetry |
23110_OdetoaNightingale | ode ode poem written garden london according friend tree garden house place according brown built nest near house brown shared spring inspired bird song composed poem day soon published annals fine arts following july ode personal poem describes journey state negative capability tone poem rejects optimistic pursuit pleasure found earlier poems explores themes nature mortality particularly personal described poem experiences type death actually die instead capable living song fate humans expect poem ends acceptance pleasure death inevitable life poem loss physical world sees dead sings contrast immortal mortal man sitting garden acute effort imagination presence weather noticeable poem spring came early bringing heath background major ode probably written autumn written wrote ode possible ode written april based weather conditions similarities images poem letter sent day poem composed house shared brown possibly sitting beneath tree garden according friend brown finished ode morning spring built nest near house felt continual joy song morning took chair breakfast table grass plot tree sat hours came house perceived paper hand quietly books inquiry found number contained poetic feelings song brown account personal claimed poem directly influenced house preserved relied imagination literature sources depiction exact date ode ode ode melancholy ode unknown dated worked poems unity stanza forms themes exact order poems written unknown form sequence structures writing ode poems brown copies poems submitted time friend given copy ode shared poem editor paid small sum money poem published july issue poem later included collection poems eve written structure ode probably middle set wrote following ode according brown evidence structure poems combines different types lyrical poetry experimental way hymn lyric questioning voice responds hymn combination structures similar ode poems dual form creates sort dramatic element poem stanza forms poem combination elements came forms incorporated pattern alternating historically short long sounds ode particular line purple stained mouth historical pattern short followed long followed short followed long alteration continued longer lines including line away away fly thee contains pairs lines line emptied dull drains rely pattern short followed long short end long combination patterns present patterns short followed long lines including repeated twice followed sets short long pairs reliance sounds unique ode common poem incorporates complex reliance repetition sounds conscious pattern found poems reliance found english poems ode example pattern found line thee tender night connects tender connects pattern found line flowers feet linking linking feet system found approximately tenth lines later poetry came sound patterns relied double triple approximately lines example ode found line grass fruit tree wild masculine pause furthermore began reduce latin based words relied poetry turn shortened length words dominate poem emphasis words beginning especially begin relied heavily stanza add musical tone poem terms poetic meter relies lines ode including line line use lines creates feeling slow flight final stanza distinctive use scattered initial lend approximate suggestion peculiar spring bounce bird flight poem heart pains sense drunk emptied dull drains minute past sunk happy lot happy happiness thou light trees plot green shadows summer ease draught vintage cool long age deep earth flora country green dance song warm south true bubbles purple mouth drink leave world unseen thee fade away forest dim fade far away dissolve forget thou leaves known fever men sit hear sad grey hairs youth grows pale thin dies think sorrow eyed beauty eyes new love pine away away fly thee wings dull brain thee tender night throne cluster light save heaven blown winding ways flowers feet soft hangs darkness guess sweet month grass fruit tree wild white pastoral fast fading cover leaves mid eldest child coming rose wine flies summer listen time half love death soft names rhyme air quiet breath rich die cease midnight pain thou art pouring forth soul abroad thou sing ears vain high requiem thou born death immortal bird hungry generations thee voice hear passing night heard ancient days emperor clown self song found path sad heart sick home stood tears amid alien corn charm magic opening foam seas lands word like bell toll thee sole self fancy cheat famed anthem fades past near meadows stream hill buried deep valley vision waking dream fled music wake sleep themes ode describes series conflicts reality romantic ideal uniting nature words principal stress poem struggle ideal actual inclusive terms contain particular pleasure pain imagination common sense reason change nature human art life freedom waking dream course song dominant image dominant voice ode object praise poem discussion simply bird song human experience general song simple metaphor complex image formed interaction conflicting voices praise questioning theme way ode ode perform says dealing talent entire approach poetry symbol necessary possibly satisfy principal concern poetry shakespeare element poetry drama human reactions difference eternal entity furthermore creating aspect immortal poem narrator separates union song poem connected art music way ode connected art sculpture represent presence unlike directly connected nature natural music song beauty lacks message truth follows belief found separating world losing bird song female masculine bird reject traditional depiction related tragedy happy lacks feel previous poetic depictions bird voice poem voice narrator join forget world tension narrator holds guilt death brother song conclusion represents result trying escape realm fancy like narrator bird song listening song ode painful similar death narrator seeks sense vision order embrace sound attempt share darkness bird poem ends trance caused broken narrator left wondering real vision dream poem reliance process sleeping common poems ode shares themes sleep poetry eve separates image song closest comparative image represented ode distant mysterious disappears end poem dream image emphasizes poem elements impossible complete self identification allows self awareness poem albeit altered state midway poem split actions poem attempts identify song second discusses convergence past future experiencing present second theme reminiscent view human progression mansion apartments man develops experiencing wanting pleasure understanding truth mixture pleasure pain fields song half poem represent moments individual like drug experience forever body left narrator feels helpless pleasure instead embracing coming truth narrator poetry hide loss pleasure poetry bring pleasure narrator original asks liberate desire pleasure responding emphasis pleasure argues poem contains longing art free kind form poem progression association movement feeling mercy words evoked chance words fade words like bell toll sole self points terms emphasizes translations aesthetic acceptance loss pleasure end poem acceptance life turn death death constant theme aspects poetry exposed death family members life poem images death experiences sort death god apollo experiences death death reveals divine state explains course thought literally dying point deity sing dying ode makes clear man visionary way theme loss pleasure inevitable death poem according describes romantic escape world reality world ideal beauty essentially agrees extended poem incorporate themes says core poem search mystery unsuccessful quest light darkness leads increasing darkness growing recognition mystery views mind poem recalls earlier view pleasure optimistic view poetry found earlier poems especially sleep poetry rejects loss pleasure incorporation death imagery poem dark air connects ode poems discuss demonic nature poetic imagination including poem loss physical world sees dead uses abrupt brutal word sings contrast immortal mortal man sitting garden acute effort imagination reception contemporary critics enjoyed poem heavily quoted reviews anonymous review poetry ran august october stated minor poems prefer ode inclined prefer poem book let reader judge seventh charm find difficult explain read ode time increased delight time wrote review poem august august indicator specimen poems lyrical quoting entire ode mixture real melancholy imaginative relief poetry presents cup rational critics undertaken find wrong true follow true true relief real mixture good anonymous review september edition argued greatness poetry exemplified poems including ode injustice author works estimating merit rendered anxious opening volume find likely seize fast hold general sympathy turn overwhelming power talent promising respects present age called encourage found wished respect extraordinary wishes went far reasonable expectations found nature present common power author mind gifted shape appeared compositions calculated throw shame lying vulgar spirit young temple cried questions leave settled kind degree merits instance proof justice praise following passage ode distinct noble true thoughts chords direct communication naturally constituted hearts echoes strain bout depths human review january hunt claimed wrote poem poet mortal illness knew voice death claim specimen descriptive power rich original following lines ode flow far profound fountain inspiration end 19th century analysis poem dominant view influence later interpretations poem bridges declared poem best thought poem contained artificial language particular emphasised use word stanza examples artificial language suggested ode deeply flawed contains failed supply standard logic allow reader understand relationship poet bird arguing believed superior ode ode melancholy ode arguing exact opposite stated autumn showed greater logical thought presented cases intended 20th century criticism beginning 20th century referred lines alongside lines claimed poetry millions permitted little lines magic vision rest poetry argued long poetic privilege enjoyed solely account pre song birds ode ode english literature written men claim special exact knowledge argued ode genius height imagination rich satisfying phrase absolute contrasted calling draft southern vintage praise art passage like fourth stanza praise comment stroke art like throw doubt reader power perceive bridge view ode taken analysis poems like argue later believed problem poem emphasis rhythm language instead main ideas poem describing fourth stanza poem claimed comes stanza remarkable piece imagination end feels light blown characteristic sudden flashes fires ordinary material later declared seventh stanza great stanza imagination heat stanza suppose common consent taken offering concluded stanza believe reader watched work finished eve seen slowly believe perfect stanza achieved easy draft obviously written wrote remembers poem recording reader following essay saw poem rich poem contains complications appreciate depth significance issues engaged brooks later argue wrought poem thematically unified negative criticisms lodged poem responded critical attack emphasis rhyme language forth argument similar brooks poem thematically coherent poet poem different writer poem consciously chose shift themes poem contrasts poem represent pain felt comparing real world ideal world found imagination responded directly claims find points quality sought modified principle possible statements defense group respectable terms thought poetic ability following claimed poems probably ode critic reading ode turmoil forces contend wildly poem resolution possibility resolution reader comes away experience sense wild abyss explained suspect led believe ode tries poetry propose ode succeeds saying poetry ode attempts poet later critical responses poem defended critics returned argument poem lacked structure emphasized word evidence view work praise poem declared ode special interest probably regard richly representative poems reasons quality immediately apparent late spring early summer season exceptional degree concentrated felt need defend use word claimed described feeling able live world imagination praising poem claimed ode ranges widely ode poem regarded exploration testing symbol compared symbol limitations advantages similar defense word claiming world described describing reaching land describing poem compared rest english poetry argued ode greatest lyrics english written speed free doubt poem english comparable length quality composed quickly stated wrong regard ode ode melancholy earlier essays ode form great finished later works late 1960s onward critics describe poem reworking poetic argued poem revealed lacked ability poet critics focused poem ode ignoring possibilities including shakespeare emphasised source phrases responding claims shortcomings critics like echoes argue sources poem claim trying respond escape shadow instead ode original poem white claimed poem richly saturated shakespeare profound ode finally original wholly similarly claimed shakespeare night dream flavored later poem followed claiming left enriched voice shakespeare immortal bird focusing quality poem argued ode supreme expression poetry impulse imaginative escape flies face knowledge human limitation impulse fully expressed away away fly thee described poem celebrated claimed movement eternal realm song magnificent literature poet return shattering continued earlier view poem artificial added poem attempt aesthetic spontaneous later dropped argued absence abandonment poem appeals readers prize personal apparently spontaneous immediately beautiful believe events ode time logic usually granted best seen relation pursuit idea music art review contemporary criticism ode claimed judge volume variety force modern critical responses moments english poetic history repetition word referring reliance ideas poem poet argued notion poetry movement personal consciousness awareness suffering humanity perfectly illustrates fiction took title novel tender night 35th line ode according wording sick home stood tears amid alien corn echoed end reads eve lie head deep tall corn stopped growing live noise dark book version poem quoted chapter novel moon coming sense drunk | Ode to a Nightingale | Language and literature | Language and literature | Poetry |
23402_OnthePulseofMorning | pulse morning pulse morning poem african american writer poet read inauguration president bill_clinton january public second poet history read poem presidential inauguration african american woman inaugural poet inauguration audio recording poem won grammy award best spoken word category resulting fame recognition previous works appeal poem themes change inclusion responsibility role president establishing economic security symbols references contemporary issues nature inspired critics compare pulse morning frost inaugural poem clinton inaugural address called autobiographical poem received mixed reviews popular press praised clinton choice inaugural poet american people president critic said ultimate greatness attributed poem theatrical performance skills learned actor speaker marked return african american oral tradition speakers critics despite praising performance gave negative reviews poem background wrote recited pulse morning known writer poet written seven series including highly acclaimed know bird sings best known primarily known poet early writing career began alternating publication autobiography volume poetry volume poetry cool drink water fore published shortly best seller nominated pulitzer prize scholar writes fallen love poetry early childhood stamps arkansas rape age depicted studied great works literature including poetry according friend flowers encouraged helped bring self imposed period caused trauma poet read inaugural poem read poem gift outright president inauguration black woman announced read poems clinton inauguration popular press compared role inaugural poet frost especially critic called ability speak american people press pointed nation social progress black woman stand place white man inauguration praised involvement clinton administration gesture inclusion told friend requesting write poem came television producer organized inauguration shortly clinton election suspected clinton request understood kind person bring people admitted feeling overwhelmed requested audiences attending speaking engagements pray followed writing ritual followed years writing books poetry rented hotel room early morning afternoon wrote legal pads deciding theme america wrote think country pushed poetic form recited poem january themes pulse morning shared themes president clinton inaugural address gave immediately read poem including change responsibility president role establishing economic security symbols poem tree river morning example paralleled symbols clinton speech helped enhance expand clinton images clinton address poem according emphasized unity despite diversity american culture pulse morning attempted convey goals clinton new administration compared poem frost claimed poetry critics gave pulse morning negative reviews rewrote frost poem perspective nature appeared poems frost praised american colonization attacked cost creation america abstract ambiguous frost poem tree poem cultures america paid significant cost create frost called break past frost wanted wanted confront mistakes compared poem poem similar themes looking future song negro speaks rivers according poem contains recurring theme poems alike pulse morning contemporary references including toxic waste pollution poem influenced african american oral tradition poets modern african poets folk artists influenced critical response impact according pulse morning famous poem argued ultimate greatness attributed poem theatrical performance skills learned actor speaker marked return african american oral tradition speakers british reporter compared appearance read poem clinton inauguration year old child noting coats wore occasions similar looked magnificent theatrical bow mouth wore coat brass buttons strange reminder year old stood courtroom terrified sight man raped stated observations standing tall steps capitol light years removed terrible time america longer place poem pulse morning soaring peace justice harmony capturing hope embodied human spirit joyful reminder things possible wished good morning poem felt new day truly recognized pulse morning better public poem great poem goal conveying message unity accomplished poet agreed stating fulfilled theatrical political objectives poem memorable poet sterling found performance brilliant enthusiastic text stated negative reviews poem like majority reviews poetry narrow views poetry limited written forms spoken ones like pulse morning written aloud perform compared response literary critics poem critics frost poem frost powerful reading served supplement poem sense enhancing powerful reading poem supplemented sense making evident lack pulse morning resulted fame recognition previous works appeal racial economic educational boundaries week sales paperback version books poetry rose percent reprint copies books demand published hardcover books published poem later year reported sold books january accounting percent increase sixteen page publication 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23984_AndStillIRise | rise rise author volume poetry published published productive periods career written published volumes poetry point considered poet playwright best known seven especially know bird sings poetry successful began early writing career alternating publication autobiography volume poetry poetry collections best sellers received critical attention rise short poems divided parts poems themes focus hopeful determination rise difficulty topics previous volumes poetry known popular poems phenomenal woman rise found volume speaks race gender poems emphasizes strength community like previous volumes poetry reviews rise mixed collection title poem rise center advertising campaign phenomenal woman time previously published cosmopolitan phenomenal woman poems featured film background rise maya volume poetry studied began writing poetry young age rape age recounted autobiography know bird sings dealt trauma reciting great works literature including poetry helped bring self imposed publication rise occurred productive periods career written songs composed movie scores written articles short stories scripts documentaries poetry produced plays named visiting professor colleges universities appeared supporting role television mini series roots given multitude awards period including thirty honorary degrees colleges universities world considered playwright poet editor challenged write best known readers identify poet second like critics consider important poetry critic agrees states books best sellers poetry received little critical attention bloom believes poetry interesting recited bloom calls performances dynamic says moves vigorously reinforce rhythms lines tone words singing dancing stage presence predictable words phrases began early writing career alternating publication autobiography volume poetry time rise published published eventually going publish seven read poem pulse morning president bill_clinton inauguration following year publisher placed poems rise collection poetry collection previous collections cool drink water fore pray wings gon fit volumes published don sing shall moved publisher placed poems smaller volume entitled poems rise phenomenal woman time appeared cosmopolitan title poem rise advertising campaign 50th anniversary themes according scholar themes poem rise title volume suggests focus hopeful determination rise difficulty states poems inspired spoken confident voice strength recognizes power longer pushed focuses themes previous volumes including love loneliness southern racism added twist nature women importance family cover wider range topics including aging sexual awakening drug addiction christian salvation phenomenal woman crowd performed audiences called personal theme poem literary critic consider best poems volume poem featured motion picture directed bloom calls hymn like poem woman beauty engages word play word poetry phenomenal woman paired follows men uses raw egg metaphor contrast dominant fragile cautious celebrates slightly mysterious power excitement created men poem characteristic style forceful lines irregular rhymes short words states create provocative rhythm underlying confidence said wrote poem women regardless race appearance stated know men phenomenal write poem poems focus racial subjects themes continue themes mild protest survival found hope humor ain bad uses black english vernacular word bad positive connections black culture customs leaders help build black pride scholar calls shouting poem short lines repetition lady club describes overly intellectual speaker woman club critic states poem round heavily influenced work protest songs past number stanza poem create refrain like found work songs variations protest poems impressed creation new art form work protest forms feel develops favorite poem rise shares title play wrote refers spirit black people repetition quoted interviews included public readings despite racism expresses faith overcome triumph compares rise express hope phenomenal woman poetry speaks entire gender race calls rise proud defiant statement behalf black people interview stated poem help sustain hard times people black white way poems rise woman work welfare roll speak women positively woman work explaining complaining lists mundane stay home wife mother accomplish compares poem phenomenal woman share strong rhyme scheme forceful rhythms theme women welfare roll speaks courage mother goes welfare acknowledges turmoil experiences accepting government assistance reviews like reviewers poetry finds prose stronger poetry found strength apparent poems volume autobiography review praises finding rhythm everyday life impressed poems rise especially phenomenal woman states collection poems author brought life style states phenomenal woman received reviews popular powerful poems public appearances considers poems rise slight thin stuff expresses disbelief poems produced major publishing house poetry written lesser known talents able possibilities considered good poetry writing states best poems borrow folk rhythms forms buttresses poems aspects culture written heritage places work tradition black poets compares poems rise works example poems remind poems rise reminds famous poem strong men explains success popularity poet calls real reason success poet states poetry serves explanatory texts prose works calls rendered self portraits positive review rise library journal recognizes themes calls poems volume uneven finds poems similar speech patterns songs effective finds metaphor forced rhyme despite volume weaknesses considers successful statement black woman experiences determination survive grow poems rise consists poems divided parts entitled touch life called joyful poet strength woman lover traveling focus hardships drug addiction child abuse inner city life conditions author experienced rise gets volume title poem themes emphasizes strength finds community volume dedicated calls good guys | And 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24480_AsIwasgoingbyCharingCross | going going referred going english language nursery rhyme rhyme recorded 1840s older origins street cries verse seventeenth century refers equestrian statue king charles london death satire royalist reactions execution recorded modern form mid nineteenth century folk song index number lyrics modern versions include folk song index folk songs variations number song origin rhyme thought refer equestrian statue charles erected restoration moved site old central london bronze statue largely dark colour black refer king hair colour line refer reaction crowd beheaded satire royalist reactions event rhyme produced combination existing traditional london street cry note ballad seventeenth century manuscript oxford contains lines printed children rhyme variation famous ride horse pretty tales published lyrics modern version combine elements rhyme reference execution charles collected printed 1840s | As I was going by Charing Cross | Language and literature | Language and literature | Poetry |
24606_TheEolianHarp | poem written published poetry collection early conversation poems discusses anticipation marriage pleasure love love poem instead focuses man relationship nature central images poem item represents order nature series ideas reconciled contains discussion life idea humanity nature united desire try find divine nature poem received discussion nature aesthetic qualities background began writing august engagement like previous conversation poem poem discusses engagement future marriage inspired write poem visit house serve home marriage worked poem married moved home time held view life thoughts work way poem poem published edition poems subsequent collections poems collection felt favourite poem original creation expanded original use theme months followed stop working published instead poem expanded rewritten life final version lines previously removed editions poems likewise lines altered multiple editions regardless editing believed poem served model poems especially series called conversation poems model poetry wrote let mere justify noticing claim thanks small number readers poetry having introduced species short blank verse poems lamb produced exquisite specimens poem poem begins addressing discussing house soft cheek arm sweet sit white flower broad meet watch clouds late rich light slow round mark star eve brilliant wisdom shine opposite exquisite field world distant silence lines poem continues objects described women pursued simplest length ways breeze like maid half yielding lover sweet needs repeat wrong lines poem introduces idea life man nature connected life abroad meets motion soul light sound sound like power light rhythm thought impossible love things world filled breeze mute air music instrument lines near end poem narrator discusses soon animated nature organic framed thought sweeps plastic vast intellectual breeze soul god lines themes poem discusses love sex marriage form love poem instead compares love symbol poetry terms relationship described desire expressed engagement described innocent anticipation union free potential disappointment guilt result sex outside marriage thematic connection poem lines written bars written subject time poem completed marriage themes similar ideas expressed reflections having left place retirement poems discuss area impact countryside viewer provide information felt relationship marriage reflections suggests problems relationship poem portrays series ideas reconciled image contrasted image compared image woman resisting image compounded woman compared innocence nature seen nature contrasted order nature especially regards effects feelings nature terms religion describes mind desire seek divine approach similar true intellectual system universe theme wrote letter dated october times feel strongly describe frequently things appear little knowledge acquired child play universe immense little things parts parts little mind feels know great faith rocks mountains sense majesty faith things infinity nature images connect desire marriage especially image like tree performs function poems feelings nature said receive returns traditional view god deals faith finding divine nature poem discusses understanding nature concept life idea presented resulting reflection experiences conversation poems connected ideas deal understanding universe life lines added edition senses connects sensation experience divine music earlier editions include understanding perception traces idea expressed earlier editions derived early understanding works wrote july letter visit germany september adopted probably aurora school idea sound light color light seen reason change faith respect view sensation adopted idea connecting god instead intellect denied relies understanding views man attempt return paradise critical response mid 20th century states read pleasure poem meaning poem comes circle poem mean point true poem images personalities striking deserve approval purely standpoint poem meaning following declared idea life best romantic joy love shared life later argues poem poems environment blended single mood blank verse poem rare fusion reflective thought sensitivity peaceful nature beauty simply describes beautiful conversation poem believes poem shows exact eye natural detail combined sharp ear rhythms heightened poetic form later declared display gift simplicity rising | The Eolian Harp | Language and literature | Language and literature | Poetry |
24651_FearsinSolitude | fears fears written april conversation poems poem composed france threatened invade great_britain opposed british government poem sides british people patriotic defense homeland poem emphasizes desire protect family live simple life harmony nature critical response poem mixed critics claiming work anti british background radical early supporter french revolution believed bring needed political change europe great_britain actions french government beginning revolution especially invasion nations caused lose faith cause opposed british government prime minister supported british nation national defense france threatened invade britain belief held france invade irish kingdom experiencing rebellion time fears invasion manifested april began arm april traveled childhood home went visit william time wrote fears written april alarm invasion fears published small pamphlet collection included france ode eventually printed seven times collections later poem removed lines directly attacked british government change reflected changing political views radical conservative beliefs poem poem begins setting moving politics green silent spot amid hills small silent place singing lines poem continues pointing best life simple life men live nature feelings thoughts joy found religious meanings forms nature lines british like plague spreads poor behavior nations like cloud travels steamed cairo swamps gone forth borne distant tribes slavery far deep slow murders man body soul lines attacks corruption british politicians narrator supports britain native britain mother isle thou prove dear holy lakes mountain hills clouds quiet rocks seas drunk intellectual life sweet thoughts god nature lovely honourable things makes mortal spirit feel joy greatness future lines poem ends narrator praising home nature beloved church tower huge mark mansion friend close hidden view cottage mother peace light footsteps tend remembering thee green silent grateful nature solitary heart worthy love thoughts human kind lines themes politics poem emphasizes problems british politics expresses views conservatives corruption government feels way feels loyalty country wants british safe regardless problems poem topic france ode describes view french revolution changed time especially france invasion switzerland images poem operate circular pattern poem begins ends lived peaceful home beginning parallel valley quiet place allows pleasant life ideas nature found brought following familiar view poem includes views unity mankind nature fear invasion destroy unity safeguard narrator protects family rest britain emphasis simple living poem conclusion return represents return family gothic elements poem connect works including ancient ballad dark france ode frost midnight graves critical response letter sent friends robert described poem beautiful contemporary reviews original pamphlet collection including fears believed poetry expressed thought review december emphasized beautiful lines starting line end review january claims author fears highly honourable feelings complimentary national character victorian poet preface edition argues compare verses headed fears exquisite tone colour worthy better sequel majestic masculine great hold stronger admirable man equal mere poet speaks calm force thought resolution appeals fashion heart spirit mind manner set strong relief landscape touches poem september review article called poet writes sins england protests mad national wrong close loyalty true son england declares noble strain foundations patriotism laid domestic affections 20th century points charge brought poem poetry generally conceived poetry fact poem group mean like france poem suffers lack heart declares poem shows new achievement return older manner evidently written white heat patriotic degradation english public opinion french wars stretching charity considered conversation poem following states qualities thought feeling successful major poems fears problems wrestle requirements poetic organization claims fears difficult conversation poems ending holmes evoked magic pastoral power samuel picture | Fears in Solitude | Language and literature | Language and literature | Poetry |
24720_LastPost(poem) | post poem post poem written poet united_kingdom commissioned bbc mark deaths surviving british veterans world war broadcast programme today july date funeral poem named post british ceremonies remembering killed war makes explicit references poem world war happen time ran backwards killed war came life lives possibilities filled love work children talent english beer good food poem generally received commentator saying simply damn good poem rich imagery cinematic movement poignant ending said moving reversal history fine poem quoted saying wanted honour tradition poets soldiers commission appointed poet woman appointed post asked programme today write poem mark deaths poem read today july day funeral served founder member royal_air_force died july age patch surviving man fought trenches war died july age deaths left served royal_navy war lived australia death surviving british veteran said felt honour great tradition poets soldiers describing poem attempt healing world tribute blessing apology behalf poetry poets added thinking afghanistan trying new war poetry contemporary poets poem broadcast week published selection poems commissioned poets ongoing war afghanistan poem poem takes title british ceremonies remembering killed war post begins lines poem world war poet title owen poem line roman poet est pro sweet fitting die country phrase inscribed chapel door british military academy phrase referenced writes pro writer heaven said whilst poem denies death war sweet proper deny soldiers died country pro heart poem depicts events poetry tell backwards soldiers died war coming life lines lines british boys trenches poem thousands dead shaking dried mud hair home pictures happened died adding poet away pocket book smile literary editor times said poet refers poem owen number poets war wagner noted escaped death effect awful war reaction poem received generally favourable critical reaction wagner called moving reversal history fine poem latest noble line work world war kind salvation heaven said poignant beautiful tribute called uplifting poem noticed united_states writer new_yorker described strong bat said poem highlighted power shortcomings poetry writing imaginary impossible event writing writing american poet said poem surprising success adding accessible fitting tribute served world war simply damn good poem rich imagery cinematic movement poignant ending writer daily_telegraph took different view poem merits saying title falls short verse form open point | Last Post (poem) | Language and literature | Language and literature | Poetry |
24742_AlAaraaf | early poem american writer published based stories tells place called lines longest poem claimed written published major poem collection book particular received negative reviews complexity obscure references odd structure noted potential young poet including shown prior publication later refer response words encouragement received negative response inspired later poetic theory poems kept short years later hoax members boston literary circle reading claimed poem new audience later claimed boston crowd deserve new poem held strong dislike new_england poets new_england based movement hoped presenting poem written youth prove know good literature overview longest poem wrote inspired discovery visible seventeen months identified nova star place paradise hell arabic alternatively place people markedly good markedly bad stay god let paradise discussed explained potential publisher title medium heaven hell men suffer punishment attain happiness suppose characteristics heavenly enjoyment opening section poem god commands beauty spirit convey message worlds angel tells thousand perform god work souls fail respond maiden angel lover describes death earth flight spirit lovers failure commanded results god allowing heaven analysis thick allusions avoided scholars writer notes quinn says possesses qualities important understand development skills poet mixes historical facts religious mythology elements imagination poem primarily focuses ideal love ideal beauty relation passion majority poem focuses reaching ideal beauty aesthetics characters poem serve representative symbols emotions goddess beauty represents music nature creatures passion poem draws arabic drew works including thousand second tale probably interested interested atmosphere exotic true setting poem sort alternative world critic wrote theme poem world escape realm dream imagination star prompted write believed disaster humanity punished breaking god laws gotten idea base poem astronomical discovery poet use discovery planet poem called looking homer star changed similar word means distinguishing things additionally irish poet poem inspired parts catalogue flowers near beginning work moore loves angels inspired idea uniting mortal immortal love structurally line consistent poetic rhythm meter resembles section lord instead formal structure poem focuses flow sound poet analyzed fluctuating meter determined begins shifts occasional alternately generally uses interlude publication history claimed wrote years old later adapt claim passages poem published issue baltimore gazette signed offered complete poem publishers carey philadelphia wrote poem published succeed poet opinion leave met willing publish long protected loss asked foster father printing supportive literary pursuits refused july wrote publishers asking return manuscript said better disposition poems right expect finally saw print time collection copies page work issued hatch baltimore maryland december self published poems considered book entirely true work published signed addressed obscurity including multiple left french latin spanish published entirety lifetime critics believe actually completed poem implied originally intended parts lines critical response publication poems collection drew harsh criticism difficult understand early reviewers wrote man trying explain title poem wrote brain understand line line sum total reviewer asked poet struck dumb publication sought advice earned reputation distinguished man letters baltimore wrote best judge poetry believed accepted modern thinking readers wrote deal bound doubt poem old fashioned readers like lady book noted written young author altogether common characteristics poetry called author genius reviewer commented poet age author appears young evidently fine genius wants judgment experience boasted early poems superior examples american poetry critic friend cousin responded claim review yankee boston literary gazette said exquisite nonsense young author showed promise predicted day beautiful magnificent poem prove claim believed future poems good best lines deserve stand high high shining brotherhood depend words mere poetry worth generous stronger properties mind determination enables youth endure present present hope belief fixed belief future find reward encouragement came prior publication led include dedication collection cousin impressed endorsement wrote great refer comments words encouragement remember heard admitted good poetry time throw away 20th century poet referred ambitious failure suggesting fractured attempt epic poem ran gas biographer called poem legacy includes names later reuse themes poem future poem city sea critical failure convinced long poems inherently flawed sustain proper mood high quality poetic form experimented long poetry later write theory short poetry poetic principle essay wrote long poem exist maintain phrase long poem simply flat contradiction terms instead says epic poetry long poems actually series short poems critics suggested theory written justify unpopular publication raven household having reached height poetic fame asked lecture poetry public events invitation came october arranged help strong dislike boston literary scene city despite having born accepted fee challenge writing brand new poem appearance fresh public feud dislike massachusetts based movement instead decided play trick boston audience program held october boston grand event featured speech massachusetts statesman half hours long read renamed messenger star event tried convince boston audience poem wrote young man new audience confused obscure poem left ended raven theater manager noted enabling defeat considered hoax opportunity prove know good literature based critical reaction believed right editor reviewed messenger star elegant classic production based right principles containing essence true poetry gorgeous imagination claimed wrote poem turned wrote shock poem delivered literary association adults written boy think unclear old time wrote poem frequently changed claim said age writing poem irrelevant admitted audience know author age knew sad stuff modern biographer compared stunt story imp wrote earnest desire listener speaker aware return new_york wrote view event noting refused offer poem wrote scarcely supposed trouble composing shape original poem think poem remarkably good sufficiently boston audience characteristic discrimination understanding especially passages able understand cared wrath insulted teeth subjected tender volume poems pen noted glasgow artist | Al Aaraaf | Language and literature | Language and literature | Poetry |
25864_BurntNorton | poem created working play murder cathedral published collected poems poem title refers manor house visited manor garden served important image poem structurally poem based passages poem related murder cathedral central discussion poem nature time salvation need individual focus present moment know universal order understanding nature time order universe mankind able recognise god seek redemption reviewers focused beauty poem complained poem reflect earlier greatness use christian themes harmed poem background concept connected cathedral worked poem play produced connection poem play deep lines poem come lines originally created play advice removed script years later lines fragments discarded course production murder cathedral stage said producer judgment fragments stayed mind gradually saw poem shaping round end came like works poem compiled fragments reworked years structure poem turned organisation waste land poem included collected poems copies published collection symbolically represented completion poems moving later works major poem completed year period turned writing plays continued work essays poem published independent work year east dry later poems published actual manor located near village gloucestershire visited original mansion burned owner sir died fire married spent lot time possibly involved married time stayed close correspondence sent poems actual manor serve important location poem instead garden surrounding manor focus poem begins taken fragments translated wisdom common live wisdom second way upward way downward poem poem relied speech narrator speaks audience directly described poem early summer air grace begins narrator recalling moment garden scene discussion time present future past matters individuals memories connect individual past past change poem transitions memory life works point existence particular universe described orderly consciousness found time humanity bound time scene poem moves garden london underground technology dominates technology reason unable understand universe word christ underworld replaced churchyard discussion death turn discussion ends poem themes believed benefit society poem narration reflects affected follow paths good evil sins help individual poem explains people leave time bound world look poets seek perfection bound time images escape problems language believes impossible content poem poem abstract describe events action poem narrative structure philosophical basis poem explained discourse time connected ideas emphasis present moment time period matters past changed future unknown poem emphasizes memory abandoned understand current world humans realize universe based order poem describes consciousness bound time humans actually escape time scene beneath london filled time bound people similar populace hollow men understand order universe conclusion poem emphasizes god truly able exist time knowledge times places capable redemption belief ability save bounds material universe imaginative space serves important function poem contains rose garden represents potential human existence garden exist described realistic manner portrayed imagined reality narrator statement words exist mind allows imagined reality shared narrator reader destroyed narrator claiming place purpose garden image uses poem creating shared imaginative space serves memories poem functions similar manner works including family reunion critical response early critic viewed poem new concept poetry similarly saw poem new aspects felt beauty poem similar hollow men agreed described poem new remarkably accomplished poem uncommon rhythmic stated new poem concerned thought control embodied deity human argued best quality severe practical poet approach present philosophical vision declared beautifully winds theme simple statement accept conclusion find difficulty understanding beautifully disapproved stated religious nature poem coincided poems longer having earlier works great later critic agreed felt attacks poems fell flat particular argued past quarter century critics find christian faith impossible found greatest twentieth century achievements poetry philosophy religion likewise april said poem hard understand followed review september attacked understanding history later critics varied opinions emphasised beautifully controlled opening claimed contains finest poetry true thought according burnt fact gains power effects modification withdrawal suspension meaning truth discovered formal unity poem | Burnt Norton | Language and literature | Language and literature | Poetry |
26070_Conversationpoems | conversation poems conversation poems group poems composed details particular life experience led poet examination nature role poetry describe conduct man obligation god nature society ask place simple appreciation nature having actively life conversation poems grouped 20th century literary critics found similarity focus style content series title devised describe verse incorporates language examining higher ideas nature morality works held common themes particular share nature man place universe explores idea life belief people connected universal relationship god joins natural beings critics disagreed poem group strongest frost midnight usually held high esteem fears generally regarded grouping 20th century literary critics poems reflections having left place retirement prison frost midnight fears conversation poem ode group usually conversation poems term coined subtitle conversation poem describe harper considered poems form blank verse fluent easy written wrote aspect apparent noting maintain middle register speech employing language capable symbolic musical language lets taken merely talk song wrote broad description works observed speaker begins description landscape aspect change aspect landscape evokes varied integral process memory thought anticipation feeling remains closely outer scene course meditation lyric speaker insight faces tragic loss comes moral decision resolves emotional problem poem rounds end began outer scene altered mood deepened understanding result intervening meditation fact describing conversation poems later works influenced essay describes literary criticism wrote credited originating called greater romantic lyric genre began conversation poems included written ode major influence modern lyrics devoted chapter poems literary analysis poet stressing form type poetry created admitted convenient misleading conversation exchange poems dozen fewer stretching met later life true inclined find conversation sided hardly serve explanation happening poems began work august engagement details future union inspired visit house serve home wedding poem infused fact took view life published edition poems subsequent collections stop working poem published expanded reworked deals themes love sex marriage formed usual manner love poem contrast second poem series reflections hints problems relationship focuses innocence poet anticipation union poem creates series themes aspects nature representing innocence order chaos establish tension poem asks reconciled images reconciled described analogous effects feelings nature terms religion describes mind desire seek divine approach similar true intellectual system universe feelings nature said receive returns traditional view god deals faith finding divine nature reflections having left place retirement soon autumn marriage left home felt guilt absence wife eventually went live family hill bristol completed composed commemorate return composed absence later return wife bristol poem published october title poem affects poetry reflections included october collection poems followed themes reflections similar set location describe relationship wife sexual desire reflection life poem represent accept current life rejection conclusion drawn land bring closer god view reflects simply exist area actively seek truth order fulfill god poem details men feel need seek truth like philosopher simply live natural state poem desires claiming truth reflect time simply enjoying nature god presence reflections differs looking problems marriage especially union world outside home poem expresses desire confinement difference worlds outside cottage overall focus relationship private public spheres engaged outside world narrator separate mankind focus devoted helping mankind contains religious political components image life abandon sensual pleasures cottage pursue path summer spent time friends including william wife time suffered accident foot burned result left property underneath lime tree lamb wife went journey version poem sent letter lines published edition lines long poem revised published annual anthology later revised edition included collection poems verse seeks discover environment friends exploring unable join poem links lime tree lamb walking separated poet connects distant friends able share common view life poem describes loneliness glad friends able experience nature able tolerate prison views merely physical intellectual frost midnight frost midnight written february based childhood friendship exposed wild beauty poem published small work containing france ode fears rewritten times seven versions printed edition contains concluding lines removed later editions narrator comes understanding nature isolated thoughts nature comfort poet remembers loneliness childhood felt isolated nature people living world strangers hope child experience easier life places similar emphasis living harmony nature poetry view different believed nature represents physical presence god word combined understanding god need understand divine order embrace fears fears written rumors french invasion spread england opposed prime minister control british government sided homeland began work poem april published small pamphlet france ode eventually printed seven times later printing removing sentiment poem critical corruption sees government displays loyalty devotion england poem operates circular pattern beginning ending introducing historically real possibility invasion england narrator announces determination protect family fellow poem emphasis simple life narrator desires return previous lifestyle conversation poem written april time wrote fears poem included joint publication discussion directed traditional association feelings bird appearance myth break tradition poem represented experience narrative interrupted mysterious female character case female wife fact separates poems series work mentions child night viewed contemplated moon later follow depiction use ode ode living apart family period intended write poem fallen love sent verse april original draft titled letter renamed published differences versions original consisted lines published lines cut emphasise moments emotional struggle personal elements removed poem published morning post october date corresponds marriage response ode conveys feelings expressed inability write appreciate nature introduced poem able turn darkness benefit accept comfort find positive aspect despair paralyzed emotions poem captures feelings expressed earlier works including exploration problematic childhood thoughts religious beliefs commemorates time stayed winter recalls read newly completed prelude wrote poem response january capture feelings friend poem portions verse printed friend wish public private nature thoughts eventually published collection poem begins themes prelude develops discussion understanding beliefs relationship nature poem self critical near manner holding poetry thoughts inferior partly believed able find bliss unable find pain discusses youthful hopes great poet ability write diminished time poem admiration ability rendered jealousy themes examines understanding nature concept life idea came reflection experiences conversation poems connected ideas deal nature understanding universe particular express ideas necessity reflections idea life narrator abandon sensual pleasures cottage nature order pursue path helping mankind continues conversation poems theme life linking surroundings walk friends went separated connects distant friends mutual experience appreciation nature frost midnight uses idea life poem describes idea life child experience countryside hoped boy child nature raised free constraints come nature fears unity mankind nature form fearing fellow times invasion idea life according best romantic joy love shared life reflections deal similar nature differ approach reflections questions right simply enjoy nature image nature themes reappears fear later poem image similarly enter world help mankind included altered motivated guilt warning message possible invasion outside forces fear seek leave location help mankind stay protector family frost midnight deal similar understanding nature ideas form basis natural education hoped son able learn nature innocent way unlike nature strong christian presence nature physical presence god word connection frost midnight emphasis private life critical response poems considered critics finest final lines chosen harper best example peculiar kind blank verse evolved natural prose artistic complicated argued conversation poem said stand equally poems high imagination certainly frost midnight lime tree quality heart essential poems quality striking effectiveness imagery poems said true greatest poems agree strength wrote poem structured conversation poems argued poem delightful conversation poems agreeing view believes beautiful conversation poems poems series received praise claiming pure example poetry conversation poem poem extravagant holmes describes beautiful conversation poem poems received watson believes fears shows new achievement return older manner evidently written white heat patriotic degradation english public opinion french wars stretching charity considered conversation poem holmes simply claims fears difficult conversation poems discussing writes beautiful final lines successful poem conversation poems blank centre pivot significant controlling idea | Conversation poems | Language and literature | Language and literature | Poetry |
26343_BuahRindu | perfected spelling indonesian fruits longing poetry collection poems date years java according poems arranged indicated increasing maturity writer developing poems collection includes titled poems untitled pieces poems previously published including published works shows affinity traditional poetic forms unlike highly fixed traditional forms mixes patterns text dominated terms related love searching according dutch scholar indonesian literature collection united theme longing states imagery dependent traditional literature terminology heavily influenced classical poetry author use language notably coloured terms ideas source influence appears indian literature references hindu gods published entirety june edition magazine helped establish later republished stand book background dutch educated writer noble descent oriented traditional literature favourites including historical texts likewise read works arabic persian hindu literature result extensive vocabulary published years debut collection general consensus poems recent poems date period years java collection gives years location writing solo dates poems unclear works dated meaning definite date impossible establish biography suggests written long boarded way java suggests poems arranged pointing increasing maturity shows writer poems develop contents contains titled poems untitled pieces short beginning book line dedication end closing dedication reads lord greater indonesia ashes mother queen feet classmate writes sweetheart immediately classmates considers poet inspiration titled poems follows poems included previously published included published works included march edition magazine hang works previously seen wide readership style particularly earlier poems shows affinity traditional poetic forms found unlike highly fixed traditional forms mixes patterns instance alternating simple line pattern lines generally divided clear cases centre line times times rear text dominated terms related love searching including wandering love passion according imagery highly dependent traditional literature flowers prominent cases lover clouds motif clearly derivative words fresh moving terminology likewise heavily influenced classical poetry hang instance term refer portuguese attacking term found classic texts classic terms include warship ship respectively language use notably coloured terms ideas counts terms unknown notes apparent influence poetic form source influence appears indian literature indonesian finds instances particularly verses clouds similar hindu gods appearance themes dutch scholar indonesian literature writes collection united theme longing expands longing mother longing loves longing homeland referred beloved turn writes unlike religious overtones grounded reality notes thematic distinction unlike clear depiction god explicitly puts forth deities including hindu gods abstract ones like god goddess love reception published entirety june edition magazine helped establish later republished stand book writes elements evident collection suggests striking intensity later writings notes poems particularly weak poet generally positive viewpoint work disliked considered classical explanatory notes | Buah Rindu | Language and literature | Language and literature | Poetry |
27547_InPraiseofLimestone | praise limestone praise limestone poem written italy central canon finest poems subject diverse scholarly interpretations limestone landscape interpreted mediterranean civilization human body poem easily classified poem describes landscape meaning called pastoral letter wrote limestone poem theme rock creates human landscape published horizon july poem appeared important collection revised version published beginning prominently placed chronological section themes island praise limestone poems wrote titular limestone characteristic mediterranean landscape considered history poem properties rock domestic picture mediterranean culture calcium limestone makes water easily eroded limestone builds time organic matter recalling history mediterranean interpreting metaphor ground poetry critic writes ground perfect symbol cultural ethnic national identity confluence historical mythical individual collective according critic mediterranean religious tradition culture contrasted limestone protestant views poem attempt quality nature quality developed regions particular italy rome thoroughly protestant modern science looking landscape outside member northern community includes ones outsiders constant single minded best worst share appreciation landscape stayed long sought soils beauty external granite attracted saints tempted left door allusion nazis failed slam door bang shake universe older colder voice oceanic reckless romantic renounce deny life soils represent danger humans trying little gods earth limestone landscape promises life pleasures need incompatible public responsibility salvation dismiss landscape historically insignificant middle sections poem theological terms end world sins bodies rise dead limestone landscape makes point blessed care angle regarded having hide poem concludes realm like physical terms literary biographer interpret poem human body characteristics correspond limestone landscape poet recognises landscape like body witness great historical events exists scale suitable humans limestone questions exists scale different body politics fascination consciousness poem ending lines justify landscape theological terms theological statement body sacred significance poem argument body inherently fallen inferior spirit interpretation consistent prose statements theological importance body topography birthplace yorkshire contains limestone readings poem taken describing homeland makes connection letter written italy hadn realized like italy maternal theme poem point entry interpretation poem limestone landscape suitable backdrop poem band rivals steep stone exists aesthetic spiritual unable conceive god temper moral clever line good lay lacking inner conflict youth separate produce new kind art compared trait earlier literary treatments limestone promise powerful aesthetic artistic culture ultimately desire structure narration narrator tone informal attempting picture dialogue reader speaker evidently speaking directly person large proportion work established poem lines clearly end stopped instances rhyme half lines end syllables lines alternate syllables incorporating accents syllables accents adapted construction pattern reinforced line confirmed reading structure tendency normally english speech fall rhythm swift changes occur poem conversation lend immediate informal quality poet audience change halves poem addresses person audience like minded readers humans general speaks historical perspective mark rounded slopes hear springs examine region line listener single beloved person tone private refers specifically addresses intimate dear greater sense urgency legacy biographer response praise limestone years following publication readers found poem memorable critics praised pretend understand knowing felt grateful responding secret defense written century teaching discredit deny english poet called praise limestone century greatest poems describing perfect fusion personality power acute moral observation psychological situation great gift literary critic found loose poem praise sandstone hand australian poet created poetic form called terminal line ending words source poem kept writing new work | In Praise of Limestone | Language and literature | Language and literature | Poetry |
27613_NyanyiSunyi | republican spelling perfected spelling indonesian songs songs silence poetry collection written time poet forced marry daughter sultan instead chosen love java collection consists titled poems pieces lyrical prose dated published magazine collection republished stand book times analysis focused theme god relationship humanity aspects human existence fate dissatisfaction escape literary critics view collection attempt address problems collection noted difficult read owing usage rarely terms basis islamic culture history despite described form traditional poetry poet termed violent sharp short sentences brought new style indonesian language background dutch educated writer noble descent devout muslim oriented traditional literature favourites including historical texts likewise read works arabic persian hindu literature result extensive vocabulary poet considers poems included having written dutch scholar indonesian literature dates poems time great emotional turmoil required marry daughter sultan funded studies java time reportedly fallen love woman studying forced leave contents consists titled pieces untitled indonesian literary works lyrical prose remaining thirteen poems works works dated end book reading american poet translator translates flower floating loose knot hair gave birth poems poems collection untitled poems untitled silence sorrow titled poems form poems unlike earlier work generally follow traditional format lines words notes followed traditional european forms ballad free form leaning prose poetry depends heavily old terms saw little contemporary use heavily indonesian languages particularly choice words influenced need rhythm metre symbolism related particular terms ultimately language use traditional poets indonesian critic writes result beautiful translator writes poems difficult reading poet described works obscure poetry understood persons understanding islam history indonesian literary scholar notes work allusions religious texts islamic christian opined brought new style indonesian language violent sharp short sentences article wrote translation old poetry destructive force bright light new language themes religion god collection evidenced poem uses word god unlike earlier poems similar manner deity word understood religions islam shows influences cases writes treats god lover familiar terms address recognises god writes aware god acting puppet god notes recognises exist god accepts lower position relation god cases writes shows feeling dissatisfaction lack power protests god likewise notes sense dissatisfaction poems writing treat god entity toys humans allowing pushed aside erased writes questions fate need separate love aside themes god religion shows awareness humanity recognising instincts drives writes song song man soul showing sadness joy acknowledge class creed notes sense distrust feeling having lost love reason lose lover indonesian critic discusses theme love lost relation religion writing loss lover led closer god writes uses silence way address problems time identity god love according end compilation physical love drifted spiritual answers supplied originating supernatural ultimately concludes soul reached maturity considers collection poem temporary escape finds theme religion likewise meant escape opinion echoed publication published november issue literary magazine helped establish later published standalone book seen printing published collection poems entitled fruits longing consisted earlier works notes works appear developed mature later collection notes later collection explicitly romantic love religious love explanatory notes | Nyanyi Sunyi | Language and literature | Language and literature | Poetry |
28091_ElegyWritteninaCountryChurchyard | written country churchyard written poem completed published poem origins unknown partly inspired thoughts following death poet originally titled country church yard poem completed gray living near parish church sent friend poem london literary circles gray eventually forced publish work february pre magazine publisher printing copy poem poem form employs style similar contemporary embodies meditation death remembrance death poem argues remembrance good bad narrator finds comfort lives obscure buried churchyard versions poem approach death differently contains response death final version contains serves narrator fear dying discussion focus obscure known poem possible political definite claims politics universal approach life death claimed probably today best known best loved poem english quickly popular printed times variety formats translated languages praised critics gray poetry fallen favour later critics tended comment language universal aspects felt ending failing resolve questions poem raised poem present political statement serve help obscure poor form central image background gray life surrounded loss death people knew died events occurred caused gray stress november gray aunt died death devastated family loss compounded days later news friend childhood killed survived later joked event incident disrupted gray ability pursue scholarship events mood christmas death fresh minds gray family effect events caused gray spend time contemplating mortality began aspects mortality combined desire determine view order progress present classical world aspects life spring nearing gray questioned life enter sort rebirth cycle die remember gray spring turned individuals survive eventually gray remembered lines poetry composed following death west poet knew previous material began compose poem serve answer questions june gray moved june completed immediately included poem letter sent said live place ordinary town arrives till produces events desire excuse writing seldom especially people living know friend letters spun brains accompanies sentimental productions days shall continue good summer having end thing beginnings seen long ago immediately send hope look light thing end merit writing wanted like want determined shall want letter reveals gray felt poem expect popular influential gray dismisses merely able complete poem probably influenced experience churchyard attended sunday service able visit grave version later published reprinted stanza version conclusion final version published circulated london society ensured popular topic discussion february gray received word publisher print poem february copyright laws time require gray approval publication help able convince print poem february pamphlet added preface poem reading following poem came hands accident general little piece spread slight term accident makes unnecessary apology author feel satisfaction having pleas readers forgive communicating pleasure pamphlet contained illustrations printed gray request immediately owen magazine gray poem printed contained multiple errors problems february letter gray thanked intervening helping quality version poem published owen popular reprinted times reproduced different periodicals including volume compilation poetry revised version later printed composition poem likely originated poetry gray composed memoirs discussed friend gray origins inclined believe begun concluded time august aware stands present conclusion later date originally shall notes poem mason argument guess argued gray poems manuscript copy gray poems owned stanza rough draft called stanza wrote country church yard manuscript copy contained ideas reworked revised attempted work ideas later form later copy entered gray commonplace book version included december letter sent draft sent subsequently lost possible ways poem composed mason concept argues copy original poem complete later critics claimed original complete later version argued early version balance set debate later version argued early poem fits classical models including early version poem finished according mason august little evidence definite date mason argued poem response west death little indicate mason information instead wrote mason churchyard persuaded posterior west death years note sure lines years period long finished resolve disagreement matter possibly letters gray outline events provides second possible way poem composed lines poem written time probably wrote poem time claimed letters likelihood date composition june letter gray stated provided lines poem years speaking terms letter discuss poem sent september alludes poem worked genre poem conventional classical genre individual use related poem relying concept human condition poem lacks standard features invocation flowers theme emphasise loss natural setting primary component theme end included tradition memorial poem contains thematic elements genre especially mourning compared poem recording personal loss lacks ornamental aspects found poem gray natural artificially designed english countryside poem belongs picturesque tradition found long line inspired tradition focusing death poet poem deals questions linked gray life poem composition confronted death questioned mortality universal statements life death poem grounded gray feelings life served falls old poetic tradition poets contemplating legacy poem serves lament death including west remove gray poem like graveyard school poetry instead gray tried avoid description evoke horror common poems tradition compounded narrator trying avoid emotional response death relying questions discussing surroundings lack sense grave generally recognised added editions blair poem works began included performance connected gray wrote poem developed original form advanced manner poem actively relied english techniques language stanza form rhyme scheme common english poetry 16th century foreign gray relied merged english words phrases english feel foreign words gray adapted previously shakespeare securing english tone emphasised words add english tone poem poem begins churchyard narrator describing surroundings vivid detail narrator visual examines area relation tolls parting day herd wind slowly weary way leaves world darkness fades ring landscape sight air holds save beetle wheels flight distant save ivy tow owl moon complain ring near secret bow ancient solitary reign lines poem continues narrator begins focus countryside immediate surroundings descriptions thoughts begins emphasise present scene contrasts obscure country life life remembered narrator thoughts natural process potential gem ray dark caves ocean bear flow born unseen waste sweetness desert air village breast little fields mute rest country blood applause listening command threats pain ruin plenty smiling land read nation eyes lot forbade growing virtues crimes forbade wade slaughter throne shut gates mercy mankind struggling conscious truth hide shame shrine muse flame lines narrator focuses come death individuals begins resign inevitable fate poem ends narrator begins deal death direct manner discusses humans desire remembered narrator poem shifts narrator replaced second describes death thee lines tale relate chance lonely led spirit shall fate headed seen dawn hasty steps away meet sun lawn lines poem concludes description poet grave narrator description end poet life foot beech old fantastic roots high length stretch brook hard wood smiling ring like care cross hopeless love miss custom hill heath near rite tree came lawn wood sad array slow church way path saw borne approach read thou read lay stone beneath aged lines included conclusion poem reveals poet grave focus poem unknown obscure kept poet greater separated unable join common affairs life rests head lap earth youth fortune fame unknown fair science humble birth melancholy mark large bounty soul sincere largely send gave tear gain wish friend farther seek merits disclose draw alike hope father god lines original conclusion earlier version poem confronts reader inevitable prospect death advises resignation differs indirect person description final version world majesty bow brave success innocence safety owe thou notes tale relate lonely led sacred calm bids fierce passion ease small accents ring ground grateful earnest eternal peace strife anxious endless wishes room cool silent doom themes poem connects earlier british poems death seek familiar including satirical verses death swift compared works called graveyard poets blair grave gray poem emphasis common images found description moon birds trees horror found largely avoids mentioning word grave instead difference tone versions early ends emphasis narrator joining obscure common man later version ends emphasis natural humans want known later ending explores narrator death earlier version serves christian death version early poems composed gray english including death ode ode contain gray mortality inspired west death later version poem kept resignation death narrator accepts death poem concludes gray indirect manner writing ending reveals narrator repression feelings surrounding inevitable fate optimistic describes faith hope know alive describing narrator analysis surroundings gray employed philosophy argued senses origin ideas information described beginning poem reused narrator life near end description death obscurity adopts political philosophy death end poem connected essay concerning human understanding beginning poem deals senses ending describes limited ability understand world poem takes ideas transforms discussion ignorance adopting resolution content limited understanding unlike narrator poem knows unable universe questions matter difference obscure renowned poem scholar argued death human differences choose great humble grave obscure graveyard lie famous death completely democratic circumstances prevented achieving great fame circumstances saved committing great crimes special obscure tombs crude inscriptions clumsy monuments poignant reminder vain longing men humble loved remembered poem ends narrator turning fate accepting life accomplishments poem like gray incorporates narrator contemplating position world mysterious tragic comparison obscurity renown commonly seen universal specific context specific political message political gray choices spent time near setting affected english civil war poem composition prompted entrance duke cumberland london trial nobility scholars including believe poem message universal require specific event place inspiration gray letters suggest historical influences composition particular possible gray interested debates treatment poor supported political structure day support poor worked look refused gray message incomplete ignored poor past rebellions struggles poem ignores politics focus comparisons rural urban life psychological manner argument living rural life urban life lets gray discuss questions answer live life conclusion poem resolve debate narrator able recreate manner types life arguing poetry capable preserving died probable gray wanted promote hard work poor change social position instead making claims economic injustice gray differing political views ambiguity poem lines including statement country blood read violence english civil war merely villagers compared guilty poem primary message promote idea pastoral english countryside earlier version lacks later version english aspects especially gray replaced classical figures english ones influence poetic parallels choosing english classical setting gray provided model later poets wishing describe england english countryside second half 18th century gray set example occasion sense effects time landscape instance passage seasons described descriptive moral avoiding overt verbal parallels chose similar backgrounds signal favourite theme meditation ruins written ruins castle written ruins nobleman seat cornwall pile ruins gray friend chose actual churchyard adding reference poet text provided final note explaining poem written appear day scene contrast twilight scene excellent deserted village recognised openly political treatment rural poor heroic poets kept cross collected editions poem works number editions appeared contained deserted village inclusion traveller single work period anonymous review december claimed gray deserted village shine forth human poems century continued influence 19th century provoked response romantic poets attempted define beliefs reaction gray example given exercise translating latin eventually wrote meditation graves summer evening churchyard gloucestershire inventive written line stanza terminates cross theme tendency poem closely resembles setting concludes appealing death terror victorian period alfred lord adopted features extended meditation death established ceremonial religious tone idea tolls mark coming night followed poet narrator looking letters deceased friend echoing gray narrator reading connect dead relied similar setting pastoral poem love ruins describes desire glory ends death unlike gray adds female figure argues love matters gray poem took title fourth novel far crowd line addition verses contain graveyard theme similar stance gray depicts graveyard possible parts derived believed gray 18th century poetic general restrictive limited cover views village similar gray hamlet echoes gray language poems rely tree image use word uncommon time poems parallels gray poem little deeply meditation neglected spot similarities poems reuse gray image forms strongest parallel image essential poem arguments mortality society adaptations parodies basis examples commentator argued gray probably inspired adaptations poem language suggested parody acts kind translation tongue original printing history examples confirm earliest evening college frequently reprinted end 18th century included alongside translations latin italian dublin editions edition works case american political passing bell written country meeting house april published parody printed opposite gray original page page making translation political context obvious shift context obvious starting point works sufficiently original contributed author literary fortunes case imitation churchyard published success followed successive years poems theme connection work close maintained theme form emotional tone nun written ruins abbey derivative earlier poems ruins moore opposite extreme poem provided format surprising number personal descriptions life starting imitation gray written king minor london close title later prison thoughts written king dating printed wrote evening french prison humble imitation prisoner napoleonic wars london followed year bitter published character recently imprisoned obvious distinction meant stand independent works genre followed wording closely humorous satirical purpose filled columns newspapers comic magazines century half eighty quoted parodies works english american authors london work evidence poem influence example ingenious double parody gray write cemetery river instead example later parodies shifted critical aim case explicitly calling attention formal thematic ties connected 18th century work 20th century work parody poem critical purpose definition devil dictionary ending dismissive lines wise man stay minor key translations parody served special kind translation translations returned compliment providing version accord current poetic style host language extreme example provided french imitation latin scholar place plain english gray beauty wealth gave substituted les les gifts kept poem performance english reviewer noted bearing relation original latest database translations version figures records languages principal european languages minor welsh include asian languages medium brought host europe asia provided alternative tradition bound native approaches identified avenue study translations especially produced soon poem written highlighted difficulties text presents include word order fact certain languages allow understated way gray indicates poem statement final line stanza leaves world darkness problems disappeared translation replaced gray raised correspondence latin language words phrases customs manners represented tongue nation especially nation distant time place difficulty sort present instance bell monuments organs anthems texts scripture etc certain images drawn common nature obvious strike foreign turn genius latin verse beetle flies evening roman guess appeared mean object poetry agree latin gray suggests difficulty finding ways including references latin found different solutions especially regard inclusion beetle similarly ignored suggestion letter referring alternative versions earlier drafts poem english characters good shall latin especially outside britain found suggested alternative appealing point mentioned deal problem rendering poem fourth line gray remarked leaves world darkness good english turn latin phrase believe right drop fact dropped example respectable classical history favour understated introduction narrator scene sub left night priorities found elegant means render original turn speech exactly year friend working latin version published title subsequently included irish collections poems accompanied evening noted earlier dublin edition translations italian sources included latin translation italian pattern including translations continued 19th century bilingual edition translation french verse signed simply appeared facing english original page page bulk book english parodies evening preceded parody nocturnal camp filled like poem drunken disturbing silence included nightly thoughts temple set lawyer quarter london editions appearing britain abroad gray english french latin published french author latin translator like gray cambridge graduate italian edition translation appeared printed facing original succeeded translation blank verse latin version dated french publication followed suit including guide cemetery accompanied italian translation free village publications followed collections ambitious gray con included translations latin italian versions prose accompanied mentioned french german greek hebrew translations eventually added new edition time illustrated edition appeared translations latin greek german italian french version appeared previous collections learn activity centenary publication approached interest continued europe new translations continued media editions contained illustrations considerable merit designs poems work leading artists particularly noteworthy commissioned produce illustrated set poems birthday gift wife included appeared end volume individual book created hand written script decorative surround modern looking illustrations notable illuminated edition created script decorative initial page produced pages individually designed half box surrounded coloured floral borders additional feature cover deeply brown leather imitate carved wood little earlier illustrated work librarian responsible having approached major artists designs illustrate engraved wood edition reused later editions including anthology mentioned constable wash study ivy tower stanza held victoria albert museum study church stanza narrator survey cemetery held illustration statement slaughter world war painting paths glory takes title line paths glory lead grave title years account experiences start war taken unrelated anti war novel case suggested untitled manuscript competition held publisher book served turn basis film paths glory released example illustrating imaginative currency certain lines poem continue original significance poem long musical settings musicians adopted solution selecting musical setting voices item performed trio poem newly opened london time set tolls voice keyboard reprise stanza end period guides dramatic performance pieces involving expressive hand gestures included directions piece item described gray set music settings voice accompanied excerpt member theatrical world noted fond setting passages english verse known composer set gem fourteenth stanza voices finally end century set work composed leeds festival work dedicated memory pleasant hours spot scene supposed laid nearly contemporary composed setting music london example discovered translation set music lines rendered german america critical response immediate response final draft version poem positive pleased work summer gray received positive support poem dismay mention letters december letter letter gray said stanza fault certainly meant late complain applauded shame repeat mean modest mean shame said things repeat glad people liked satisfied ambition head poem praised universal aspects gray famous english poets era despite death remained popular 20th century critics began evaluate poetry 18th century writer said sir 6th written letter claiming english poets age gray admired think justice comparatively speaking know church yard means best works story british general read poem troops arrived plains september seven years war reading poem reported said gentlemen written lines quebec tomorrow 21st lecture rhetoric argued poetry deal temper mind differs little common mind best enter small piece small length ode odds measure differ little common state mind church yard grey inferior sort knew gray like poetry later praised poem wrote images find mirror breast sentiments returns echo beginning bones original seen notions place reads persuades felt johnson general criticism prompted join debate reviewers lives poets gray editors thought harsh article recognised relation doctor allow gray degree praise public voice universally assigned think sufficiently apparent went qualify opinion gray beautiful allotted rank general merits debate gray work continued 19th century victorian critics remained rest end century collection critical writings summed general response pleased gray poetry contemporaries pleased unfamiliar unlike sort poetry vogue analyzed reception gray poem curious reflect modest mode poem circulated destined enjoy retain higher reputation literature english poem poem world written continued stressing poem wide acceptance fame spread countries exercised influence poetry europe denmark italy france russia exception certain works shakespeare english poem widely admired imitated abroad century existence find fresh copies popular faded concluded reinforcing claim poem place english poetry possesses charm melody subtle charm ear moral appeals generation skill line master looked typical piece english verse poem poems brilliant original profound lyric language combines balanced perfection qualities production fine effect 20th century response critics beginning 20th century believed poem use sound tone great french critic claimed gray discovered rhythms utilised power sounds created triumph sensibility allied art seen famous somewhat reasoning emotion grave song century music soul sadness death tender self following declared merits poem come tone poetry remarkable qualities high rank simply poet attitude listeners view perfect gray notable examples stand supreme instance powerful adjusted tone difficult maintain thought poem striking original feeling exceptional continued remind originality great poetry thoughts feelings significance difficult express faults gray point long address perfectly familiar feelings subject awareness inevitable possible reflections attention audience source triumph 1930s 1940s critics emphasised content poem felt fell short necessary truly great praising form poem universal argued merits potential political message claimed poem context makes clear means 18th century england scholarship system talents stated reader mood try alter comparing social arrangement nature makes inevitable gives dignity furthermore gem mind cave flower prefers picked feel man like flower short lived natural valuable tricks feeling better opportunities continued reflection churchyard gives style claim comparison ought accept injustice society death collection essays contained comparison sentiment found poetry feeling sensibility expressed mistress later pointed gray poem imagery poetic theme true statement free ambiguity free irony describing aspects poem brooks provided view poem conclusion reader altogether convinced altogether convinced poem closes adequate surely intended function clear necessary function poem structure considered merely loose collection poetic passages critics 1950s 1960s generally regarded powerful emphasised place great english poems argued close greatest poem gray led describe simply sort man believed fared passage world hoped status poem explained doubted hard explain greatness consists easy point thought commonplace imagery correct noble wonder immediately recognizable greatness slipped following argued poem frequently quoted short poem english declared english poems universally admired interpreted widely ways focused psychological questions poem claimed implicit questions final provides adequate answer reason entirely satisfactory conclusion poem continued praising poem gray power poet derives largely ability convey conflict conflict nature pointed poem frequently referred truth best known poem english language 1970s critics pointed lines poems memorable popular emphasised poem place greater tradition english poetry suggested shall tempted gray hammond simply writes poetic line richer fuller memorable ways accustomed analyze poetic quality declared work probably contains famous quotations linear inch text english language hamlet describing conventional added poem points fails follow conventions considering answer partly study major english importantly touches tradition points consideration interest appreciation poem seeing later tradition essential points reference noted gray poetry began concern parental relationships position great world written country churchyard longstanding human concerns affecting expression noted long tradition professional examination poem remains distant readers criticism explain johnson thought church yard images find mind continued arguing poem discussion morality death source enduring popularity 1980s critics emphasised power poem message technique seen important english poem analyzing language poem declared making think disturbing uses language conventional christianity conventional gray want round poem death experience certain logic demands continuity completion claimed publication popular universally admired readers dispute johnson twentieth century remained eager praise praise proved difficult tradition general human experience poem masterpiece hardly wish single word changed surprisingly resistant analysis appears seamless smooth monumental claimed moves superb quality following shares major quality poetic death life fear lost gift life lose life poetic gift expressed fully strong central position tradition truly primarily loss self describing gray poet poet places poets familiarity educated english language declared written mankind felt directly addressed sympathetic human voice later pointed gray universally admired lifetime remained continuously popular mid eighteenth century english poems called standard english poem reason extraordinary praise varied ways poetry appeal beautiful technical accomplishment seen details variation sounds poet rare discretion choice elegant memorable evident incorporation living language modern critics emphasised poem use language reason importance popularity argued series subjects considered written country churchyard results complex manipulation rhetoric later explained gray numbered high greatest poems english tradition precisely simultaneous accessibility went claim poem soon transform life transform profoundly affect development lyric poetry english analyzing use death 18th century poetry declared poem monument ongoing transformation death poem quiet portraits rural life succeeds drawing forgotten dead community living | Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard | Language and literature | Language and literature | Poetry |
28174_Tithonuspoem | poem poem known old age poem fragments poem discovered time poem archaic greek poet fragment edition poem book edition poetry partially known fragments published drawing international media attention completed poem poem substantially complete poems deals effects scholarly debate poem ends lines previously thought poem found preservation poem originally published fragment fragment preserved lines poetry including poem appears copy book edition poetry poems appear metre dated second century today collection library oxford_university cologne published fragments taken existing fragment provided complete text poem cologne preserved early century making oldest known containing poem anthology poetry poems similar themes grouped poem preserved published daniel metre written different hand different metre metre poem characteristics appear known metre lesbian poets contains word forms appear dialect refers myth form known existed time reasons poem poem poem lines long metre called internal double expansion fourth poem sufficiently complete treat entire work ode fragment fragment fifth discovered poem written group young women putting forward singer example emulate discusses singer old age tells audience grow old lose beauty musical abilities retained number poems discuss old age poem common comes greek myth mentioned lines poem story popular archaic greek poetry reference poem place according considers lines like weak ending poem functions parallel old age metre metre poem known discovery cologne quotations preserved describes metre says frequently metre form larger class metres poems metre conventionally thought fourth book edition direct evidence confirms denies continuation line cologne published lines considered single poem fragment page subsequently numbering systems poem cologne contains lines begin line confirming long standing suggestion poem began cologne version poem missing long believed final lines poem scholars disagree interpreted lists possible explanations forward firstly cologne contain poem lines secondly poem end line final lines poem different endings poem line continuing line sixteen west argues lines missing cologne separate poem comments evidence confirm deny scholars including daniel originally published cologne fragments believe poem continue lines suggests versions poem current antiquity ending twelfth line continuing line agrees arguing versions appropriate different performance contexts contested lines poem poem tone changed significantly sixteen line version poem optimistic ending line version expressing hope reception publication cologne making poem complete drew international attention scholars popular press discovery covered newspapers online daily_telegraph described discovery gifts said discovery find lifetime discovery significant scholarship poem annual meeting separate panels discussed poems papers based panels later published edited collections essays cologne published | Tithonus poem | Language and literature | Language and literature | Poetry |
55_JoeNathan | born november american professional baseball pitcher mlb started baseball career shortstop high school converted pitcher drafted san_francisco_giants worked way minor leagues alternating spots rotation bullpen years splitting time majors minors breakout season setup man giants offseason traded closer considered mlb star appearances league leading saves underwent surgery repair torn throwing elbow missed entire season april recorded save injury later year july regained role closer august twins time leader saves game boston_red_sox season left twins free agency sign texas_rangers star april earned save season left rangers free agency sign detroit_tigers currently 8th time saves list early career graduated pine bush new_york played basketball baseball ran track division iii colleges showed minimal interest ended largely high school assistant coach baseball coach knew teammates baseball program college career played shortstop division called long_island new_york time academic american graduating member tenure professional baseball scouts began notice good arm pitcher body day unfortunately literally organization came watch pitch drafted sixth round overall amateur draft san_francisco_giants signed day june college jersey number retired awarded university medal highest recognition given played new england collegiate baseball league august gave brook athletics department new baseball facility recognition lead gift college named joe field professional career began minor league career class unsuccessful year plate giants tried convert pitcher refused left return year graduating degree business management gave thought future baseball graduation decided return giants organization developed standout pitching prospect season salem pitched levels starter tenure started games era strikeouts leading class giants california league championship promoted pitched games promoted parent club san_francisco_giants promoted san_francisco_giants april taking roster spot superstar went disabled list left elbow surgery major league debut day pitching seven shutout innings winning major league decision florida divided rest season giants going giants earning career save short stint minors spent season majors finishing hitting home runs struggled control walking innings ending season era disabled list twice june right shoulder july august right shoulder necessitating surgery afflicted shoulder end season divided starting relieving finishing disappointing combined record era improved slightly era finally overcame struggles return giants september scoreless innings relief spent giants bullpen marrying girlfriend years november breakout year starting season scoreless innings route record year appearances high list pitchers season best setup men allowing runs appearances july august wins relief led majors giants won national_league west games drew florida national_league wild card winner hit hard series blowing save opportunity team fared better winning game complete game shutout dropping traded november trades san_francisco_giants history giants sent twins pitchers catcher cash twins decided closer starting risky considering save opportunities giant won job spring training signed year deal march agreed incentive laden contract base salary started season strong allowing runs appearances earning saves april june named week starting saves innings appearances facing minimum number batters time credentials half season saves opportunities era appearances earned star appearance mlb star game twin squad pitched perfect seventh inning getting strike fly strike numbers impressive rest season allowing runs june august august september finishing saves opportunities era twins won division faced new_york_yankees picked postseason save game blew second opportunity game twins went lose ensuing games outstanding season earned mvp young votes finishing fourth young 12th mvp child son named cole born november spring training signed year deal includes club option picked left allowing earned runs appearances april streaks consecutive save opportunities converted april july result named week week june earned star appearance pitching half season record era appearances struck batters innings pitched lead saves opportunities pitched mlb star game alongside fellow pitcher pitching eighth inning game got pop gave double singled able scored brilliant second half went saves chances posted era finished season record era saves opportunities strikeouts pitcher club history post consecutive save seasons twins missed playoffs season began participated world baseball classic players selected roster played game win mexico striking allowing hit pitched victory japan throwing shutout inning went pitch game united_states ninth inning mexico allowing run striking regular season began twins started strong allowing runs start season april converted straight save opportunities april june june recorded career save chicago_cubs save minnesota days later got save number save minnesota los_angeles_dodgers fifth pitcher twins history achieve mark despite putting great numbers season selected continued pitch season passing second twins time save list earned save detroit_tigers september given major_league_baseball delivery man month award july going save opportunities posting era month finished season best numbers date record era strikeouts saves 18th place finish mvp voting fifth place finish young voting games finished good lead opponents batted career high saves opportunities pitcher organization earn saves straight seasons twins won division day regular season swept scoreless appearance continued twins closer season stretch july august gave earned runs converted save chances despite numbers picked star team finished year converting save opportunities record era twins disappointing season missed playoffs september named finalists delivery man year award year row finalist october twins exercised club option slated million march signed year million contract deal includes million club option million started season consecutive saves blew save season giving run inside park home run fly ball got outs end 9th inning twins went win game converting save opportunities prior star break selected reserve player american_league finished year saves career best era career high blown saves surrendered career walk home run september ranked seventh majors saves lowest era save leaders strong season selected star mlb star game finished year era saves opportunities franchise record shared honors relief man award fare postseason game new_york_yankees twins leading ninth inning blew save surrendered game tying run home run home run allowed men base year yankees later won game 11th inning swept series october twins lost final game playoff loss yankees eliminated took pile dirt mound march reported tear march attempting pitch having surgery decided undergo surgery missing entire season earned save target field april emptied container dirt took mound target field pitching april replaced closer going save opportunities placed day disabled list right muscle strain called place august boston_red_sox twins time saves leader passing twins declined million club option exercised million free agent end season currently leader career saves texas_rangers november agreed terms year deal texas_rangers worth million guaranteed option year million strong season rangers selected represent rangers mlb star game fifth star selection career finished campaign saves era game april earned career save striking looking controversial strike home plate umpire cameras captured saying wow selected sixth star game earned save american_league improved campaign finishing season saves era finished rangers career overall record saves era whip detroit_tigers december tigers signed year million contract club option reunited teammate fellow twins great rangers teammate recorded career save tying ninth time saves list days later recorded career save number putting ninth time saves list june recorded career save tying 8th time saves list august recorded career save passing 7th place time saves list september game blew seventh save season surpassing previous career high blown saves pitched twins finished season tigers making appearances recording saves chances posting era postseason appearance retiring batters faced non save situation game baltimore_orioles tigers swept series april placed day disabled list strained right elbow rehab start april injured elbow throwing pitches night underwent tested positive revealing tears elbow muscle undergo surgery ending season sources projected surgery end career planning retire offseason tigers declined million club option season exercised million chicago cubs present signed chicago_cubs immediately placed day disabled list signing continue recovery previous surgery cubs debut july milwaukee brewers pitched inning struck allowing hit walk records notable statistics personal life married lisa children foundation called save helps raise money awareness different charities reside tennessee offseason pitching style throws mix pitches main pitch fastball thrown mid upper 90s mph main breaking ball hard upper 80s occasionally touching uses frequently left handed hitters preferring use low 80s uses fastball best swing miss pitch rate | Joe Nathan | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Baseball people |
262_JacobdeGrom | jacob born june american professional baseball pitcher new_york_mets major_league_baseball mlb prior playing professionally attended played college baseball began playing baseball shortstop converted pitcher junior year selected ninth round mlb draft mlb debut year named national_league rookie month twice rookie year selected mlb star amateur career attended florida played school baseball basketball teams senior named team played baseball noticed coaches college baseball team selected major_league_baseball mlb draft high school enrolled joined baseball team played exclusively shortstop freshman sophomore seasons considered good fielder strong throwing arm light hitter career batting average appearance pitcher summer sophomore junior years received invitation play collegiate summer baseball florida collegiate declined discovering wanted play pitcher returned fall team relief pitcher filling role closer addition playing shortstop quickly best pitchers team moved starting rotation midway season addition fastball learned throw mlb scouts began notice pitched game hit home run season starts pitching win loss record earned run average professional career new_york_mets selected ninth round pitcher overall selection mlb draft signed receiving signing bonus assigned rookie level starts diagnosed partial tear pitching elbow attempted arm months underwent surgery repair october pitch recovered surgery worked pitched class advanced finishing year era games started began season promoted class eastern league starts injuries received promotion las_vegas june promoted major leagues traded combined era season broken finger suffered offseason altered way threw ball added man roster november protect eligible rule draft offseason improved mechanics learned throw began season las_vegas win loss record era seven games started major_league_baseball promoted major leagues placed disabled list planned use relief injury required insert starting rotation major league debut cross town rival new_york_yankees field faced fellow rookie making mlb debut pitched seven innings allowing run striking yankees shut won collected mlb hit game career bat hit pitcher season ending streak worst collective mark pitching staff begin season mlb history compiled quality starts mlb starts record win july pitched seven scoreless innings recorded strikeouts giving franchise victory miami named national_league player week period july july allowing earned run starts week named rookie month july august went disabled list called august place august sent room coming disabled list september faced struck batters tying mlb record near end season shut year ending season record era strikeouts won sporting news rookie year award named rookie year met receiving place votes ballots los_angeles_dodgers selected week ending june began season win loss record era end june named roster mlb star game struck batters faced pitches person pitch counts recorded pitched record era walks plus hits inning pitched ratio season starting game allowed runs hits seven innings pitched tied franchise postseason record strikeouts set game won deciding game inning run effort game chicago_cubs pitched seven inning game allowing runs hits walk seven strikeouts putting ahead game world series appearance subway series started game world series october allowed runs hits walks innings took loss went series following season received year award best defensive player position major_league_baseball eligible salary arbitration renewed contract season salary raise paid previous season refused sign contract protest stated open negotiating contract extension personal life florida raised parents tony customer service representative credit card rewards program tony built batting cage backyard son practice credits father quiet intensity sisters sarah met wife shortly high school married november live florida welcomed son april known long hair began grow starts led twitter | Jacob deGrom | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Baseball people |
352_HoytWilhelm | july august nicknamed old mlb pitcher new_york_giants cleveland indians baltimore_orioles chicago_white_sox chicago cubs los_angeles_dodgers member growing north_carolina fighting world war spent years minor leagues starting mlb career best known enabled great longevity appeared occasionally starting pitcher pitched mainly specialist relief man role won games record relief pitchers pitcher reach saves appear games enter major leagues late twenties pitched nearly years old retired lowest career earned run averages baseball history retiring player early 1970s held coaching roles new_york_yankees years longtime resident florida died nursing home heart failure early life children born poor tenant farmers john née stanley north_carolina played baseball north_carolina began experimenting reading pitcher felt throw fast offered best shot success tennis ball practice professional debut class north state league served united_states_army world war participated wounded earning purple heart actions played entire career piece lodged result injury rose rank staff sergeant nicknamed old service military returned following military service seasons earned wins later recalled dropped class minor league team having manager tell forget persisted purchased november drafted new_york_giants braves minor league draft assignment giants organization class registered wins losses spent games season class jacksonville returned jacksonville earning win loss record earned run average era class aaa minneapolis starting pitcher games pitched registering record era era came minneapolis record finished similar role season starting games making relief appearances major_league career early years primarily starting pitcher minor leagues called giants team strong starting pitchers led national_league pennant year giants manager think approach effective innings time assigned team bullpen mlb debut giants april age giving hit walks recording april second game new_york_giants batted time majors facing rookie hit home run short right field fence polo grounds went bat total times career hit home run pitching exclusively relief led era rookie year won games lost finished valuable player award voting season relief pitcher finish high finished second rookie year award voting relief appearances win loss record decreased issued walks strikeouts named star team year play game team manager think handle giants renewed contract february key piece pitching staff led giants world championship pitched innings finishing record era appearances season catcher committed passed balls inning set major league record record subsequently tied twice set record hitting home runs year pitching second game gave home runs world series represented career postseason play pitched innings games earning save game team won world series game sweep era increased games innings pitched managed record finished season record era innings sportswriter later attributed difficulties mid-1950s decline career giants catcher writing baseball game inches inch right direction middle career february traded giants time trade manager described type pitcher makes definite pennant threat help need help games cardinals season earned saves finished record highest era point career cardinals placed september claimed cleveland_indians games year cleveland manager occasionally starter era indians handle general manager alarmed large number passed balls allowed baltimore_orioles select august baltimore lived near home baseman families close friends september year hit eventual world champion new york yankees memorial stadium ninth career start allowed walks struck hitter threatened point ninth inning robinson allowed ball roll foul hitter franchise baltimore history moved season difficulty catching set mlb record passed balls april game catcher passed balls catching described game day life author written established principle pitcher big slow catcher awful combination said heaven place throws despite passed balls won title era season manager devised larger handle richards equipped starting pitchers year middle season said pitchers serve starters started games appeared earned record era seven saves started game following year star registered saves era fourth star season finishing record era saves january traded chicago_white_sox early season manager said improved pitching staff percent said worth game winner works little effort probably long registered saves era finished career highs saves games pitched era decreased season remained season contributed passed balls record chicago catcher allowed season total set modern single season baseball record category career low era came earned record saves season getting close breaking time games pitched record belonging young games chicago manager began think starting pitcher game number fired record came later broke record relief pitcher set mlb records consecutive games pitcher career victories relief games finished innings pitched relief despite success won games season 1960s performed poorly finished record noted period relief pitcher came white trade wood threw arrival chicago encouraged throw time wood won games saved games earned era credited helping master coaches know throw wood pitched games pitcher innings relief pitcher season mlb expanded expansion draft conducted new teams select certain players established teams left unprotected possibly believe teams interest older pitcher october chosen expansion draft 49th pick offseason traded later career games pitched california angels era saves record september traded angels finished season pitching games braves earning saves recording era innings pitched spent season braves pitching games team earning saves september selected chicago_cubs appeared games traded cubs braves season cubs acquired late season bolster playoff contention source controversy commissioner investigated transaction december ruled find evidence associated transactions sent cubs quickly braves released braves june having pitched games year braves signed los_angeles_dodgers july appeared mlb games dodgers giving earned runs innings pitched games season team class aaa minor league affiliate indians started games registered era pitched games dodgers registering era innings dodgers released july appeared game time retirement pitched mlb record games recognized pitcher saved games career pitcher appear games oldest players pitched major leagues final appearance days short 50th birthday retired lowest career earned run average major league pitched innings later life retirement player managed minor league teams atlanta braves system single seasons led braves record record braves worked minor league pitching coach new_york_yankees years coach said teach pitchers believing people born throwing worked individually major league players wanted improve including yankees gave permission work pitched san_diego_padres ballot years elected failed garner votes induction sportswriter criticized voters saying look baseball player best player history fell short votes inducted induction ceremony said achieved initial major league goals appearing world series named star team throwing hitter wife lived florida raised children pam jim died heart failure nursing home legacy known relief ace teams new way trend bringing relief pitcher starting pitcher begun struggle teams increasingly called relief pitchers end close game relief pitcher elected remembered successful probably famous old player history largely military service debut major leagues years old nonetheless managed appear major league seasons earned nickname old folks decade left playing career oldest player major_league_baseball final seven seasons teammate commented key pitch saying good guy threw best saw knew pitch don think baseball executive agreed saying action primarily mixed older pitchers end careers offset slowing reduce stress arms extending careers broke tradition began throwing pitch teenager nearly pitch new_york_times linked modern pitcher taught pitcher taught coaching texas_rangers | Hoyt Wilhelm | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Baseball people |
393_StefanWever | born april professional baseball pitcher major_league_baseball debut incidentally game new_york_yankees record earned run average era strikeouts game born west_germany moved united_states child took baseball played baseball high school led drafted new_york_yankees seasons minor leagues major league debut september debut suffered shoulder injury tried pitch years having surgery tried come injury retired retiring opened bar san_francisco continues run early life born west_germany immigrated united_states mother twin sister lived boston moved san_francisco attended played school baseball team senior year helped lead city championship game graduated graduating high school looked college lack competition faced result attended academic scholarship walked school baseball team seasons santa wins losses strikeouts complete games losses complete games time school records junior year drafted new_york_yankees sixth round major_league_baseball draft given signing bonus officially signed team shortly draft concluded baseball career began professional career pitched games team finishing season record earned run average era strikeouts yankees championship series geneva cubs pitched shutout threw strikeouts win game help yankees win championship following year promoted year record era innings pitched games began season remaining record era games promoted yankees affiliate nashville record era appearances pitching coach nashville hall felt ability confidence pitch majors spent time nashville working aspect game following season unanimously named team thanks wins strikeouts end june improved record era strikeouts won year award accomplished pitcher triple crown leading league wins era strikeouts led nashville southern league championship right yankees called major leagues major league appearance came milwaukee brewers september batters faced future hall players history inning felt shoulder wanting leave game early pitched allowed runs runs allowed taken game pitched innings earned runs strikeouts wild pitches entering season projected fifth starter yankees starting rotation continued pain shoulder instead spent season went era seven appearances spent went seven games seven games visited diagnosed suffered years earlier torn torn explained throwing mph injury compared mph surgery shortly afterward spent rest year injury attempted comeback era games team june having continued pitch shoulder pain retired baseball ended professional career post playing career retiring baseball returned school earned bachelor degree english literature married years later opened bar san_francisco continues run working bar return baseball coaching role named varsity baseball coach california having volunteered freshman team year forced resign diagnosis large cell went continue coaching youth baseball camps leagues bench coach spends days week feeding homeless | Stefan Wever | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Baseball people |
433_DaveSisler | october january professional baseball pitcher played major_league_baseball mlb early career starter later middle occasionally closer reached majors boston_red_sox completed year obligation active military half seasons traded detroit_tigers served team season season selected major_league_baseball expansion draft played season traded cincinnati_reds playing season major league level minor league system productive years came boston won games averaging innings season appeared strictly saved career high games senators seven season career posted record era appearances including saves complete games shutout innings retired baseball season investment firm executive career lasted years retiring vice chairman father hall brothers played baseball major league level brother general manager minor league baseball teams later president international_league early life born october missouri baseball hall fame player played baseball high school went work father coach organization dave kept statistics occasionally allowed pitch dodgers future pursue contract commitment princeton future military obligation signed boston_red_sox american_league time princeton began professional baseball career age class pitched games season starting pitcher win loss record era innings pitched play professional baseball active military service major_league career boston_red_sox military commitment joined organization began season major league debut april inning relief appearance new_york_yankees mlb victory came seven days later inning relief appearance yankees boston august sixth start pitched seven inning complete game victory cleveland_indians pitching star future hall total appeared games season starting pitcher win loss record saves strikeouts era inning pitched tied league fielding percentage committing single error sixth highest total hit batsmen seven following season praised performance selected boston area harry award winner given annually voted boston_red_sox rookie named january signed expected candidate pitching rotation slot impressed coaching staff early spring practices manager commented looks good mature shows confidence regular season began initially effective winning games defeat starts including complete game victories yankees point yankees earning moniker sportswriter era considered high large loss scored earned runs innings july defeated yankees making career overall season lowered era victory season followed consecutive losses pitching total innings appear game september recorded save baltimore_orioles september closed season consecutive losses yankees pitched second game giving hits earned runs innings season totals include record era inning pitched began spring training spectacular form pitching total innings allowed batters faced order finished spring consecutive losses including pittsburgh_pirates father special assistant manager opened regular season complete game victory yankees april pitched career complete game shutout victory detroit_tigers future hall improving record season months average innings pitched declined starts occasions entered game relief went june august defeated yankees recorded victory completed season record era strikeouts career high innings pitched february announced signed season considered disappointing season impress outing spring training giving hits bases balls innings work lack pitching depth noted weakness entering season unpredictable youth hopes regain previous level success opened season slated relief pitcher idea start certain cases relief appearances april era inning pitched management decided performance pitching staff considered inexperienced traded detroit_tigers starting pitcher detroit_tigers won games tigers continually performed noted manager sportswriter commented tigers gained thing transaction tigers lost games season trade decided changes needed addition trade fired manager replaced moves initially proved effective sparking winning game streak began defeating yankees games continuing rebound tigers faced winning pitched scoreless inning relief appearance team exclusively relief pitched games tigers winning game losses collected seven saves seventh record error returned tigers season manager noted confident bullpen help needed pointing previous season reference tigers bullpen won games began straight victories pitching scoreless inning appearance april performance considered surprise having poor spring training pitched game season quickly lost form era risen record point season began turn fortunes regained effectiveness august lowered era season totals included era win loss record career added saves innings pitched washington senators season announced going create new teams los_angeles washington thought tigers best season listed tigers eligible major_league_baseball expansion draft draft occurred december selected fourth overall pick senators received communication teams interested national_league athletics decided trade pick expansion draft instead new manager defined role team season began designating relief pitcher felt tigers having left unprotected team considered retiring baseball ultimately decided sign senators solid half season allowing earned run june era record seven saves point effectiveness declined rapidly allowing runs score appearances game june relieved starter immediately gave bases balls batters faced forced runs gave grand slam followed base balls relieved having recording course couple months era steadily rising playing time making appearances month july august major league start august tigers giving seven hits earned runs loss total appearances win loss record finished sixth saves september senators agreed send current dollar adjustment player named later cincinnati_reds pitcher complete transaction washington sent reds player named november cincinnati reds reds champions addition ensure stability pitching staff team management high hopes return world series expected relief pitcher joined reds team brother dick base coach father pittsburgh mentioned relieved son play recent series pirates reds recalling mixed emotions felt elder son dick helped defeat dodgers important game hitting home run younger season begin appearances june allowed run era june pitched scoreless inning victory pirates time time george watched son pitch opponent season disappointment completed season allowing earned run course final games earning victory september final major league appearance totals season included record era save innings pitched coming season manager envisioned role coming bullpen idea occasionally start reds announced february signed season reds club optioned class aaa team san_diego_padres games pitched started record era innings march announced retired baseball join investment company later life baseball career executive investment firm years reaching level vice chairman sponsor semi professional baseball team located florida invited play season ending tournament decide champion senior executive firm denied funding team forcing decline raised unexpected decision considering baseball player feel costs running team originally agreed contract possibility arose father record hits season surpassed living dallas texas time son dave followed progress season mixed feelings record chase happy talked people discovering player hoping record broken games noting took games achieve finished season hits extended invitation entire family attend celebration younger prevented emergency heart procedure travelling seattle remarked organization extending invitation died january cancer age missouri survived wife son grandchildren | Dave Sisler | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Baseball people |
434_ColeHamels | cole cole born december american professional baseball pitcher mlb played mlb philadelphia_phillies originally san_diego california excelled academically phillies drafted high school round mlb draft 17th began career phillies minor league system numerous issues including injury sustained bar fight injuries occurred minor league seasons having reached triple level pitcher phillies minor league system major league debut phillies securing long term spot member phillies starting rotation rookie season large major_league_baseball season won phillies major league pitcher award pitcher team entering season phillies postseason run ultimately won world series won world series valuable player award starter phillies rotation season signed year contract phillies statistics declined seasons struggling tumultuous campaign somewhat bouncing approaching numbers seasons joined fellow star pitchers including flourished putting career seasons suffering poor run support decline aging teammates team missed postseason years remained phillies consistent stars traded texas_rangers sparked run west title early life cole attended san_diego gifted student scored sat scouts interested high school primarily fastball high miles hour secondary offerings considered advanced teams lost interest broke left sophomore year nonetheless drafted round major_league_baseball draft philadelphia_phillies held 17th overall selection professional career minor league career began professional baseball career pitching class later season promoted class advanced florida state league finished year receiving paul award given best pitcher phillies minor league system seasons suffered injuries pitched missed season elbow making starts broke pitching hand bar fight season began rehabilitation assigned july phillies promoted class reading phillies surrendered home run professional career start subsequently shut remainder season healthy started brief stint reading promoted class aaa international league games scranton struck batters giving walk run minor league statistics included record era strikeouts games pitched performance phillies promoted major league club philadelphia_phillies called philadelphia_phillies major_league_baseball debut pitched scoreless innings allowing hit striking seven batters walked earning decision cincinnati_reds second career start dominant seventh inning pulled allowed received decision shoulder injury lineup originally major league start day disabled list returned june defeat arizona major_league victory august best start rookie season shutting new_york_mets innings striking phillies victory finished rookie season record earned run average era strikeouts innings sixth entered season having significant work weight room offseason spring training came fruition april pitched major league complete game allowing run hits walks setting career high strikeouts days phillies moved opening day starter bullpen closer making team number starter carried perfect game seventh inning walked hitter surrendered home run batter strong performance half season time career selected member star team phillies consistent starter point point columnist said phillies joke long forced look forward cole mound phillies acquired supplement rotation soon trading deadline weeks later placed day disabled list mild left elbow strain phillies activated september helped phillies place national_league east striking innings win days later team clinched spot playoffs time years game started phillies surrendered runs hits walks striking seven innings assessed loss ultimately phillies lost series finished regular season record era strikeouts innings philadelphia chapter presented valuable pitcher award season began march complaint phillies saying low blow caught guard gap agent felt fair reward performance previous season paid phillies paid barely minimum salary mlb players despite strong performance clear cut ace phillies opening day starter accepted role closer preceding season putting team ahead personal wishes start end april led phillies pitching categories including wins era innings pitched continuing dominance recorded career complete game shutout atlanta braves 15th month june demoted minor leagues leaving atop rotation selection despite strong numbers season era strikeouts innings lowest base percentage majors rated effective majors pitched game brewers pitching spectacular hit shutout innings struck hitters career playoff win phillies playoff win commented knew importance game year learned takes trying kind mellow sort excitement control named valuable player mvp going era winning series october los_angeles selected phillies starter game world series phillies won earned fourth win postseason started game suspended rain sixth inning tied receiving decision game resumed phillies won clinch world series overall postseason starts going era threw total innings postseason held opponents scoreless allowed run seven innings hold opponents scoreless named world series mvp subsequently wrote names list names carved legends month october know names october kind month belong list pitchers won starts postseason company year old left named cole time phillies handed baseball october apparent sports special talents philadelphia chapter presented valuable pitcher award second consecutive year started season signing year million contract phillies february day spring training pitchers asked opening day starter manager responded yeah ahead pencil don think sense playing games ahead pencil left spring training march feeling innings flew philadelphia left elbow examined obviously set couple days don think big deal said found structural damage arm pitch opening day expected consecutive season time career went starts left starts early injury late april sustaining left shoulder ankle respectively june returned previous form recording complete game tied lead striking batters separate games inning scoreless streak august september allowing home runs final starts july phillies augmented starting rotation acquiring young award winners trade free agent signing respectively early season injury struggles posted record era regular season major league season posted record worst era career point started game allowing earned runs innings loss phillies won series games earned win game phillies beat dodgers started game world series new_york_yankees pitching innings allowing earned runs taking loss yankees won game afterward told reporters wait season end mentally draining things year wait fresh start later series phillies won game asked thought quit phillies lost world series new_york_yankees games columnist contradicted asserted skills deteriorated instead commenting october everybody ready sort superhero largely went phillies championship run went era regular season season walk ratio year year gave home runs innings year given real difference luck phillies pitching coach blamed demeanor decline noting approach wasn good year success won come demeanor changes angry tougher execute pitch think let expectations respectively entering season phillies traded away acquired mega trade sign named phillies opening day starter season highlights start june san_diego_padres threw innings hit baseball winning consecutive starts including consecutive scoreless starts late august mid september striking batters tied second highest career total september florida phillies finished best record mlb started game cincinnati_reds time postseason career pitched complete game shutout phillies advanced facing san_francisco_giants took loss game giving runs giants shutout phillies route phillies ultimate elimination games rebounded previous season posting record era time career best struck career high batters season plagued lack run support starts phillies score single run game received fifth lowest run support allowed fewer earned runs starts evaluated season follows immature soft unprepared wouldn pitch days rest asked big game pitcher sounds like year old descriptions heard read phillies fans following cole disappointing season people wanted traded said world series naked eye cole wasn right years ago fast forward year later sudden found game switch game face prepared heading cured effect december returned phillies signed free agent contract philadelphia years million option sixth year signing phillies starting rotation consisted cole rotation considered best pitching history lee dubbed fans media entered season large excitement hype fans media star game july mlb star game phoenix arizona broadcast announced voted national_league team fellow pitchers teammates eligible play pitched sunday prior shared dismay rule saying things people don play game rules phillies finished best record mlb second year row started game resulted win phillies series lead phillies lose games eliminated finished season record strikeouts era whip finished fifth young award voting respectively season underwent elbow missed scheduled starts august stiff shoulder loose bodies removed elbow fix problems ready pitch start spring training january philadelphia_phillies agreed year million contract avoid arbitration highest salary paid pitcher eligible arbitration free agency suspended games hitting harper lower pitch admitting intentional july hit career home run san_francisco_giants pitcher half inning time mlb pitchers hit home runs inning stay agreed contract extension july year million contract second largest contract signed pitcher deal included option worth million option didn vest turned club option million included million finished season career highs wins strikeouts finished eighth young award voting era ranked second best career era philadelphia chapter presented valuable pitcher award season spring training manager named opening day starter philadelphia_inquirer wrote long time coming career opening day start april atlanta braves surrendered earned runs innings took loss particularly early season plagued lack run support fifth lowest major leagues lost eighth start declining record sports_illustrated column attributed phillies poor offense easily worst performance year career aside offensive struggles pitching phillies defense struggled kept positive attitude commenting luck improve pretty plane poker end season final starts surrendered runs total amassed record era innings strikeouts sixth despite struggles teammates noted worse generating swings misses rate declined percent overall swinging strike rate declined percent doesn like lot consider opposing hitters swung pitches season percent decrease means fewer swings misses combination balls play foul balls bat despite poor record era starts quality starts gave team chance win times got wins season announced ready pitch opening day april pitched class advanced game striking allowing earned runs hits innings start season april despite lack run support contributing poor win loss record best pitchers national_league mentioned young candidate september pitched innings phillies combined hitter atlanta braves pulled pinch hitter seventh having walks hit batter pitches innings consistent star phillies finished sixth voting frequently mentioned candidate traded offseason bolster phillies lackluster farm system avoided dealt july trading deadline start season focus speculation trade possibilities surrounding boston_red_sox los_angeles_dodgers texas_rangers chicago cubs new_york_yankees san_francisco_giants expressed interest trading season july final start phillies traded hit chicago_cubs field striking giving walks cubs hit pitcher month later august season hitter cubs perfect game cubs joined hit pitchers pitched combined hitter texas_rangers july traded texas_rangers exchange pitcher traded regular season pitching hitter final start team traded pitcher pitch hitter final start team traded pitching hitter rangers final start season traded pittsburgh_pirates offseason went starts era rangers late august posted winning record remainder season eventually overtook september american_league west division lead rangers clinched west title final day season threw complete game hitter win team 6th division title 7th postseason appearance franchise history positive effect rangers compared ace starting pitcher helped run postseason blending seamlessly struggling team acquired trade deadline rangers lost games division series series lead received decision game left game tied rangers won innings started game pulled 7th inning rangers leading subsequently scored runs win charged loss responsible runners base starting texas_rangers special cheering section known starts globe life park inspired success king court named opening day starter rangers opening day allowing home runs innings pitch strong innings allowing runs hits strikeouts opening day win june start seattle recorded career player 7th active player reach milestone scouting report known baseball possessing better game having fourth best game trailing called killer pitch right handed hitters noting effective left handed hitters play generally success rangers pitching coach said difficult task try young guys throw amateur career spent staring scout gun young guy good right development attributed high school pitching coach fact high school broke arm longer work months forced focus star baseman rival commented best national_league respect fastball change devastating fastball change way change soft falls aside throws fastball low 90s reach miles hour cutter miles hour inconsistent loops times sharp miles hour prior conception advent cutter briefly threw fastball debuting cutter attained feel effectively utilize cutter helped increase rate percentage balls play including percent personal life family dutch descent oldest children grew san_diego parents live resides square pennsylvania wife married december making plans dallas texas area time offseason contestant sixth season reality survivor amazon child son october second son november december adopted baby girl named created currently runs organization known wife foundation created funds childhood programs philadelphia africa | Cole Hamels | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Baseball people |
450_EdBarrow | december american manager office executive major_league_baseball served field manager detroit_tigers boston_red_sox served business manager facto general manager new_york_yankees team president credited building yankee dynasty elected born covered wagon springfield illinois worked journalist soap salesman entering business baseball selling concessions games purchased minor league baseball teams serving team manager served president managing tigers returning minor leagues baseball left game operate hotel returned baseball president seven year tenure managed leading team victory world series owner began sell star players joined yankees quarter century baseball operations chief yankees won world series titles early life born springfield illinois oldest children male born father fought ohio american_civil_war following war parents john mother brothers sisters traveled covered wagon nebraska born plantation belonging relatives trip lived nebraska years moving iowa middle grant bestowed honor civil war general worked clerk receiving promotion circulation manager year reporter leader graduating high school city editor earning week current dollar terms years living established baseball team included future baseball stars moved pittsburgh worked soap salesman believing money business lost money business went work desk clerk pittsburgh hotel baseball career early career partnered sell concessions baseball games helped form class minor league stevens purchased served field manager collapse league season team continued rest year bought class atlantic league managing rest season discovered throwing coal railroad station pennsylvania signed professional contract sold wagner national_league year current dollar terms poor attendance brought professional draw play base umpired hired woman professional baseball pitch innings game served president time winter established movie theater richmond virginia managed league folded season money earned sale richmond movie theater purchased quarter share served team manager hired manager brought talented players rebuilding acquired talented players team improved fifth place finish place finish second place finish won league championship lost talented players including american_league managed major leagues finishing fifth thirteen game improvement finish tigers feuded shortstop tigers owner sold team season managed tigers unable secretary treasurer resignation managed rest season managed indianapolis indians class toronto baseball finishing place hired manage toronto signing rest team players manager toronto return baseball returned baseball managing montreal hired president year giving annual salary current dollar terms served role engineered change international_league season league president contended creation competed major league established franchises international_league cities including newark new_jersey buffalo new_york baltimore maryland attempted gain major league status league unsuccessful collapsed league president outlaw players playing league season attempted organize compete major league merging international_league clubs teams international_league owners opposed policies including attempt form felt close personally league owners voted cut pay season current dollar terms resigned manager boston_red_sox team lost better players world war encouraged owner purchase bullet current dollar terms season feuded assistant undermined leadership won world series recognizing star pitcher great power hitter pinch hit days wasn scheduled pitch told pitch hit decided bat useful pitching transitioned pitcher outfielder public dispute july reported press intending leave situation soon season debt began selling contracts star players traded new_york_yankees obtaining cash sold yankees season struggled finishing sixth sold yankees season warnings finished fifth new_york_yankees season resigned business manager yankees replacing deceased took control building roster usually field manager responsibility days yankees handled signing player contracts owner personally handled contracts installed yankees infrastructure owner manager frequently criticized told manager second job win players need win suspended indefinitely august misconduct playing field current dollar terms supported yankees brought coach new_york scout purchased share club discovered executive orchestrated series trades club mainly afloat trades yankees stars bullet argued trades looked favor yankees players sent boston suffered injuries fact certainly knew coming new_york deals managed nearly boston yankees sought develop players buying teams especially investment current dollar terms convinced approve purchase considered potential successor president declared interested job died chose replace manager passing wanted opportunity player manager prevented managing teams departed yankees suggesting executives teams equipped manage baseball team season gotten sporting news named executive year death left yankees assets trust descendants named president yankees authority team day day operations named executive year second time won award estate sold team group sold stake team group remained chairman board informal adviser signed year contract remain team exercised clause contract free december order officially retire baseball president offered job commissioner baseball succeed declined felt old health decline personal life known uncle friends according writer referred treating butler english drawing room comedy resided new_york married discuss writings second marriage january raised year old daughter previous marriage daughter able boxer fought exhibition rounds hospitalized july new_york died december age body kept interred new_york legacy executive numbers player uniforms announced retirement uniform number number retired executive allow fans foul balls entered stands require playing star banner national anthem game holidays exhibition game played honor managing team retired stars elected april yankees dedicated plaque hung center field wall yankee stadium near monuments miller plaques later moved stadium monument park | Ed Barrow | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Baseball people |
767_HerbPennock | february january american professional baseball pitcher played major_league_baseball best known time spent star teams mid late 1920s early 1930s signed questioning competitive drive sold boston_red_sox returning military service regular contributor yankees acquired season served key member pitching staff yankees won world series championships tenure team retiring player served coach farm system director general manager philadelphia_phillies regarded greatest left handed pitchers baseball history later called sale greatest mistake died cerebral later year posthumously inducted early life born february pennsylvania father mother née sharp descent ancestors came united_states youngest children attended played baseball team struggling baseman weak offensive output throwing arm resulted curved throws coach converted pitcher playing career pitching threw hitter catcher son manager agreed sign athletics later date signed play collegiate team based father insisted sign alias order protect collegiate eligibility threw hitter traveling negro league baseball team promoted athletics intended prospects replace star pitchers chief major league debut athletics season allowing hit innings pitched youngest person play american_league season major neighbor took wing taught throw missed season illness season posted win loss record earned run average era innings pitched athletics pitched scoreless innings world series athletics lost let season naming starting pitcher opening day threw hit complete game shutout boston_red_sox athletics struggled playing style drew concluding lacked ambition sold price current dollar terms later regarded sale greatest mistake boston_red_sox deep pitching staff place loaned providence international_league august remainder season split season international_league buffalo pitched era buffalo won league pennant won world series appear series pitching minor league baseball began regain confidence boston manager season enlisted united_states_navy pitched team fielded navy defeating team composed members united_states_army exhibition bridge game new manager signed new contract promising use regularly season received start apiece months april relied bullet leading threaten quit late fulfilled earlier promise continued use regularly memorial day finished season win loss record era innings pitched served team ace pitcher season subsequently settled starter campaign went seven wild pitches leading new_york_yankees began negotiate acquire yankees traded offseason new_york_yankees pitched win loss record season yankees leading american_league winning percentage finishing sixth wins pitching world series defeated new_york_giants game october end game world series winning streak recorded save securing yankees win game pitched win game day rest yankees world series championship called greatest pitching performance seen season pitched win loss record era striking career high batters win total second era johnson finished fourth strikeouts johnson innings pitched walks plus hits inning pitched whip ratio led season era second best season posted career high wins finishing second george led whip issued fewest walks innings pitched pennant race called best left majors earned wins game game world series finished game seven series yankees lost yankees reached world series facing pittsburgh_pirates pitched complete game pirates game world series allowing hit eighth inning performance drew praise teammate yankees swept series pittsburgh pitching hit shutout august missed remainder season including world series arm injury home runs innings pitched led era trailed wins tied eighth place yankees defeated cardinals world series yankees starting rotation likened season saw pitching time pitching quality diminish rest career posted innings pitched season era rose suffered bouts won career game season left handed pitcher reach mark led walks innings pitched pitched innings relief chicago_cubs world series recording saves new_york chapter named player year serving exclusively relief pitcher win loss record appearances season yankees honored dinner january gave release return boston teammate athletics serving general manager signed roster season pitching major leagues served relief pitcher retired career record wins losses era pitched world series philadelphia new_york member world series championship teams world series play amassed career win loss record saves second pitcher win world series games seven world series championship teams played world series member winning team including consider greatest left handed pitchers time post playing career general manager farm team prior season returned serving base pitching coach manager served role season served assistant supervisor boston minor league system reporting evans succeeded evans director late season december carpenter new owner philadelphia_phillies hired general manager receiving recommendation carpenter gave lifetime contract filled carpenter duties team owner drafted service world war general manager changed team invested million current dollar terms players known kids won national_league pennant including created managers club baseball history allowing fans feedback team advocated repeal bonus rule opposed racial integration baseball signed team president dodgers series philadelphia told bring rest team threatened boycott game robinson played age week days 54th birthday collapsed lobby result cerebral pronounced dead arrival hospital healthy inviting friends join madison square garden attend boxing match honors honored day april weeks death elected attempt erect statue honor blocked support segregation baseball teammate called ball player knew included book greatest baseball players time inducted noted baseball photographer considered favorite subjects photograph personal nicknamed square married high school sweetheart younger sister childhood friend october attended spring training traveled husband team season couple daughter jane born son joe born jane later married member yankees rented apartment wife children stayed yankees played home games proficient horse rider raised silver grew flowers vegetables farm | Herb Pennock | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Baseball people |
778_JavierLópez(baseball) | baseball born july puerto rican born professional baseball pitcher san_francisco_giants major_league_baseball feet inches tall weighs pounds previously pitched boston_red_sox pittsburgh pirates left handed specialist known delivery bats left handed attended earning degree psychology despite leaving early begin baseball career selected fourth round major_league_baseball mlb draft began career starting pitcher struggled converted submarine organization season selected boston_red_sox rule draft traded spring training spent colorado roster nearly tying franchise record consecutive batters retired finishing major league games pitched struggled seasons getting claimed later sent minors arizona signed chicago_white_sox failed team spent season minors getting traded boston year served boston different appeared games posting earned run average era posted era playoffs won world series ring defeated colorado games spent entire season major league roster time posted era games getting sent minors rest season signed pittsburgh_pirates traded san_francisco_giants season lowest era year won world series giants defeated texas_rangers win world series major league relief pitchers throw innings giving home run won world series giants defeated detroit_tigers games posted career best era won fourth world series giants defeated seven games active player played world series championship teams early life born puerto_rico grew virginia wife attended virginia growing dream fbi agent like father went college played virginia baseball team august players major leagues playing went earned run average era hitter batting average home runs runs batted rbi discovered pitching likely major leagues despite leaving college years play professional baseball continued working degree psychology earned fulfill promise father law said years great university figured finish professional career drafts minor leagues seasons drafted fourth round major_league_baseball mlb draft began minor league career starting pitcher silver hawks games starts record era strikeouts walks innings pitched remained posting record era strikeouts innings pitched starts promoted high games starts record era strikeouts saves innings deciding able reach major leagues starter converted moved bullpen said don know desperation admitting failure began season arizona advanced affiliate lancaster games record era strikeouts save innings pitched promoted season record era strikeouts innings pitched games start professionally played games allowing opponent batting average year went era strikeouts saves innings colorado december boston_red_sox selected rule draft intending compete role left handed specialist bullpen march traded player named later roster mlb debut pitching scoreless inning loss got major league game april punching victory april got win pitching scoreless innings victory posted era led games june posting innings scoreless streak end run era jumped june allowed seven runs inning loss july august tied franchise record retiring straight hitters span days fell short record set intentionally walked loss new_york_mets august recorded career save pitching scoreless 11th inning victory montreal played games major leagues trailing record era save started badly going era games mid season sent aaa colorado springs sky july aaa went era games called majors august replace injured played rest season colorado pitched better rest season allowing runs era final games games record era strikeouts saves innings began allowing runs games era optioned april arizona appear games claimed april major league rules arizona unable april poor season having record era highest majors appearances july designated assignment room roster cleared sent rest season went era october granted free agency chicago_white_sox organization signed minor league deal chicago_white_sox competed role left handed specialist logan won role sent aaa begin season playing charlotte knights international_league went saves era games boston_red_sox june traded boston_red_sox david posted era appearances getting sent july tough carry left handed specialist point season according manager called short july august august appearing game time september recalled remainder season september allowed run finished year going era games record era games innings roster scoreless optioned april room started season disabled list recalled sent stint posted era appearances getting sent august room returning disabled list face tough left handed hitters late august sent august room roster appearances posting record era innings despite minors appearances ranked second club appearances going era member playoff roster posting era winning world series swept games january agreed year contract avoiding arbitration process spent season major league roster time rookie year june threw career high innings allowing runs loss games record era strikeouts innings pitched fifth lowest era major league left handed appeared fifth games left second lowest era pitchers playoffs second year row won wild card appearance anaheim taking loss game giving game winning twelfth inning single boston loss series defeated angels games appearances championship series allowing runs defeated seven games april allowed runs inning played remainder eighth inning right field switched right fielder game loss rays time pitcher played position major league game played left field august designated assignment room pitcher started year era games shortly minors spent rest season going era games october granted free agency ended tenure string straight games save longest stretch pitcher pittsburgh pirates december signed year contract pittsburgh_pirates replaced traded pirates left handed specialist posting era games posted era july san_francisco_giants present july traded san_francisco_giants appeared games giants earning record era combined record year pittsburgh san_francisco came appearances era career records left handed batters hit lowest national_league left minimum bats ended season days short qualifying free agency reached playoffs giants won west time appearances atlanta braves face struck times giants won series games philadelphia_phillies appearances scoreless game allowed run deciding game pitched scoreless seventh inning charged win hit game winning home run eighth inning appearances texas_rangers world series striking batters faced game struck end eighth inning runner second preserve lead giants went win won second world series ring giants defeated rangers games win world series joining giants premier specialists game recorded save victory following game crossed arms imitating giants closer post save gesture games record era strikeouts innings pitched relief pitchers major leagues toss innings allowing home run opponent batting average left eighth lowest season giants signed year million contract july gave home run joining giants allowed foot home run victory pirates brought era posted era games following struggles replaced injured wilson giants closer giants manager announced august giants going bullpen committee strategy pitching final innings close games depending hitters facing received save opportunities save point received save opportunities august converted games record era strikeouts innings converting seven save opportunities stranded inherited runners best mark appearances allowing runs giants won series pitch world series won career world series ring giants swept detroit_tigers recorded save season september pitching final ninth inning victory appearances going career best era striking innings held left handed hitters november signed giants year million contract appeared games recording era strikeouts walks world series recorded outs appearances allowing hits walk won fourth world series ring giants defeated seven games matched career high appearances setting new career era whip struck batters innings pitched pitching style main pitch fastball low 80s secondary pitch high 70s left handed hitters mix distinctive delivery makes appealing left handed specialist season hit hit struggled begin professional career throwing decided needed change style system help began throwing submarine called decision changed life personal life married attended high school college couple children march christian october world series christian born fly home birth games family reside denver colorado christian says faith sure | Javier López (baseball) | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Baseball people |
857_BarryBonds | barry bonds born july american professional baseball left fielder played seasons major_league_baseball mlb pittsburgh_pirates san_francisco_giants bonds received seven mvp awards star selections considered greatest baseball players time bonds currently hitting coach miami bonds regarded exceptional hitter finished regular season career high base percentage isolated power holds mlb hitting records including career home runs home runs single season set career walks received gold gloves defense outfield ranked second career wins replacement major league position players bonds led controversial career notably central figure baseball scandal indicted charges justice allegedly lying grand jury federal government investigation charges bonds dropped initially convicted justice overturned bonds elected years eligibility mlb season announced bonds hitting coach miami early life born riverside california major bonds grew california attended california excelled baseball basketball football played junior varsity team freshman year remainder high school career varsity team batted batting average senior year named prep american giants drafted bonds second round mlb draft high school senior giants bonds unable agree contract terms maximum offer today bond minimum pro bonds instead decided attend college college career bonds attended hitting home runs runs batted rbi batted stolen bases hit home runs rbis batting average sporting news american selection year tied ncaa record seven consecutive hits college world series sophomore named world series team graduated degree named deck circle valuable player winners include college played summer amateur professional career draft minor leagues pittsburgh pirates drafted bonds sixth overall pick major_league_baseball draft joined prince william pirates named july player month league hit games pittsburgh pirates bonds major leagues pittsburgh pirate fan attendance low attendance game game home schedule bonds major league debut bonds led national_league home runs rbi stolen bases walks finished 6th rookie year voting played center field switched left field arrival early years bonds batted hitter outfield pirates defensive tandem worked cover lot ground field close field pirates experienced surge fan enthusiasm bonds team set club attendance record home opener year hit home runs second season stolen bases rbis bonds improved hitting home runs pirates broke record set previous year attending home opener bonds fit highly respected lineup featuring finished rbis outfield assists second following season rumors traded los_angeles_dodgers team denied rumors trade occurred bonds won mvp award hitting home runs rbis stole bases league time member club won gold glove award year pirates won national_league east title postseason berth winning world series cincinnati_reds post season berth lost pirates year defeated pirates route winning world championship bonds great numbers hitting driving runs obtained gold glove finished second batting champion mvp voting pirates slugging outfield bonds performed playoffs hitting march pirates general manager agreed deal counterpart trade bonds exchange player named later pirates manager opposed trade proposal rescinded bonds stayed pittsburgh won second mvp award season hitting rbis propelled pirates straight division title pittsburgh defeated braves seven game bonds participated final play game fielded base hit attempted throw home plate throw pirates catcher late scored winning run consecutive season denied trip world series following loss bonds star teammate expected command salaries high pittsburgh sign san_francisco_giants season bonds left pirates sign lucrative free agent contract worth record million million today years giants father spent seven years career godfather played major_league seasons deal time largest baseball history terms total value average annual salary signed giants bonds intended wear number stay pirates receiving blessing giants willing public fans media honor father bonds switched jersey number bobby number san_francisco bonds hit leading league home runs rbi route second consecutive mvp award overall good giants winning games won great pennant race instituted shortly season shortened season bonds hit home runs league leading walks finished 4th mvp voting season bonds hit drove runs hitting finished 12th mvp voting appeared small role television film jane house starring season bonds national_league player second current list major league player hit home runs steal bases season members club father home run short hit home runs stole bases bonds hit home runs florida april fourth player history join club stolen bases home runs career joining father bonds totals season included runs driven average national_league record walks finished fifth mvp season bonds hit lowest average hit home runs second straight year drove runs leading league walks tied father having seasons placed fifth mvp season outs 9th inning game arizona bonds fifth player baseball history given intentional walk bases loaded 20th century received rare honor receive game philadelphia_phillies august bonds hit pitch thrown leading bonds charging mound triggering bench clearing brawl august bonds hit career home run player enter club having career totals home runs stolen bases milestone home run came like pitching season hit home runs drove runs winning eighth gold glove finished 8th mvp voting season ranked bonds best player 1990s added decade second best player closer production decade 10th best player bonds statistics considered bonds ranked number list greatest baseball players making highest ranking active player sporting news list redone bonds ranked 6th hank aaron bonds omitted elected james wrote bonds certainly superstar lifetime popular bonds far far greater player rated bonds 16th best player time people begin accomplishments predicted bonds rated greatest players history game season following year bonds hit career time slugging percentage home runs games drew league leading walks season year bonds offensive production reached higher levels breaking personal records major league records giants games hit home runs including career high early stretch included home run hit april los_angeles_dodgers hit home runs star break major league record drew major league record walks base average feat seen years earlier bonds slugging percentage major league record total bases bats ended season major league record home runs october bonds tied previous record set set game game season hit numbers following night bonds added october ball later sold toy manufacturer previously bought home run ball bonds received home run award leading mlb season season bonds signed giants year million contract january hit home runs giants games season tying year record home runs games won batting title career high average struck times hit home runs bats despite playing fewer games previous season drew walks major league record intentional walks surpassing major_league record fourth highest total time bonds broke major league record base average bonds hit home run year half hitting home run came august home pirates postseason bonds batted home runs rbi walks postseason route world series giants lost series anaheim angels season bonds played games hit home runs bats batting average walked times base average straight year member career home run stolen base club stealing second base june pitcher 11th inning tied ball game los_angeles_dodgers bonds tallied home run bonds scored game winning run later inning season bonds best season hit route second national_league batting title broke record walking times fourth highest time broke base percentage record average bonds passed career home run list hitting april hit jake september bonds hit home runs bats struck times putting elite company major home runs strikeouts season bonds win fourth consecutive mvp award seventh overall seven mvp awards player history addition player league awarded mvp times row mvp award given year old bonds broke year record oldest player win valuable player award years months national_league mvp july tied passed career bases balls record career walks bonds neared aaron record aaron called opinion bonds clarified fan admirer bonds avoided controversy record denoted bonds alleged usage felt recognition respect award determined fans controversy received greater media attention offseason season aaron expressed reservations statements bonds issue aaron expressed felt drug use boost athletic performance inappropriate aaron frustrated media focus events occurred field play wished drugs gambling allegations associated emphasized aaron felt use issue controversial decided attend possible record breaking games aaron congratulated bonds media bonds broke aaron record season bonds salary season million second highest salary major_league_baseball yankees earned highest million bonds endured knee injury multiple rehabilitation activated september started left field return san_diego_padres nearly hit home run bat bonds finished night return bonds resumed high caliber performance plate hitting home runs consecutive games september september finishing games season bonds earned million including bonuses fourth highest salary baseball season earned approximately million year career making baseball time highest paid player bonds hit games season hit home run april game stretch longest home run slump season bonds drew home run tying second place time list hitting career home run second level philadelphia pitcher game giants lost philadelphia_phillies home run longest citizens bank park season history traveling estimated feet hit facade deck right field bonds tied hitting career home run deep right field lead 2nd inning home run came left handed pitcher oakland game played oakland california game american_league stadium bonds batting designated hitter lineup giants bonds quoted game glad stated attention focused rapid home run pace early bonds passed hitting career home run center field pitcher ball hit estimated feet center field went hands fans fell elevated platform center field rolled platform year old san_francisco resident caught ball line concession stand mysteriously radio broadcaster radio play play home run went silent ball hit apparently microphone failure televised version called giants broadcaster affected september bonds tied national_league career home run record home run came 6th inning high scoring game milwaukee brewers miller park milwaukee wisconsin achievement notable occurrence city aaron began concluded brewers american_league career giants trailing bonds hit blast deep center field pitch brewers runners second giants time slim chance making playoffs bonds home run provided additional drama giving giants lead late critical game final days pennant race brewers eventually won game despite bonds going doubles record tying home run runs batted september bonds surpassed aaron career home run record hit milwaukee like previous solo home run brewers home run bonds hit bonds recorded lowest slugging percentage historically ranked league leaders season season pittsburgh_pirates january new_york_daily_news reported bonds tested positive baseball policy effect season players testing positive submit additional tests undergo treatment counseling policy stated players identified positive test new_york_daily_news leaked test results informed bonds test results initially attributed substance taken locker giants teammate later claim publicly apologize season january giants finalized contract bonds season commissioner office rejected bonds year million deal contained personal appearance provision team sent revised documents agent stated time barry signing new documents bonds signed revised year million contract february reported giants spring training camp time bonds resumed march time record early season opening game inning single past base right shifted infield immediately followed stolen base base running got thrown home deep left field late game bonds returned day april mission bat season second game giants park bonds hit chris young san_diego_padres pitch wall left center field career home run home run bonds past midway point aaron bonds homer april hit night included rbi pittsburgh_pirates bonds pitch pitcher cove april home run home runs number came games april april arizona hype surrounding bonds pursuit home run record escalated day dallas based auction house offered million fan caught bonds record breaking career home run million dollar offer rescinded june concern fan safety home run came father day june final game game road series boston_red_sox park bonds previously played homer park 36th major league bonds hit home run hit low fence giant bullpen right field home run teammate different pitcher surrender bonds career home run hit june came teammate blast came 8th inning point tied game july bat streak bonds hit home runs numbers chicago_cubs went home runs rbis walk day struggling place giants lost game july bonds hit home run florida pitcher bonds walked bats game run shot helped giants win game marked time hit bonds game giants won august bonds hit foot home run san_diego_padres home run number tying hank aaron time record bonds greeted son extended bear crossing home plate bonds greeted teammates wife daughter different pitcher home run bonds ironically given cloud suspicion surrounded bonds tying home run hit pitcher suspended baseball use walked bat eventually scored fielder choice august bonds hit foot home run pitch breaking time career home run record held hank aaron coincidentally father faced aaron pitcher texas_rangers aaron hit home run august held aaron single fly right field younger commented later dad let hank aaron hit home run given hitting home run bonds gave bat pitch seventh bat pitch bonds hit right center field fan ended ball year old queens new_york fan promptly protected escorted away group san_francisco police officers bonds finished home run minute delay followed including brief video aaron bonds breaking record aaron held years expressing hope achievement record inspire chase dreams bonds impromptu emotional statement field godfather thanked teammates family late father bonds sat rest game commissioner attendance game represented executive vice president called bonds later night breaking record president called bonds day august san_francisco honored celebrated bonds career accomplishments breaking home run record large rally rally included video messages speeches giants teammates giants owner mayor presented bonds key giants vice president gave bonds home plate touched hitting career home run record setting ball auction house august bidding began august closed winning bid september phase online auction high fashion designer created website let fans decide fate subsequently submitted winning bid bonds record tying home run ball set website let fans decide fate plans bonds said spent ball stupid million voters helped decide brand ball send sold year ads website people voted margin smash ball bonds concluded season batting average home runs rbis games bats age led leagues walks post playing career september san_francisco_giants confirmed sign bonds season story announced bonds web site earlier day bonds officially filed free agency october agent said anticipating widespread interest major_league team speculation season bonds play signed seasons returned major_league_baseball bonds close range significant hitting needing hits reach runs batted reach home runs reach needed runs scored past time runs champion extra base hits past hank aaron time extra base hits champion november maintained bonds retired december told san_francisco_chronicle bonds played major league game bonds announced april proud admitting use bonds said time retire noted shape play immediately interested club called bonds jersey number retired pirates giants calls fans teams retire respective uniform numbers held bonds number pirates remains circulation prominently worn giants reissued bonds number december bonds sentenced days house arrest years probation hours community service justice conviction stemming grand jury appearance district judge delayed sentence pending appeal conviction upheld appeal judge panel court later granted bonds april judge panel voted conviction march bonds began seven day stint spring training instructor giants december announced new hitting coach miami controversies scandal bonds key figure scandal investigation federal grand jury testimony case indicted justice charges november indictment bonds lied oath alleged use bonds embroiled scandal bonds trainer indicted federal grand jury california charged supplying athletes including number baseball players led speculation bonds performance enhancing drugs time mandatory testing major_league_baseball bonds declared innocence changed physique increased power strict diet legitimate grand jury testimony december bonds said clear substance cream received personal strength trainer told supplement oil testimony reported frequently later reports bonds leaked grand jury testimony contend admitted cream clear july defendants scandal trial including anderson struck deals federal prosecutors require reveal names athletes banned drugs case november bonds indicted counts count justice relates government investigation february court papers filed federal prosecutors erroneously alleged bonds tested positive november month hitting record home run reference meant instead refer november test disclosed previously reported sparked brief media trial justice begun march jury selection postponed 11th hour appeals prosecution trial commenced march california judge presiding convicted april justice charge giving answer question oath sentence include prison conviction initially upheld judge panel larger panel court voted conviction april players union bonds withdrew licensing agreement felt independent marketing deals lucrative bonds player thirty year history licensing program sign withdrawal likeness usable merchandise licensed order use likeness company deal directly bonds reason appear baseball video games forcing game makers create generic athletes replace example bonds replaced game shadows march book game shadows written released amid storm media publicity including cover sports_illustrated initially small excerpts book released authors issue sports_illustrated book bonds host responsible change public opinion bonds use book contained excerpts grand jury testimony supposed sealed confidential law authors refusal sources point faced jail time february lawyers pleaded guilty leaking grand jury testimony plea agreement spend half years jail love hate sports_illustrated writer released revealing biography bonds entitled love hate making anti hero book contained allegations bonds book describes bonds legendary ego ability relied interviews bonds bonds bonds april espn aired episodes reality documentary style series starring bonds titled bonds bonds focused bonds chase hank aaron home run records felt hiatus baseball investigated bonds use allegations series canceled june espn producer citing creative control issues bonds representatives personal life bonds met sun mother children montreal quebec august las_vegas february couple separated june divorced december marriage catholic_church divorce media affair bonds swedish sign agreement waived right share present future earnings upheld bonds providing wife month child support support time ruling hearings set permanent support levels allegations abuse came parties trial dragged months bonds awarded houses reduced support august opinion signed chief justice unanimously held substantial evidence supports determination trial court agreement present case entered voluntarily bonds son served giants father years playing san_francisco sat dad games charged resulting confrontation mother sun barry accompanied end marriage bonds extensive intimate relationship bonds purchased home arizona january bonds married second wife san francisco hotel guests couple lived california daughter half years marriage watson filed june citing differences july weeks later watson announced withdrawing action couple reconciled seven months watson formally filed divorce los_angeles february june bonds watson filed legal agreement divorce trial instead settle manner effectively agreeing proceedings public eye end marriage privately unspecified later date court involvement bonds family extended family members involved athletics career notable bonds younger brother bobby professional baseball player paternal aunt american record holder meter competed olympics addition distant cousin hall bonds real estate properties home owns exclusive community beverly_hills california career holding major_league career records home runs walks intentional walks time retirement bonds led active players rbi base percentage runs games extra base hits bats home run total bases 2nd doubles slugging percentage stolen bases bats hits 6th triples 8th sacrifice flies 9th strikeouts september bonds lone member club means hit home runs stolen bases baseball players time club means hit home runs stole bases season members records held home runs single season home runs career home runs different pitchers home runs turning years old home runs year turned years old consecutive seasons home runs slugging percentage single season slugging percentage world series consecutive seasons slugging percentage higher base percentage single season walks single season intentional walks single season consecutive games walk mvp awards closest competitors trail consecutive mvp awards month selections 2nd place 2nd place oldest player age win national_league batting title time records shared consecutive plate appearances walk consecutive plate appearances reaching base tied father bobby seasons home runs stolen bases father son members club home runs single post season accomplishments time giants player year time baseball america star time major league player year time baseball america mlb player year time gold glove winner outfielder time silver winner outfielder time star time hank winner home run award listed list greatest baseball players highest ranked active player named finalist elected team fan rating hall_of_fame monitor good candidate 9th hitters highest hitters second player twice single season slugging percentage record player history times base official times bats record number walks count time base time bat hits walks hit pitches number father bobby leads father son combinations combined home runs stolen bases respectively september played minor league baseball alaska hawaii played played featured cover sports_illustrated appeared main subject cover times total seven giants pirates appeared cover twice recent pirate player appear cover featured july edition | Barry Bonds | Sports and 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992_HéctorLópez | born july possibly april left fielder baseman major_league_baseball played new_york_yankees notable black manager aaa baseball level outfielder mantle yankees franchise hitting streak record holder world series championship teams yankees seasons finished american_league hitters hits runs batted runs scored doubles triples slugging percentage sacrifice flies sacrifice hits games played times hit pitch bats known clutch hitting poor fielding second born major league baseball player continues country revered world champion athletes games played seasons debuted major leagues days earlier games played seasons major born panama extensive career born major finish official statistical category sacrifice hits lead league official sacrifice flies play world series yankees win world championship yankees athletics later outfielder mantle yankees early mid-1960s successful season continued contribute effectively early 1960s pennant successes utility player divided career equally infield outfield positions retiring baseball went groundbreaking manager minor league baseball break baseball color line black manager aaa level served international managerial coaching positions early life born panama grew neighboring panama canal zone held time job american military base bowling alley high school track star father pitcher panama national baseball team high school athlete played baseball month graduated high school signed play employed prior season acquired today won baseball triple crown professional career played panama winter league won batting titles regularly led league home runs developed farm system team relocated kansas_city recalled major league club major league debut season finished second batting average overshadowed american_league leading pitcher rookie year usually played second base time athletics rookie season finished team home runs trailing tied team rbis trailing power respectively team regular baseman youngest regular starter team team finished record career high hits set career highs home runs runs batted early years black white players room road power closest friend team game hitting streak time team record thirteen seasons franchise played earned position american_league games played bats leading sacrifice flies times grounded double plays doubles runs scored sacrifice hits june hit home runs game career athletics hit home runs rbis scored runs talents wasted team finished 6th place traded new_york_yankees offensive skills led american_league errors seasons kansas_city baseball writer fan wrote bad defensive player want authors great american baseball card trading bubble book wrote defense like record right declaring time worst fielding major league new_york_yankees season yankees traded played games outfield time career played outfield games played games base team games kansas_city start major_league_baseball season played exclusively second base seasons yankees played outfield consecutive pennant winners time yankees outfielder mantle yankees won consecutive world series played logged games left field world series championship seasons pennant years playing right field playing center field logged games left field yankee period yankees consecutive pennant winners seven yankees entire era majority outfield appearances right field mantle play center field mantle return center field majority appearances final year mantle yankees final year career finished slugging percentage hits doubles rbi triples sacrifice hits world series replaced mantle series bats game recorded run single way victory game series game driving runs caught fly ball final series seven run batted performance continues remembered new highlight series managing manager black manager aaa level years black manager major leagues black men manage minor leagues years broke color barrier coached new_york long_island addition working parks department town managed venezuela player manager panama manager panama national baseball team world baseball classic history paved way role model born neighboring recorded baseball players regular major rookie season robinson qualify rookie season recorded 50th career inning pitched debuted qualified rookie rookie season batted qualify baseball statistical leadership recording minimum number plate appearances innings pitched appear major leagues sense everyday player major born panama played 1950s robinson clarke played major league postseason included world series yankees world series champion yankees record statistical accomplishments stolen base home run double triple walk season hits doubles runs scored walks season home runs runs batted twice base season recorded plate appearances recording qualifying number unofficial league leadership career high base percentage season qualified statistical leadership finish league aforementioned statistical categories lead league official statistical batting category sacrifice flies accumulate sufficient number career appearances qualify career statistical leadership depending source based bats career batting average base percentage slugging percentage historically significant represented panama caribbean series tied tournament home run leadership continues considered legendary world champion represented country cited professional basketball coach ranking alongside noted sports personalities world champions sons performances yankees team huge following panama post playing career retired following season age year participated old day returned annual event year totaling years | Héctor López | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Baseball people |
1022_PhilipHumber | philip gregory born december american professional baseball pitcher pitched new_york_mets chicago_white_sox seven seasons major_league_baseball mlb debuted major leagues worked starter minor leagues regular mlb starter earned state championships subsequently attended texas led baseball team state championship game senior season winning state player year honors attended played college baseball rice baseball team winning pitcher game college world series represented united_states selected overall selection mlb draft minor league career underwent reconstruction making mlb debut took years regain ability throw velocity prior injury included trade twins struggled establish spent year organization briefly member organization claimed getting opportunity pitch starting rotation april pitched 21st perfect game mlb history defeating early life born texas raised texas living area abundance baseball fields grew batting cage backyard age visited chicago_white_sox spring training florida guest family friend minor league baseball pitcher texas baseball athletes admired role models football players teams won state championships preceding years played state champions amateur career won state title final teams state tournament promoted junior varsity midway sophomore season compiled win loss record low earned run average era went junior posted record era strikeouts senior capable batter batting average home runs threw shutout class semifinals senior season lost state championship baseball year named class player year according major_league_baseball prospect native high school threw harder changed speeds pretty need high school drafted new_york_yankees 29th round major_league_baseball draft pick overall described draft follow prospect yankees offer attempt lure away college scholarship sign choosing instead attend order play college baseball rice baseball team competing coached home appearance park annual rice alumni game february retiring batters relief faced pair major_league_baseball players bounced baseball wall center field hit ball debut dominant pitcher college seasons stepping nationally ranked starting rotation freshman finished freshman season win loss record era leading strikeouts innings earning year honors collegiate baseball america honors publications collegiate baseball second team second team team total owl freshman season rice reached college world series lost games eliminated nonetheless earned invitation national team trials scheduled starter second games notre dame fighting irish june team hold lead ninth competed united_states national baseball team world university baseball championship held sicily august earned victory united_states game south korean team united_states won silver medal tournament entering sophomore season expected key starting pitching rotation season saw development rice big rotation featuring sophomore classmates wade developed season augment arsenal included fastball split finger fastball season achieved 17th consecutive win play recognized team american collegiate baseball team western athletic conference trio entered college world series numbers era era scheduled game necessary finished win loss record era rice won national championship team sport pitched complete game decisive game series win game established college world series record largest title game margin victory season rice established school record game winning streak college world series hero june declared philip day hometown texas honor following season pitchers competed collegiate summer baseball pitched rated seventh best prospect junior season compiled win loss record era struck batters issued walks innings set rice single game record strikeouts struck hitters march rice entered team tournament national seeds game regional round tournament rice upset entered game bases loaded surrendered pitch grand slam season totaled strikeouts innings pitched finished year career win loss record era striking innings pitched totals rank wins rice baseball history second strikeouts honors season selection louisville america team collegiate baseball usa today sports weekly america team inaugural year roger award college pitcher named finalists recognition performance college baseball players following early exit upset looked forward major_league_baseball draft selected picks mlb draft time teammates gone early draft twice teammates taken round recently selected round major_league_baseball draft relief pitcher selected round professional career new_york_mets new_york_mets chose round pick major_league_baseball draft overall selection chose received consideration considered safe selection scouted detroit_tigers chosen second overall pick reported preferred chosen tigers selected drew january agreed year contract ending long day began day port florida motivated complete deal change federal tax law signing bonuses subject taxes value contract according received combined million signing bonus contract houston_chronicle reported contract million deal million signing bonus fly months later new_york_times reported signing bonus million claimed contract million total baseball america reported contract worth maximum million million guaranteed rated 50th best prospect baseball heading season entered spring training clashed pitching coach wanted adopt different training change manner threw ball plate office supported telling pitch felt comfortable brief stint spring training assigned start professional career class fourteen starts posted win loss record era promoted start gave earned runs innings left game early elbow pain caused bone spurs required reconstruction commonly known surgery repair torn elbow surgery performed coincidentally rice pitching teammates surgery shoulder surgery endured major year rice coach graham coached mlb starters college away blame noting missed fall league play holding spite arm surgery named 20th best prospect ranked fifth best prospect organization following season march assigned minor league camp surgery resumed pitching posting era seven starts compiled win loss record july year surgery promoted era early september major_league expanded september major_league_baseball debut september appearances relief pitcher pitching innings unable obtain pre surgery velocity fall began play participation discontinued endured shoulder season rated fourth best prospect organization year pitchers competing spots starting rotation spring training camp favorites spots rotation veterans invited camp team patient round draft choices considered promising pitchers camp rated best prospect baseball prior season competed spot roster spring training optioned minor leagues spring training assigned class aaa pacific coast league win loss record era innings pitched allowed hits walked striking batters starts season finished tied fourth wins tenth best era started season earning week week ending april week allowed earned runs innings work starts earning win april nashville sounds innings work suffering blown save seven innings april hitter august entered ninth inning giving hit subsequent start allowed run hits innings removed game batted ball hit shoulder promoted september september considered starting rotation immediately chose start relief appearances september having lost previous games seen lead philadelphia_phillies division race decrease seven games removed final rotation extra day rest pitchers maine gave major_league start september choosing raced lead allowed runs plus innings receiving decision game eventually lost decision start seen desperation wrote new_york_times come entire season come depend young pitcher started major leagues night concluded appearances season era following season began discuss trading package prospects acquire time young award winning pitcher eligible free agent season rejected proposed year million contract extension twins assuming unlikely resign minnesota twins began shop mlb teams february traded outfielder pitchers time ranked second fourth seventh best prospects organization respectively spring training twins assigned place twins trying earn spot rotation compiled consecutive scoreless innings late march spring training era spent season assigned twins class aaa affiliate international_league started slow win loss record era starts rochester eventually compiled win loss record era games finished win loss record era second half win loss record era august earned month award twins promoted august appeared games twins relief pitched innings posted era strikeouts twins following season options sent minor leagues subjected teams claim twins opening day roster long struggled start season pitching era innings giving hits walking batters twins designated assignment april room roster twins claimed cleared twins assigned rochester twins recalled august injury minor leagues days later granted free agency season december signed minor league contract receiving invitation spring training pitched era spring training games reassigned minor league camp march assigned start year june pitching game hit face line drive lying mound minutes able walk transported local hospital received eighteen earned second pitcher week award career play week ending august won award based having posted complete game hit shutout july began regain velocity lost following surgery called august kansas_city designated assignment august pitched relief innings detroit_tigers earned mlb win finished season win loss record era games including game started appeared games starts pitching win loss record era designated assignment december order room roster newly signed chicago white december waived claimed extra room man roster time claim team subsequently filled man roster designated assignment later season order room roster athletics acquired texas_rangers trade january chicago_white_sox claimed athletics january signed contract worth season pitching coach worked replaced cut fastball improved pitching mechanics fashion originally recommended debuted game relief pitches resulted hits base runners came score jake injured start season gave opportunity pitch starting rotation april won start pitching innings allowing run surprised strong performance april sixth start career took hitter seventh inning new_york_yankees yankee stadium singled middle finished seven scoreless innings took hitter sixth inning june ended earning loss surrendered seventh inning home run early july led major leagues innings pitched held record era like probable selection mid july switched man rotation early august slump denies extra rest affected pitch command spent time disabled list facial lined baseball face right eye august hit concerned wife thought got stands said soon went asked guys sure knew adding main concern cheering wife appeared rehabilitation start charlotte knights class aaa international league pitched seven scoreless innings major league return completed season mlb starting pitcher win loss record era innings performed better half season era second half era attributed general fatigue decided add pounds offseason signed year contract march minimum salary player level mlb experience season battle roster spot spring training final spring training start home state near rice minute maid park relatives chicago white rotation said number starters began season number starter 30th career start mlb pitched 21st perfect game mlb history april perfect game history thrown 18th hitter white history second start season career complete game named american_league player week week ending april went era innings striking starts week including perfect game received phone president barack_obama noted fan appeared late david_letterman read list perfect game plaque perfect game struggled allowed runs starts innings missed month season right elbow strain following acquisition removed starting rotation claimed november starting rotation start season lost spot starting rotation opening season record era designated assignment record fell era pitching relief selected contract august traded october declined million option instead paying guaranteed releasing november signed minor league contract invitation spring training athletics assigned december signed contract pitching era innings released tigers july san_diego_padres december signed minor league deal san_diego_padres retired march pitching style relied pitches fastball ranging miles hour fastball miles hour mid 80s mid 80s miles hour right handed hitters preferred use speed pitches left handed hitters favored strike situations conventional quarters arm slot deliver pitches personal life married wife november introduced mutual friends time perfect game wife months pregnant couple child son named born comes large extended family registered member republican_party bible verse inscribed baseball glove undertook charitable mission philippines offseason instructed children baseball christianity mlb pitcher close friend nearby tyler texas competed high school train currently tyler resident | Philip Humber | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Baseball people |
1238_RyanHanigan | born august american professional baseball catcher mlb graduating attended signed free agent cincinnati_reds spent seasons reds minor league baseball teams making mlb debut september pinch hitter recorded major league hit bat played caught hitters thrown early life born august washington mike older sister named played year varsity starter named eastern massachusetts star senior season hit team record teammates future professional graduated school college career graduating high school difficult time finding college let play baseball attended florida played base left field catcher position summer played new england collegiate baseball league hit games junior year hit rbis games team finished clinched berth served team captain senior year left career batting average seventh best school history played summer baseball named star august awarded award valuable player cardinals team scout reds signed free agent august teams showed interest signing catcher professional career cincinnati reds true fans baseball understand known competitive bats early ball league difficult away teammates called known patience eye bat competitive ryan said teammate guy sets rest crush ball continued commanding bats way major leagues average mastery zone watching command bats isn unlike watching master command inferior opponent said current teammate imagine began career reds organization played minor league games batting hits april game went rbis named east squad served reserve catcher later july placed disabled list high ankle hitting rbis finished season batting home run rbis earned promotion triple louisville bats game bats went spent entire season class advanced cannons served team catcher designated hitter july july game hit streak longest year august hit game winning run salem outs ninth inning season hit home runs rbis games cannons playoffs time following season played double august hit grand slam west tennessee lost season selected reds represent organization non roster reds spring training camp appeared games games bats july contest drove winning run outs seventh inning birmingham barons season hit bats playing selected june promoted bats june reaching base safely games including hit games called major league squad september mlb debut september milwaukee brewers pinch hitting doubled left field pitch star ben sheets later scored run wild pitch hit games played rbis double season played del playing bats mid season postseason star named best defensive catcher called majors august designated assignment reds days later hit home run eighth inning score winning run houston batting games reds ranked 16th best prospect reds minor league system spent entire season reds games bats served backup catcher underwent knee surgery placed went hit face mask foul tip suffered concussion returned august season best fielding percentage catcher second best caught stealing percentage majors march signed year million extension reds covering arbitration eligible seasons contract included incentives based playing time split seasons deal included signing bonus april set career records hitting home run getting hits single game chicago cubs pitcher drove tie breaking run win reds august finished year batting base percentage career high home runs split time catching reds prospect caught hitters pittsburgh pirates september san_francisco_giants july tampa bay rays traded team trade involving december rays immediately signed year million contract team option playing rays primary catcher april went run homer win texas_rangers weeks later hit home runs rbis win new_york_yankees plagued nearly weeks strained finally placed day june home run walk baltimore_orioles missed games neck later left boston_red_sox december rays traded san_diego_padres team transaction traded rays trade player named later washington traded travis tampa bay traded later day april hit home run uniform baltimore_orioles run shot tied game boston eventually won walk fashion left game ball struck hand got struck hand day rays tested positive hand fractured placing day disabled list projected going indefinitely sources projected injury end year placed day disabled list personal life currently resides lexington kentucky breeds horses australian shepherd won best breed award westminster club dog | Ryan Hanigan | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Baseball people |
1260_BillStein | bill born january michigan retired professional baseball player manager playing career spanned seasons spent major_league_baseball mlb chicago_white_sox texas_rangers career majors batted doubles triples home runs runs batted rbis games played played numerous fielding positions major league career including base second base base left field right field shortstop spent significant time pinch hitter drafted major_league_baseball draft professional debut season minor league organization september mlb debut cardinals season traded months later traded chicago_white_sox selected major_league_baseball expansion draft came final team texas_rangers way free agency playing career managed new_york_mets minor league organization seasons managed non affiliated bend joined minor league san_francisco_giants time managed independent league tyler early life born january michigan attended drafted baltimore_orioles 33rd round major_league_baseball draft sign began attending member school baseball team batted named american drafted fourth round major_league_baseball draft playing career began professional baseball career minor league organization cardinals assigned triple time batted runs scored hits doubles triples home run runs batted rbis games played defensively played games second base games base games shortstop season cardinals assigned double level play games played year batted hits doubles triples home runs field played second base outfield promoted triple level spent entire season batted runs scored hits hits doubles triples home runs rbis games played pitched game season starting pitcher ejected game throwing ball umpire innings gave hits runs earned played majority season outfield spent limited time base base shortstop start season member triple year batted hits doubles triples home runs rbis games played september cardinals year debut major_league_baseball mlb september philadelphia_phillies got hit game home run ninth inning played games majors year batting runs scored hits triple home runs rbis defensively majors positioned base left field right field spring training herald labeled cardinals candidate pinch hitting bench cardinals opening day roster year season debut april pinch hitter going bat pittsburgh pirates hit season came april pirates august sent minor leagues replaced cardinals major league roster outfielder minors played triple batted hits doubles triple games played majors season compiled batting average runs scored hits doubles rbis games played defense cardinals played right field left field base base chicago white september traded exchange california traded chicago_white_sox april appearance angels organization return sent california started season minor league system triple iowa oaks games iowa batted runs scored hits doubles triples home runs rbis led hits second runs scored plate appearances bats doubles tied second triples called chicago september season debut september getting hits bats hit season came day california majors year batted runs scored hits double rbis games played spent season majors season season debut came april texas_rangers bat went june named starting baseman chicago regular baseman poor hitting played second baseman season july second game hit career grand slam season batted runs scored hits seven doubles triple home runs rbis games played field played games second base games second base game left field played games year designated hitter spot lineup played final season chicago_white_sox august game boston_red_sox hit game winning single ninth inning score august noted time major career getting chance start regularly season compiled batting average runs scored hits doubles triples home runs rbis games played played games second base games base game base game right field game shortstop designated hitter game season major_league_baseball expansion draft selected took pick draft stated glad drafted like playing park home previous team chicago_white_sox associated_press spring training interviewed new team unique versatility field mentioned reporter played wide positions past hoped chance starting baseman win boston_red_sox hit home runs game june commented liked starting day base manager playing good ball seattle july game home run performance second season early september got hit shoulder baseball later revealed caused fracture year batted runs scored hits doubles triples home runs rbis games played defensively vast majority games played base played limited time shortstop led american_league baseman fifth league defensive games base start season signed contract meant signed season bruised left hand caused miss playing time august broke potential hitter seventh inning game baltimore_orioles august game boston_red_sox season high hits season batted runs scored hits doubles triples home runs rbis games played field played games base games second base games shortstop errors base second american_league early season placed disabled list suffering rib injury called minor leagues replace injury late june activated disabled list time returned positioned position filled second base game year batted runs scored hits doubles triples seven home runs rbis games played fielder played games base games second base games shortstop final season come april season high hit game matched high july july broke hit bid cleveland_indians pitcher final season batted runs scored hits doubles triple home runs rbis games played defensively played games base games second base games base played games season seattle designated hitter texas_rangers december signed free agent texas_rangers rangers debut april cleveland_indians game got hit bats set american_league record recording seven consecutive pinch hits june batting average season batted runs scored hits doubles home runs rbis games played field played games base seven games base seven games left field games second base game right field game shortstop april game milwaukee brewers hit game winning double ninth inning june playing team praised pitching staff games year batted lowest average career season played compiled runs scored hits doubles home run rbis field played games second base games base games shortstop games base game left field designated hitter games march praised texas_rangers new manager working game way game cleveland_indians brought pinch hitter 14th inning proceeded game winning hit rangers texas year batted runs scored hits doubles triple home runs rbis games played played majority games second base played base base rangers designated hitter contests year season spoke transaction rangers trading calling organization associated_press stated american_league best pinch hitters early season injured wrist caused miss playing time mid june rangers activated disabled list season batted runs scored hits double rbis games played played games second base games base games base spent games rangers designated hitter season announced texas_rangers traded pittsburgh_pirates exchange player named later pending physical pirates later canceled trade team doctors discovered probable disc problem rumors circulated possible career ended injury play games rangers season batting runs scored hits doubles triple home run rbis played games base games base games second base games right field team designated hitter games year final season majors earned salary inflation adjusted end season texas announced sign agent commented play texas upcoming season retire coaching career coached baseball team leading district title record hired manager class short season little minor league new_york_mets professional season manager led record commented manager difficult learn pitching years position player new_york_mets fired manager class columbia promoted position helm colombia year led record served player coach continued manage leading record best record season hired manager non affiliated record manager hired manager clinton class affiliate san_francisco_giants time led clinton record year considering taking year baseball eventually accepted managerial position independent league tyler recently relocated lives florida outstanding intimidating hitter | Bill Stein | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Baseball people |
1270_JonLieber | born april major_league_baseball mlb pitcher stands feet inches tall weighs pounds played pittsburgh_pirates chicago cubs new_york_yankees philadelphia_phillies batted left handed threw right handed utilized fastball pitches season career compiled record strikeouts era innings pitched attended helping win sun belt conference championship drafted second round traded pittsburgh_pirates following season throwing pitch major leagues debut named starter time major league starter traded chicago_cubs following season led national_league innings pitched best season winning games losing underwent surgery missed entire season pitched new_york_yankees reaching playoffs time career signed philadelphia_phillies tied fifth wins injuries cut playing time years finished career cubs biography early life born iowa graduated council initially attended transferring years experienced great success posted records years led team earned run average era strikeouts years selected chicago_cubs ninth round major_league_baseball mlb draft sign helped win sun belt conference championship received honors following senior season included sun belt conference player year award team selection region award league award second inducted mobile sports hall fame drafted second round draft time signed began professional career short season starts record era strikeouts walks hits allowed innings pitched appeared seven games starts posting record era strikeouts walks hits allowed innings pitched switched advanced affiliate began season wilmington posting record era strikeouts walks hits allowed innings pitched games starts promoted july posted record era starts july seeking pitching help contended playoffs traded pittsburgh_pirates closer pirates assigned starts record era strikeouts walks hits allowed innings pitched starts posting record era strikeouts walks hits allowed innings starts triple posting record era strikeouts walk hits allowed innings pitched pittsburgh pirates called pirates join starting rotation major league start gave run innings took loss philadelphia_phillies defeated pirates earned career win days later pitching shutout innings victory montreal starts pirates record era strikeouts walks hits allowed innings following rookie season pirates manager named team opening day starter like young pirates pitchers year struggled optioned june going era starts calgary record era strikeouts walks hits allowed innings pitched recalled pirates september expanded relief pitcher rest year games starts compiled record era strikeouts walks hits allowed innings pitched remained bullpen begin season games posted era july returned starting rotation following release starter posted record era emerging pirates ace end year games starts posted record era strikeouts walks hits allowed innings pitched starter june threw complete game year striking allowing run hits victory chicago_white_sox inconsistent winning streaks losing streaks season games starts record era strikeouts walks hits allowed innings pitched losses teammate tied runs batted major league pitcher pirates fourth starter record starts partly received total runs support losses time record era getting placed disabled list time career august left oblique muscle strain returned september posted era starts games starts posted record era strikeouts walks hits allowed innings pitched tied seven pitchers fifth league losses following season traded chicago cubs began cubs starter prior star break record era seventh best april right eye threw major league shutout striking seven victory atlanta braves went era starts following earning wins final starts year starts compiled record era walks innings pitched tied tenth league hits allowed teammate finished eighth league strikeouts tied players ninth league complete games cubs opening day starter june august won career high consecutive decisions july threw shutout allowing hits victory pirates start july strikeouts threw complete game win era starts went september era starts tied lead record era walks tied ninth league strikeouts led league innings pitched ranked league hits allowed tied complete games johnson productive season came hit cincinnati_reds ending team record streak games row shut throwing pitches june july won straight games named time career final start season october allowed runs innings earned 20th win season cubs beat reds starts recorded career high victories losses posted era struck opposed walks wins ranked fourth league johnson innings pitched ranked fifth league complete games tied second league johnson finished fourth young award vote johnson morris season curtailed right elbow problems plagued year august facing san_diego_padres allowed runs seven innings received decision cubs victory placed right elbow day underwent surgery august ending season starts compiled record era strikeouts walks hits allowed innings pitched managed tie teammate tenth league complete games season free agent cubs major_league pitcher hit handed player gave hit allowing drive rbis teams signed year contract new_york_yankees following season missed season recovering injury minor league rehab appearances began season strained muscle right thigh returned major leagues allowing runs seven innings victory august record era went era september took hitter seventh inning boston_red_sox allowed runs innings victory starts posted record era strikeouts walks hits allowed innings pitched wins tied pitchers eighth american_league tied yankee largest win total game winner returning season new_york_times wrote september probably end bullpen playoffs month later wrote suddenly important yankees postseason machine injury late season struggles started game division series allowed runs innings line win received decision inning yankee victory yankees won series games game championship series allowed run hits seven innings earning win victory game allowed runs innings took loss defeat mlb team history overcome series deficit winning seven games playoff experience stint season signed free agent philadelphia_phillies years million team option fourth year named starter won starts team june record era end stretch managed post record era finish season gave run innings july took loss los_angeles_dodgers defeated phillies september threw shutout innings victory braves finished season record era strikeouts walks hits allowed innings pitched led team wins tied fifth league tied pitchers league lead starts lost starts season time career took perfect game seventh inning cincinnati allowing single threw scoreless innings victory july groin injury going record era posted era starts returning posted final starts august threw shutout new_york_mets allowing hits victory starts compiled record era strikeouts walks hits allowed innings pitched began strained right oblique activated april placed bullpen relief returned rotation april moved bullpen june struck allowed hits shutout time era allowed runs earned starts losses june placed right foot ended tenure phillies games starts record era strikeouts walks hits allowed innings phillies reached playoffs left postseason roster injury january signed year contract chicago_cubs competed starting rotation failed earn spot placed bullpen cubs long july september right foot injury appeared final major league game september giving runs innings loss cincinnati games start posted record era strikeouts walks hits allowed innings pitched cubs reached playoffs left playoff roster second year row retired season wanting spend time family year career record era strikeouts walks hits allowed innings pitched games starts walk ratio ranks 11th time major league pitchers pitching style threw pitches fastball pitch outs successful right handed batters away batters hard fastball low mph range relied controlling pitches success personal married september couple daughter born october sons born july born born june live mobile alabama enjoys hunting hobby | Jon Lieber | Sports and 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1532_PhilNevin | born january american professional baseball manager affiliate spent seasons player major_league_baseball mlb playing detroit_tigers san_diego_padres texas_rangers chicago cubs attended played college baseball state team led championship game college world series named outstanding player won golden spikes award chosen overall pick major_league_baseball draft went play mlb seven teams seasons selected appear retiring stayed involved baseball briefly went broadcasting managed season managed class class aaa mud tigers organization joining organization managing aces playing career amateur career attended california graduating selected los_angeles_dodgers round major_league_baseball draft overall selection decided attend turning offer included signing bonus sport star played american football baseball state competing ncaa division state football team named american freshman year connected successfully field goal attempts finished year field goal percentage longest field goal season yards junior year averaged yards punt state baseball team batted runs batted rbi freshman won conference championship reached college world series year lost games eliminated batted sophomore season junior batted home runs rbi winning collegiate baseball named year credited past experience allowing remain calm seasons average home runs rbi led finals lost waves baseball team represented despite loss voted outstanding player batted home runs rbi won golden spikes award given best amateur player nation draft houston chose overall pick major_league_baseball draft scout evaluated extensively prior draft convinced anchor winning team lobbied team management select quit protest decision instead believed insist salary bonus million college scholarship professional contract signing bonuses given best player draft increasing rapidly regarded time pick mlb draft signed million mlb draft pick signed million insisting college unable sign round draft pick insisted bonus sixth overall selection consequently passed draft general manager said team believed close major league level require little development minor league baseball evidence pointed training wooden bats professional baseball effort prepare transition metal bats believed solid power hitter strong work ethic intend seek signing bonus approaching received taylor decided employ baseman wanting draw contract negotiations signed houston june receiving bonus international career tried united_states national baseball team summer play year goodwill games prepare tournaments team played series japan game cuba played second base games batting team released goodwill games cut players meet roster maximum considered tried summer olympics barcelona team embarked game tour city exhibition game schedule united_states leaving spain team served starting baseman tournament olympic coach called excellent player student game united_states finished fourth teams olympics professional career prospect years traveled end season team roster season season ranked 30th best prospect baseball considered sending class start professional career team considered promoting directly major leagues minor leagues entirely spring training batted showed good power hitting weighed bringing houston opening day sought add right handed batter complement left handed power team vulnerable left handed pitching year year contract play starting baseman play defensively assigned class aaa level major leagues professional debut asked manager play left fielder allow promote sooner play different positions veteran baseman served mentor helping significant attention pressure perform started season batting average batted scoring position rbi july starts left field committing error concerned apply level intensity clutch situations cases score close intensity got best june game man seated row nearly attempted jump stands confront fan restrained teammates fan arrested played base left field batted season home runs rbi base percentage slugging percentage baseball america rated 24th best prospect season returned year posting batting average home runs rbi played base major league debut delayed defense errors seasons mlb work traded san_diego_padres season longer blocking path major leagues hoped named starting baseman invite spring training attributed refusal work replacement players work wanting seen minor league players felt play mlb resolution strike felt pressure avoid playing replacement players career minor happy taste major leagues prospects including refused play replacement players general manager issued ultimatum saying refused play team exhibition game sent camp notice held breach contract start season started base opening day planned use base batting average improved posted contributing seven home runs rbi promoted june major league debut day later played games season struggled batting home runs rbi bats learned july colorado cursed watson manager watson called apology said use incident learning experience controlling temper acquired pitcher detroit_tigers player named later august identified player days later played class tigers converted catcher recovering earlier struggles season tigers traded catcher collins manager minor league player injury starting catcher collins gave opportunity compete starting job known volatile temper tore jersey arguing balls strike calls home plate umpire game season angels traded minor league player san_diego_padres late career break appearing games time season best offensive years career hit home runs base plus slugging season named team hit home runs rbi led major league errors lowest fielding percentage major league injuries final seasons played base considered strongest defensive position injuries shortened seasons missed time strained left elbow games returning elbow injury broke arm diving ground ball causing miss weeks fan september game gave fan finger apologized suffered shoulder spring training making diving catch surgery left shoulder returned june acquired replace white went season left field filled base rookie played base favorite position offered utility role alternating white right field rbi time career underwent surgery repair torn right knee july frustrated dimensions park hit double game believed home run reached second base pointed general manager suite threw helmet resulting argument towers said love hate relationship nights san_diego_padres management informed replace starting baseman rejected trade baltimore_orioles july exercised clause contract gave right block transactions send franchises instead traded july day non trade deadline texas_rangers salary rangers wanted dump thirteen games rangers team posted record batted season batting average known line rangers september giving starts prospect baseman team eliminated playoff contention game lineup september average dropped refuted opinions losing bat speed year remaining contract worth million manager said despite end season starting designated hitter season despite hopes help renowned hitting coach hitter friendly increase offensive production continued struggle batted home runs rbi games rangers promoted rookie began receive playing time hits bats rangers home runs chicago_cubs sought slugging baseman replace injured rangers traded chicago rangers received second baseman outfielder return rangers agreed pay difference players salaries august deadline trades players cleared cubs traded twins cash player named later room twins outfielder placed day disabled list twins stopped worrying statistics enjoyed playing pennant race appeared mlb postseason time career twins twins swept games appeared games batting post playing career unsigned beginning following season announced retirement season career batting average home runs rbi games retiring joined pre game radio joined espn analyst college baseball college world series seasons removed playing career decided return baseball manager december named manager independent finished record fourth team planned return chance meeting baseball winter meetings led hiring manager class minor league affiliate detroit_tigers replaced previous manager promoted tigers major league base coach managed season november named manager tigers class aaa minor league affiliate considered potential future mlb manager described managing mud like having big league manager class aaa august fired team final home game season record manager team finished higher international_league west division manager class aaa affiliate season season guided aces best record eventual berth season interviewed open managerial position remained manager season returned manager personal life daughter born freshman year longer relationship mother met wife couple children separated late 1990s couple reconciled son tyler drafted 38th pick mlb draft lives neighborhood california san_diego sporting figures including neighborhood suffered significant damage october california hosted baseball camp children aged | Phil Nevin | 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1572_DuffCooley | sir march august professional baseball player career spanned seasons spent major_league_baseball mlb outfielder baseman career batting average games played compiled runs hits doubles triples home runs runs batted rbi major_league history tied place time triples career stolen bases place equal time list major_league debut age spent majority career appeared minor league baseball breaking leg tigers replaced future hall_of_fame outfielder nicknamed sir richard aristocratic manner listed standing feet inches weighing pounds career born march kansas began major_league career playing kansas playing national_league seventh youngest player league season batted remained career high defensively utility player starting multiple positions cardinals september recorded hits played nearly doubling bats games played played regularly averaged bats game season successful batters team highest batting average led cardinals hits triples runs scored total bases slugging base plus slugging remained highest career triples total bases fifth highest total season cardinals franchise years entered marked end dead ball era end year played games major_league leader teammate tied seventh hits finished fourth triples beginning season continued play games batting average moved philadelphia_phillies exchange unknown sum money phillies manager finished eighth remained phillies tied mlb lead bats led team runs scored stolen bases finished hits following seasons playing philadelphia hit purchased pittsburgh_pirates april season pirates recorded batting average worst career compiled runs hits rbi purchased minor league debut syracuse stars syracuse new_york recording team high batting average slugging percentage promoted season manager played games double previous year finished year eighth hits total bases doubles remained following seasons hitting june hit cycle single double triple home run game second finished season total errors outfield base rbis eighth season october selected detroit_tigers final played games breaking leg led future taking place center fielder rest season sold following season decided retire instead mlb following retirement baseball moved dallas began work salesman final years battled alcoholism partially contributed death heat stroke dallas august wife divorced left children buried grove hill memorial park dallas | Duff Cooley | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Baseball people |
1646_AaronLoup | born december american professional baseball relief pitcher major_league_baseball stands feet inches weighs pounds born louisiana played baseball led teams state playoff appearances recorded hit shutout drafted ninth round draft playing years minor league chosen called replacement retired batters faced later voted rookie year toronto chapter pitched innings opening day win major league game april detroit_tigers recorded major league saves april june led win inning game june pair pitching drastically improved coaches told pitcher fastball noted particularly effective right handed batters continues struggle manager view long inning guy known relaxed personality improved spending time teammates early life born december louisiana father grandfather influenced baseball interest young says baseball time little football said thirteen dad backyard day way pitching mound hitting cage wanted play baseball knew needed work hard kid needed reminded baseball role models growing played baseball led state playoff appearances sophomore threw complete game hitter attended digital design played green wave freshman year junior year drafted freshman held earned run average era strikeouts innings sophomore held era innings pitching perfect game relief april drafted junior year thrown innings professional career draft drafted ninth round major_league_baseball draft shown strong performance playing second player drafted said event people text message heard phone got exciting told soon draft discuss details hopefully shake minor league career draft played season held era strikeouts innings moved class held era strikeouts innings june chosen mid season star missed months season unknown injury began disabled list moved class advanced blue affiliate held era strikeouts innings joined double affiliate boasted appearances era strikeouts innings promoted replacement began season different pitchers frequent injuries called replace july tore debut retired batters faced august pitcher history bat american_league game grounding begin 15th closed season posting record era strikeouts innings toronto chapter named rookie year november considered runners competition limited bullpen spots relief pitcher main competition seen said best fits team going come going best guy guys options reportedly learned acquired bullpen spots walked locker said hey team pitched innings relief april game detroit_tigers recorded career win april recorded major league save game later record second major league save game san_diego_padres june april committed run throwing error eleventh inning new_york_yankees months lackluster season relief pitchers helped defeats ninth final pitcher eighteen inning game texas_rangers june game longest history resulted win gained pair game rangers june pitched eighth inning participated shutout ended season record era strikeouts innings pitchers bullpen opening day april walked consecutive batters time career took loss fell announced replace team closer returned injury walking batters months entire season regained confidence pitching innings game june went lead win detroit_tigers took loss second game season entering lead new_york_yankees eighth inning loaded bases recording runners come score toronto lose april pitched perfect innings taking win score experienced season posting era august following win yankees august optioned triple buffalo recalled september january avoided salary arbitration agreeing year million contract began season disabled list left strain began rehab assignment moved continue injury scouting report defense non ideal size pitcher seen issues stamina pitches come bit especially effective pitching left handed batters viewed manager necessarily long guy inning guy despite shortcomings lowest walk rate major league pitchers pitched seventy innings having walked batters faced consistency endurance blue says guys body let pitch day baseball cube player ratings based solely statistics scale gave control rating strikeouts compared batters faced efficiency home runs compared batters faced pitching style left handed pitcher struggled pitching minor league pitching instructor pitching coach told lower arm pitcher pitches tracks plane ear shoulder helped effectiveness left handed batters fastball improved drastically continued struggle says little inconsistent throw breaking fastball effective right handed batters left handed batters previous manager said presence allows maintain ability execute bullpen coach says keeps things simple doesn think stays aggressive got lot goes right hitters combine things going success reporter compared stating know exactly going time takes mound going add excitement situation personal life married high school sweetheart couple child daughter named born weekend august went list august called august day list limit wife spend season louisiana home avid prefers hunting deer compound bow known fish hunt gun season known having quiet reserved personality says little 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1736_CodyRoss | born december nicknamed toy cannon ross boss american professional baseball outfielder feet inches tall weighs pounds ross played mlb detroit_tigers los_angeles_dodgers cincinnati reds san_francisco_giants boston_red_sox major_league players bat right handed throw left handed following high school ross embarked professional career getting selected detroit_tigers fourth round major_league_baseball draft reached suffered torn caused miss september traded los_angeles_dodgers following spring training appearing handful games played los_angeles_dodgers cincinnati_reds florida florida finally established played mainly reserve outfielder season took starting role starting outfielder rest career playing right field hit career high home runs won award season placed ross claimed san_francisco_giants named starting right fielder playoffs went win hitting home runs postseason helping giants win world series signed san_francisco batting year signed year contract boston_red_sox hitting home runs playing day despite fact originally expected reserve player signed year contract december season ending hip injury limited ross games year team early life ross born new_mexico ross father professional bull rider youth ross wanted clown attend father bull riding matches clown outfits complete makeup family moved dallas texas ross eventually moved new_mexico ross played high school baseball ross played football ninth grade high school baseball america american selection senior threw inning perfect game graduated career ross drafted detroit_tigers fourth round major_league_baseball draft began minor league career year rookie batting hits doubles triples home runs runs batted rbi games played west michigan getting named week june scored runs doubles triple drove runs batted games batted hits doubles triples seven home runs rbi stolen bases triples tied second league season said best outfield arm detroit system ross played advanced league player week june stealing bases batting runs scored doubles home runs rbi named player week august batting games 10th league ross batted runs scored fifth hits eighth doubles second triples tied players seventh home runs tied eighth rbi seventh stolen bases tied eighth season ranked ninth best tigers prospect said best outfield arm organization ross played getting named regular season postseason star teams league named tigers month june hitting runs doubles triples home runs rbi stolen bases earned honor broken toe forced action july august limited games finished year hits doubles triples rbi stolen bases home runs tied ninth league season played year row said best outfield arm tigers system ross began international_league july called tigers major_league debut day going bats exiting getting hit pitch sixth inning tigers lost got hit july rbi single victory chicago_white_sox hit games optioned july room returning disabled list july august ross consecutive games mud games mud ross batted hits doubles tied sixth triples tied fourth home runs tied rbi stolen bases recalled big leagues september expanded september hit grand slam major_league home run victory cleveland_indians tiger hit grand slam home run game tore running base required season ending surgery games tigers ross hits bats including rbi ross named tigers year named postseason star team final time rated having best outfield arm detroit organization ross supposed begin season minors detroit detroit desperate bullpen help ross traded los_angeles_dodgers april relief pitcher assigned teammates went face national league championship series injuries marred ross campaign knee injury kept weeks early season missed time july smashing hand car door breaking finger broke wrist august ended season games batted hits doubles home runs rbi ross spent las_vegas july august hit home runs rbi games games batted hits doubles home runs rbi major_league career los_angeles_dodgers cincinnati reds july ross recalled dodgers bat play appeared games batting hits double home runs rbi getting sent july favor called september ross options dodgers opening day roster backup outfielder injury april hit tie breaking grand slam run home run victory pittsburgh_pirates batted games dodgers getting designated assignment april room roster week later traded cincinnati_reds cash player named later ross broke finger debut reds april went disabled list returned reds appeared game getting traded florida cash considerations joining ross forced beard order comply facial hair policy manager maybe head backup outfielder got starts outfield positions year especially june july august september end season september ross hit run home run pair run home runs win new_york_mets home runs seven rbi game tied records ross home runs rbi september month season games bats ross batted hits doubles home runs rbi reserve outfielder ross batted going disabled list strained left returned july continued variety roles year april hit career pinch hit home run tie ninth inning went lose innings days later rbi loss pinch hit home run august victory games bats ross hit hits doubles home runs rbi ross began center field eventually replaced ross partner ross played left handed pitchers jones faced right ross struggled april batting home runs rbi receiving text message father beginning saying improve ross declared season home runs rbi month month ross stretch hits home runs player streak sort hit game tying run ninth inning home run inning loss reds june hit game winning run home run ninth inning victory reds jones designated assignment june putting ross sole control game series july ross rbi player game series fourteen rbi came july game span games bats ross hit hits doubles home runs rbi time career ross starting outfielder entire season began year right fielder wanted prospect play april pitched scoreless ninth inning finish loss philadelphia_phillies batted ross moved sent june hit grand slam season victory grand slam tied record grand season hit solo home runs ninth inning august victory chicago_cubs august set team record hits ross returned right field august recalled set career highs categories games bats batted hits doubles home runs rbi daytime batted fourth highest mark following season named good guy award winner ross began right field moved sent june hits april inning victory stole home double steal victory cubs marking time stolen home days later hits victory games bats ross batted hits doubles home runs rbi fell contention ross pay raise following year august order save money young players playing time san_francisco_giants august ross awarded san_francisco_giants claim partly prevent acquired san_diego_padres appeared regular season games giants batting home runs games combined florida san_francisco bats batted hits doubles home runs rbi giants went overtake late season win west division title ross named giants starting right fielder playoffs neck injury according start postseason later revealed left roster package human growth intercepted shipped house ensuing ross started games right field hit home run tie deciding fourth game drove winning runs giants wins ross hit home runs game following phillies hit solo home run game following giants game win ross awarded mvp award series hit home runs doubles recorded rbi postseason home runs broke hitters home run braves giants hit game home run game addition hit game hit innings thrown hitter previous start finally home run game giants hit game game world series texas_rangers hit home run giants giants went lose won world series ring giants defeated rangers games win world series ross signed giants year contract worth million san_francisco_chronicle called mild surprise ross sign year deal began season disabled list right assumed giants right field job return april ross game ending single victory ross began playing left field time moved bench ross hit run home run outs ninth inning giants victory dodgers august end year ross began moving outfield positions making straight starts position hit 100th home run career september victory colorado game ross pulled right forcing miss rest season games bats ross hit hits doubles home runs rbi led giants career high walks boston_red_sox january ross finalized year contract boston_red_sox supposed provide depth bench injuries particularly led holding starting role entire season started day boston outfield positions mainly right field april ross hit home run uniform run shot victory day ross hit run homer second inning victory rays ross suffered fractured foot ball foot placed disabled list expected miss weeks june ross activated disabled list game hit home run park victory days later hit home runs rbi victory braves hit consecutive run home runs july red victory day hit run home run walk win season average hits doubles home runs rbi games bats arizona december ross agreed year contract worth reported million club option million injured left caused miss beginning season return april began season playing right field rest season split time right left field june hit pinch hit run home run victory hit run home run ahead july wind defeating days later set career high hits added runs scored victory colorado august hits doubles rbi including game winning solo home run victory boston august ross right hip running base placed disabled list missed rest season games bats ross batted hits doubles home runs rbi april ross released april ross signed year deal league minimum salary paying remainder salary released legacy ross player career described gotten grooves try stay long ends end notorious career hit week like miss pitch feel good batter box famous came ross hitting playoffs helped san_francisco win world series career ross earned reputation bringing energy teams positive influence teammates fan favorite career especially florida san_francisco earned nicknames toy cannon ross boss respectively ross bats right handed throws left handed dominant bats throws combinations history major_league baseball position player combination bats throws like ross dodgers personal life ross wife summer live year arizona children hudson father kenny played strong safety bull rider undergoing knee college ross sister sarah long basketball player growing | Cody Ross | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Baseball people |
1835_JimBottomley | april december american professional baseball player baseman played major_league_baseball cincinnati_reds served player manager playing cardinals brooklyn field september set time single game rbi record born illinois grew illinois dropped high school age raise money family playing semi professional baseball cardinals scouted signed won league award given valuable player world series championship teams played cardinals season traded reds playing cincinnati years played seasons finishing playing career joined chicago cubs organization scout minor league baseball manager suffering heart attack wife retired raise cattle missouri nicknamed sunny jim cheerful disposition elected early life born april elizabeth née carter illinois family later moved illinois enrolled grade school dropped years old order help support family financially worked coal truck driver grocery clerk railroad clerk younger brother died mining accident played semi professional baseball local teams additional money earning game current dollar terms police officer knew general manager saw play recommended professional career dispatched scout investigate cardinals decided invite late signed month current dollar terms contract began professional career minor league baseball year played mitchell class south league posting batting average games continued scout played games time minor leagues media began sunny jim pleasant disposition season played class suffered leg injury early season infected performance season managed batting average games struggled fielding unable sell houston season current dollar terms sold current dollar terms fully recovered leg injury batted home runs triples slugging percentage chiefs season cardinals purchased chiefs current dollar terms major_league_baseball debut august replacing batted games cardinals named starting baseman rookie batted finishing second national_league teammate batted base percentage finished second finished sixth slugging percentage mark runs batted rbis tenth best league posted batting average game september set major league record rbis single game breaking record set robinson serving manager dodgers time mark tied finishing season rbis placing home runs seventh best slugging percentage good tenth hit finishing second led hits rbis best base percentage seventh best league batted season leading rbis home runs placed second slugging percentage sixth best batted world series cardinals defeated new_york_yankees finished season rbis fourth best league slugging percentage finishing sixth hit home runs rbis leading league home runs rbis second major_league player history join club year won league award given valuable player cardinals reached world series batted lost new_york_yankees hit home runs finishing seventh rbis fifth best slugging percentage placed eighth having manager street considered poor year struggled world series batting bats cardinals lost following series described world series performance bust far hitting goes amid questions status cardinals heading season demonstrated renewed hitting ability spring training despite presence superior fielder transferred cardinals international_league street announced remain starting baseman suffered injury struggled early season returning game appeared lose job collins filled injury returned form return finished season batting average placing teammate chick closest batting average finish mlb history slugging percentage sixth best league cardinals reached world series batting cardinals defeated athletics offseason teams began attempt trade collins batted played games cincinnati reds season cardinals traded cincinnati_reds attempt partner chick developing potent offensive attack sought cincinnati managerial position offseason instead went threatened quit baseball salary dispute reds attempted negotiate raise salary current dollar terms reduction salary current dollar terms earned cardinals previous year reds eventually came terms year contract believed worth finished eighth rbis ninth home runs seasons reds failed hit higher record rbis season left reds spring training salary dispute deciding return team april season reds traded american_league managed july road trip announced retirement result injured changed mind decided remain team batted season decided return baseball struggled season beginning season win loss record fired named player manager led victories team finished season eighth place record trailed seventh place athletics games games place player batted games season oldest players year retain season replacing street served assistant season served player manager syracuse bad start season team president adding capable players resigned replaced indicated want continue playing holds single season record double plays baseman known man sued hitting home run fan hit ball looking rbis season second player baseball history hit doubles triples home runs season players collect doubles triples home runs career personal married operated beauty february couple children retired baseball wife moved missouri area raised cattle radio broadcaster signing deal broadcasting station broadcast cardinals games returned baseball scout cardinals joined chicago_cubs scout managed managing suffered heart attack moved nearby sullivan missouri died heart december wife betty interred sullivan missouri honors elected posthumously charged selective choosing members charges levied elected included teammate cardinals member time selections teammates led having powers reduced subsequent years cardinals announced players personnel inducted inaugural class city park sullivan named museum illinois baseball museum dedicated fellow hall red natives | Jim Bottomley | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Baseball people |
1994_TravisIshikawa | travis born september american professional baseball baseman san_francisco_giants organization stands feet inches tall weighs pounds bats throws left handed previously played san_francisco_giants baltimore_orioles new_york_yankees filled outfielder times career grew drafted 21st round major_league_baseball mlb draft san_francisco_giants high school major_league debut giants major leagues time started giants baseman failed produce replaced season defense national_league fielding percentage served pinch hitter defensive replacement giants won world series ring giants won world series designated assignment end spring training spent entire season minor leagues signed mainly pinch hitter defensive replacement spent minor leagues played games baltimore_orioles game new_york_yankees roster bat wasn hot spring training pirates traded new_york_mets designated assignment signed team san_francisco_giants april started left field playoffs october hit walk run home run giants national_league pennant years defeating high school years attended federal way washington baseball leading team washington state class junior title game senior drafted 21st round major_league_baseball draft san_francisco_giants giants gave bonus prevent attending bonus highest non round player organization approaching signing deadline giants afford pay 21st round pick higher picks signed quickly routine bonuses career began career playing rookie league batted runs scored hits home run runs batted rbi games bats called class short season salem salem hit runs scored hits home run rbi games bats performance helped salem win championship initially assigned class batted runs scored hits home runs rbi games bats demoted salem games bats batted runs scored hits home runs rbi coming ranked giants seventh best prospect spent batting runs scored hits rbi games bats tied team lead home runs won player month award july month season promoted class advanced san giants batted runs scored hits home run rbi games bats played playoff games ranked 10th best prospect giants organization entering spent entire season games bats batted runs scored hits rbi home runs ranked fourth organization tied seventh appeared playoff games batting rbi won championship major_league career san_francisco_giants season ranked number prospect giants organization attended spring training giants time career recalled minors time april placed major league debut day loss big league hit came april pinch hit single loss arizona day returned minors room recalled sent minors big league start day hits doubles rbi victory game gave pie face celebrate games hit returned minors recalled june went disabled list games stint returned minors june recalled minor leagues year played class connecticut defenders games bats batted runs scored hits home runs rbi games bats giants batted run scored seven hits home runs rbi season played minors attended spring training giants reassigned minors march spent entire season minors splitting time connecticut began season connecticut hitting home runs rbi games bats suffering knee injury sent june recover said giants told promoted class aaa rehab assignment struggled remained rest year batting home runs rbi slugging percentage games bats batted hit home runs posted rbi playoffs won championship attended spring training giants began season minors august called giants replace giants starting baseman position held remainder season hit major league home run august run shot right field victory atlanta braves set career high having hits september san_diego_padres games bats giants batted runs hits doubles home runs rbi prior giants played connecticut class aaa batting runs doubles home runs rbi games clubs initially assigned connecticut batted doubles home runs rbi games earning promotion june games batted doubles home runs rbi bats fourth highest average second home runs rbi players giants organization june awarded giants player month title june named week hit bats average home runs rbi retained position starting baseman game season hits including rbi triple inning milwaukee brewers starting pitcher giants won july best stretch year batting hitting seven home runs driving runs set career high hits hit home run year run shot buddy victory atlanta july hit ball originally ruled double changed run home run watching replay giants won hit giants set home runs july victory july batted seven home runs rbi july giants traded cleveland indians intending replace base provide offense struggled produce end august began making starts rest year august snapped tie game winning run eighth inning home run jon giants defeated games bats batted runs scored hits doubles home runs rbi batting average park fifth national_league home batted away games defensively fielding percentage giants free agent following season signed play base result spent pinch hitting backing entering defensive replacement base late games hit home run year april victory minute maid park began right field later beginning july got starts base right field july hit career grand slam record time victory colorado hit home runs rbi games july august saw season batting average times stretch acquisition august moved base returned utility role giants manager said nice job ended hitting home runs rbi games bats season batted pinch hitter ranked seventh reverse batted road hitting park giants won west time giants active roster postseason run pinch hit double game world series texas_rangers giants won game got start postseason playing base giants victory earned world series ring giants defeated texas games win world series minors final game spring training designated assignment minors room rookie baseman april hit grand slam victory appear giants spending season injured shoulder diving ball early year underwent season ending shoulder surgery summer games bats batted runs scored hits doubles home runs rbi november giants free agent milwaukee brewers signed minor league contract december team spring training backup baseman pinch hitter starting baseman brewers tore anterior hit home runs rbi win new_york_mets batted home runs rbi games going disabled list left rib cage strain returned disabled list june taken base job limiting reserve role rest year october final game season rbi loss games bats hit home runs rbi november elected free agent brewers man roster day december signed minor league contract baltimore_orioles spent spring training team assigned class aaa norfolk tides international_league march games bats norfolk batted hits seven home runs rbi brought tides june pitcher placed leave list called play designated hitter days base appeared games getting hits bats rbi designated assignment june room roster claimed assignment new_york_yankees july appeared game yankees starting base going strikeouts loss july cleared elected free agency designated assignment returned day disabled list july signed minor league deal chicago_white_sox assigned international_league games knights bats batted hits home runs rbi combined totals norfolk charlotte batting average hits home runs rbi games bats able family days february september considered retirement pittsburgh pirates decided play season pittsburgh_pirates signed minor league contract prospect struggled spring training pirates roster started opening day march base playing right playing left batted home run games pirates traded april designated assignment april minor league free agent april second stint giants signed minor league deal giants april minors months considered retirement giants promoted major leagues july ongoing injuries baseman roster shuffle following game losing streak late september return belt base ongoing injuries giants asked play left field time career despite career baseman career regular season starts left field giants starting left fielder postseason national league championship series batted rbis recorded game winning rbi game drove runs bases loaded double game game giants leading series games hit run walk home run ninth inning pitcher clinch pennant giants world series appearance past seasons home run send national_league team world series home run end fourth end earned second world series ring giants defeated games december giants agreed year million contract started season disabled list injury suffered near end spring training conclusion rehab assignment designated assignment giants removed man roster subsequently cleared sent june called giants place injured designated assignment july second stint pirates claimed pirates july games pirates hit home run rbi january reportedly close signing minor league contract deal fell signed minor league contract chicago_white_sox february opened season class aaa charlotte knights released june 8th signed minor league deal return san_francisco_giants organization personal life father controller chain washington generation japanese american mother european american paternal grandparents held camp colorado world war met wife dental assistant hit pitch face game married children including daughter born 25th birthday september christian believes helped slump year says faith biggest happens | Travis Ishikawa | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Baseball people |
2260_WalterAlston | december october nicknamed american baseball player manager major_league_baseball mlb best known managing signed year contracts dodgers calm demeanor known quiet man grew rural ohio baseball basketball ohio mlb playing career consisted game bat played managed seasons minor league baseball service included stint manager integrated professional team modern baseball promoted manage successful seasons brooklyn class aaa minor league teams major league manager teams seven national_league world championships team world series championship team club brooklyn clinched pennant earlier calendar year previous pennant winner league history retired career wins managed star teams seven victories selected manager year times elected suffered heart attack year hospitalized month unable attend hall_of_fame induction ceremony fully recovered died hospital oxford ohio october early life born venice ohio spent childhood farm ohio teenager family moved ohio attended received nickname high school pitcher owing speed fastball graduated high school married longtime girlfriend year graduated degree industrial arts physical education oxford ohio said finances challenge college paid way school playing pool years basketball baseball playing career played minor league baseball respectively team hit home runs games major league game september base later described major league playing career reporter saying came bat cards struck committed error fielding chances base returned minor leagues brief mlb appearance split season hitting combined batting average played finishing season average home runs portsmouth won championship returned portsmouth hit home runs player manager season player manager seasons appeared seven games pitcher returned rochester baseman baseman moved player manager offered job minor league farm club executive signed player seasons served player manager integrated baseball team based twentieth century class new england league managed black dodgers prospects leading title later said consideration racial issues simply thought benefit team led title season appeared player games final professional playing appearances season minor league playing career hit home runs hit bats class highest minor league classification managerial career minor leagues managed dodgers class aaa affiliate win loss record team finished place games indianapolis indians team managed year managed integrated media critical playing said catcher simply integrate league hit home runs games fans dismayed called dodgers saints finished record players collected runs batted rbi team finished place half game indianapolis baseball season worked teacher managed dodgers aaa affiliate international_league team won games season tenure montreal won international_league montreal won governors cup playoff tournament inducted years later major leagues named manager season predecessor moved dodgers team leadership refused sign year year contract won years nearly won dodgers executive fought hired brooklyn bringing brooklyn described biggest contribution team history unknown major league level new_york_daily_news reported hiring headline walter immediately known quiet nature referred quiet man personality contrasted outspoken difficulty writing conservative decisions field drew criticism players managed minor leagues said learned knew baseball like according robinson wife commented approach saying criticized player mistake spot got steamed wanted sleep face situation clear head sportswriter said guy game look right face order corn paris restaurant dodgers finished second hit home runs registered runs batted dodgers got strong start associated_press article noted response questions like manager won consecutive games brooklyn team won pennant world series championship clinched pennant earlier year team history world series started mediocre regular season record seventh games won games pitcher struggled arm problems season emerged pitcher dodgers championship season criticized sparse use early career second mlb start pitched shutout giving hits striking batters success prompt lot opportunities pitcher appeared games season relief team repeated champions team bolstered play hit league leading home runs led league walks fell place early years los_angeles team finished seventh place club season moving brooklyn los_angeles criticism begun mount season led dodgers world championship players team finished double digit totals home runs year old led team pitchers wins los_angeles players including characterized late 1950s 1960s moon later came describe good manager gotten good mileage players managing star team attracted controversy left milwaukee braves pitchers star roster associated_press report said omission directed managing milwaukee dodgers finished fourth place following year team finished second place veteran missed months broken arm dodgers lost lead pennant race rumors surfaced coach fired team retained men dodgers won world series series represented time new_york_yankees lost world series games pitchers excelled struck batters games threw shutout game games employed starting pitchers relief pitcher series team finished losing season years team performance moving forward spring training season said let team forget difficulties previous season dodgers returned world series start number pitcher opening game series observing instead turned struggled lasting innings surrendering seven runs came mound remove said manager bet right wish jewish team recovered losing game won world series seven games appeared games series registering dodgers teams 1960s benefited strong pitching players held spring training demanded year contracts worth money making baseball time players eventually signed lesser amounts struggled year won games dodgers went world series defeated games retired season advice doctors examined sore arm retired years later men pitched entire major league careers final years manager guided teams wins season finished second place division times span team came close pennant falling games place team performed late season finished game san_francisco_giants beginning team featured infield group played years remaining long end tenure dodgers won pennant went world series face closer record setting games season marshall won young award received media attention considered marshall starter marshall ended appearing games series gave run innings start game dodgers lost series games dodgers won games respectively finished place seasons september announced retire end season press conference said baseball years good pretty big day playing golf time life announcing stepping manager told peter afternoon somebody chance manage club retired wins regular season postseason named manager year times managed star squads record times won seven games time multi year contracts rise managerial career consisted year contracts earned seven span sportswriter described role dodgers pointing seen boss stuck field management team said loyalty subdued nature contributed stability team enjoyed commented non irritating realize important manager doesn later life legacy dodgers retired number year stepped manager fourth receive honor elected suffered heart attack year hospitalized month grandson traveled represent ill manager hall_of_fame induction ceremony died oxford hospital complications recent heart attack october funeral home spokesman said remained ill heart attack interred cemetery ohio death mlb commissioner referred baseball greatest managers dodgers great acknowledged occasional run ins said excelled utilizing specific strengths team managed played coached ultimately succeeded manager commented easy play said imagined type ride shotgun stage indian territory man yards tall quiet controlled gave players credit took blame solid american named walter memorial highway inducted april readers los_angeles_times named number list greatest dodgers time memorial located | Walter Alston | Sports and recreation | 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2269_JoeMcGinnity | march november american right handed pitcher major_league_baseball mlb late 19th early 20th century played mlb years pitching national_league baltimore_orioles jumping american_league play baltimore_orioles returned new_york_giants continued pitch minor leagues eventually retiring baseball good age mlb won games earned run average era seven win seasons win seasons including time minor leagues won close games professional led mlb wins times era giants won world series teams won nicknamed iron man worked iron baseball nickname came convey longevity routinely pitched games set records complete games innings pitched single season stand considered better players history new_york_giants elected early life father peter born dublin ireland came united_states changed adding emigrated united_states peter worked coal mines farm owned john accepted allowing farm john moved oregon leaving homestead hands peter daughter hannah married august months birth son william second son peter born joe born children joe received little formal schooling lifestyle coal miners family moved frequently childhood moved days birth seventh child peter died accident age joe older brothers went work mines support family family moved springfield illinois joe brothers worked moved illinois months later continuing coal mother cleaned houses baseball career early career living began playing baseball coal miners leisure time owner founded outfielder substituted team pitcher game won continued pitch point pitched semi professional teams based family headed west stopping way montana hannah sister struck gold coal brothers worked coal met future wife oldest daughter fellow coal played baseball local team increased baseball popularity area later referred father oklahoma baseball sportswriter organized managed pitched teams teams began traveling towns missouri kansas texas railroad play local teams pitched teams neighboring towns manager minor league baseball heard pitching signed professional debut games trait learned league folded result financial troubles related manager franchise savannah georgia manager class western league season signed pitch blues combined montgomery kansas_city win loss record walking batters allowing hit inning pitched according umpire catcher tipped pitches opposing batters personal feud continued struggle kansas_city requested release june moved springfield illinois worked coal operated saloon pitched locally semi professional teams springfield receiving salary current dollar terms game time developed pitch nicknamed old described slow curve feature later success improved fielding opponents attempted old pitching semi professional team defeated national_league baltimore_orioles exhibition game defeated team chatham illinois earlier day managed springfield semi professional team named manager signed season marking return professional baseball armed old compiled record allowing hits walks striking batters innings pitched complete inning game believed second longest professional baseball game date low attendance distraction spanish american war folded august major_league_baseball brooklyn player lived retirement saw pitch contacted brooklyn owner recommend sign signed spring month current dollar terms syndicate owned brooklyn owned baltimore_orioles ownership consolidation player manager received ownership stake clubs moved baltimore brooklyn assigned best players brooklyn including assigned season seeing unorthodox pitching delivery slow pitching speed played succeeded player manager caught robinson refused relocate brooklyn investment baltimore restaurant aggressive style play year record wins led ranked second games earned run average era fourth innings pitched season voted contract teams included assigned brooklyn known posted record brooklyn season wins innings pitched led league dodgers won pennant pitched complete games defeated pittsburgh_pirates draw decide trophy team voted award formation american_league competitor rumors detroit_tigers interested brooklyn offered contract current dollar terms stay brooklyn considered retiring baseball ultimately jumped signing baltimore_orioles season received salary current dollar terms choosing money league chance reunited player manager owner fighting continued games managed brawl erupted game detroit_tigers august umpire arrested incident permanently suspended president wanted fighting games johnson later cut suspension days apologized compiled record games complete games innings pitched led began season franchise began fall significant debt star player son law owner reported team owed current dollar terms unable afford debt purchased shares team player manager resigned team signed new_york_giants majority july sold interest principal owner giants principal owner cincinnati_reds day brush released contracts brush signed reds signed joining new player manager giants attempted contact johnson night offering stay receive johnson personal assurance welcome stay hear johnson left phone hook night avoid contacted joined teammates giants giants season won games set mlb records games started innings pitched remain records today pitching american_league season set current mlb records games started innings started games numerous occasions performed feat times single month winning games final instance new_york_times reported fresh tackle visitors contest necessary pitched innings month august wins fellow pitcher accounted giants winning games setting mlb record pitching tandem season teammates threatened quit giants accusing brush giants owner going promise pay team monetary bonus having finished teams share gate receipts exhibition games paid current dollar terms brush allegedly current dollar terms claimed pitch received salary offer current dollar terms got new_york eventually joined publicly threatening quit set mlb record season recording tenth win team games fewest team games pitcher reach mark record leading games innings pitched saves career best era giants competing pennant won games times matter weeks aided giants won pennant compete world series brush refused face champion following johnson season attempted hold giants brush refused allow play winter baseball team won games season giants won pennant year giants participated world series champion started games game series athletics winning losing pitched games including game lost chief led wins came spite suspension served fighting pirates catcher president described attempting ball park mayor pittsburgh attended game insisted arrested season finished record era allowing hit inning time season missed beginning season severe fever june brush hoping owner relieve salary current dollar terms tried wave august times went despite reverted old form august end season record era leading saves giants released february decided pay release later career purchased class current dollar terms press reported operate team farm team giants denied reports retain manager stepped player manager indians season record innings pitched set single season records won games august july played managed indians indians finished second sold interests indians purchased class northwestern league current dollar terms spending current dollar terms franchise stadium served player manager tigers start season stepped manager hiring serve manager june sold stock team order afford operating expenses briefly played sold tigers purchased serving player manager bringing players june sold stock team secured release played remainder season served player manager class illinois indiana season class mississippi valley league season won games age wins shutout pitched record hour seven minutes years later returned play springfield senators illinois indiana season pitched final professional game july participating old game earlier day joined coaching staff teammate mlb season retained season personal life acquired nickname pitching widely discussed according reporter asked minor league pitcher seasons iron man answered work wife family operated iron oklahoma worked nickname connection named starter giants march exhibition game scheduled raise funds vulcan statue cast summer missouri request allowed visit downtown personally pour iron statue working baseball team ill surgery remove said critical condition surgery quoted saying ninth inning guess going died november brooklyn new_york home daughter interred legacy finished mlb career career wins seven win seasons win seasons nearly professional wins including years minor leagues set career record batters hit pitch fielding pitching position attempting force outs base instead throwing ball base death hard player fighter brains hated lose described better fielder pitcher said hardest working pitcher called failing receive necessary votes entry seven occasions elected hall_of_fame posthumously inducted article magazine sportswriter published time star argument starter consisting ethnic baseball teams chose right handed pitcher irish team team omitted article space limitations irish team included book lists published following year included book greatest baseball players time time illinois team | Joe McGinnity | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Baseball people |
2364_JiggsParrott | july april professional baseball player career spanned seasons spent major_league_baseball mlb compiled career batting average runs scored hits doubles triples home runs runs batted rbis games played majority career spent major leagues played minor league baseball got start playing amateur baseball professional baseball debut came member mlb player oregon stood feet inches weighed pounds brother mlb player teammate early life born east portland oregon july born england moved outside oregon oregon training england moved portland opened music business organized seven siblings brothers sister siblings went play professional baseball worked music played ball portland youth play classmates attending eventually brothers tom signed amateur baseball team professional career early minor league career began professional baseball career brother teammate portland club season batted runs scored hits doubles triples home runs stolen bases games played second league home runs hits fourth doubles defensively season played base continued play portland club renamed season stated home base throws base continue admiration start season joined class western league start season said build successful baseman tall spare flesh gymnasium winter minneapolis season batted runs scored hits doubles home runs games played tied second league home runs season manager offered major_league_baseball mlb contract play club mlb debut july game stuck twice errors player appear mlb game hit second batting order season mlb season batted runs scored hits doubles triples home runs runs batted rbis seven stolen bases games played finished season fielding percentage national_league start season wrote somewhat erratic player times plays good ball good steady play necessary liable case june changed tune called work base little brilliant reported impressed person calling behaved young man despite criticism getting media fans season signed pitcher brother washington_post reported bought contract team play brother chicago brothers players oregon play mlb 19th century moved seventh chicago batting order year second season batted runs scored hits doubles triples home run rbis stolen bases games played fielding percentage base fifth highest national_league start season converted second baseman making way base manager criticized continuing play publication stated true holds high esteem insists great suffering public expect witness attempts hold second base bag season batted runs scored hits doubles triples home runs rbis stolen bases games played signed new second baseman iowa demoted role utility player responded criticism taking keeping stating realize popular chicago crowds play games abroad responded saying local fans thought buried far chicago concerned final mlb game came june played games chicago season games batted hit bats released early season later career released returned minor leagues class season batted runs scored hits doubles triples games played started season class western league starting baseman june released club signed combined clubs year batted games played signed member columbus club noted september playing great fielding game appeared game senators getting hit bats signed iowa club class western association games batted runs scored hits death baseball season returned home portland oregon health deteriorating december traveled new_mexico hopes gaining health new_mexico reported weather cold planning arizona climate mild april hospital phoenix arizona died tuberculosis earlier day father portland likely live days receiving telegram sent son train arizona dying train left station portland family got word died continued arizona retrieve brother remains remains returned april funeral held april home teammates according hundreds attended funeral people attended burial lone fir cemetery portland | Jiggs Parrott | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Baseball people |
2575_DougFister | born february american professional baseball pitcher major_league_baseball mlb previously played mlb detroit_tigers bats left handed throws right handed born california attended attended later spent seasons minor league organization promoted major_league roster early life born february larry fire captain played football jan siblings brother sisters grew california began playing baseball age fan san_francisco_giants child favorite player played soccer football basketball child shares middle father grandfather amateur career high school attended pitched team utility player year team central california conference selection senior season batting home run runs batted rbis named team conference selection basketball averaging points game senior mlb catcher graduated class college attended year participated junior college star game preseason american drafted san_francisco_giants 49th round major_league_baseball draft chose transfer played led wins second team innings pitched strikeouts appeared games base season drafted new_york_yankees sixth round chose stay senior season record earned run average games following season drafted seventh round major_league_baseball draft professional career seasons selected seventh round major_league_baseball draft signed june began professional career season class short season went era saves strikeouts games starts games finished era tied second saves wins pitchers games played season played double west diamond season went era complete game strikeouts games starts led diamond pitching staff wins home runs allowed tied complete games second hits allowed losses games started innings pitched runs allowed earned runs allowed season continued play double west diamond april named week game loser july season went era strikeouts games starts pitchers losses games started innings pitched hits allowed runs allowed earned runs allowed home runs allowed second wins bases balls walks allowed strikeouts runs allowed second losses earned runs allowed end regular season played involved decisions era strikeouts games relief season began season double west diamond time career later promoted triple eventually games diamond went gave earned runs went era strikeouts games starts august promoted majors result pitcher optioned triple room man roster major league debut august pitched inning struck gave hit gave walk start august chicago_white_sox picked loss win came august new_york_yankees finished season major league record era strikeouts games starts season started game spring training going season fellow starting pitchers competed fifth spot starting rotation ended getting job rotation april took hitter seventh inning baltimore_orioles broken single suffered early season praised fellow starter reasons worse stating hadn excellent end rotation god knows club season number starter detroit_tigers july traded detroit_tigers relief pitcher exchange player named later august tigers sent round pick complete trade dealt detroit_tigers record era starts trade tigers went era starts finished regular season era placed fourth american_league pitchers named month september going era starts facing new_york_yankees bounced rough game outing earn win decisive game limited yankees run hits walks innings tigers victory sent game held offense runs innings win tigers victory season april pitching left game injury day placed day disabled list strain muscle left injury recalled triple place roster september threw career shutout minnesota twins seven hits start september set american_league record striking batters row short major league record set finished regular season record era starts pitched second game oakland picking decision victory giving runs seven innings got decision game new_york_yankees despite surrendering runs innings work struck head line drive bat giants outfielder second inning game world series continued pitch game holding giants run innings turning bullpen season injury free making starts tigers set career highs wins win percentage strikeouts finishing regular season era start game tigers facing elimination gave runs seven hits innings work tigers won game late rally factor decision game boston_red_sox gave run hits striking seven innings earning win tigers victory following season named finalist pitcher position alongside finished season zero errors perfect fielding percentage additionally led american_league pitchers double plays started seventh assists december traded utility man left handed pitchers season spring training nationals developed strained muscle right disabled list start season returned gave earned runs hits innings bounced start gave earned run hits innings conclude season record strikeouts whip 5th qualified starters era 4th season pitched games nationals starts posted record era strikeouts innings pitched january signed year million contract pitching style throws pitches mainly pitcher fastball thrown mph pitches cutter best swing miss pitch career rate walks batters finished fourth respectively lowest walks innings ratio runs miles day pitch stands feet inches tall tallest players | Doug Fister | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Baseball people |
2608_JackStivetts | jack march april professional baseball pitcher played seasons major_league_baseball mlb spanning played national_league happy jack nicknamed pleasant demeanor born german immigrants raised pennsylvania initially followed father coal mining industry playing professional baseball playing half seasons minor league baseball signed seasons regarded best pitchers baseball led earned run average era mlb season strikeouts seasons later years spanning posted victories season times won won career high games august threw hitter seven seasons championships pitched alongside future hall_of_fame members best hitting pitchers era positions pitching season total seven home runs stood record pitchers compiled lifetime batting average hit home runs delivered runs batted rbis season major leagues played spiders widely considered worst teams mlb history baseball career returned hometown worked area coal mines brewery wagon driver carpenter died years age early life born march pennsylvania father adam coal worker mother née cooper german immigrants raised family receiving baptism month birth confirmation april age christ attended public schools years following father coal trade married june son john daughters mary margaret june age began professional baseball career representative compiled win loss record season era returned team later joined began season york representative umpire named noticed talent recommended manager impressed velocity pitches offered contract soon offer accepted salary offer month signing bonus career season joined starting pitcher rotation ice box chamberlain major league debut june cincinnati_reds pitched complete game struck batters lost game score errors teammates performance noted press good impression games pitched season record league leading era finished games championship started games completed struck pitched innings reported november signed season season season start league created players league drew players away teams teams lost best players including player manager king team pitcher chamberlain signed team sold pitching games movements left franchise starters rookie cast occasional relief starter opened regular season april game series road versus louisville started games game recorded strikeouts lost game tenth inning run double game april credited loss allowing runs score seven earned fared better start allowing run defeated score struck batters including seven faced hit home run career june hit home runs game times career accomplished feat run home run fifth inning second came team runs half ninth inning bases loaded grand slam career second ultimate grand slam history game versus july manager der removed starting pitcher inning replaced crowd momentarily interrupted game protest proved successful hit home run fifth inning runs advantage leading team eventual victory home run sixth season added august number seven final season total seven home runs season pitcher broken tied hit cleveland_indians finished place teams games record era strikeouts innings pitched season january reported signed coming season season opened april faced killers home team opening day starting pitcher game ended ninth inning umpire player native determined cincinnati intentionally allowing score effort delay game awarded cincinnati refused play president declared illegal short time later game played april won match pitching second career game umpire course season ace pitching second game team played pitching occasionally played right field future hall_of_fame executive starting rotation started games home series versus large leads pulled game lasting innings second won starts hitting home run game june hit game august athletics second homer game career connected game september run ninth inning gave victory seventh home run season fourth pitcher adding hit playing right field best pitchers league leaders pitching categories strikeouts led league victories era ranked fifth completed season second teams games champion reds boston season initially denied reported september signed national_league season joined pitching rotation included future members veteran boston solid pitching staff potent mix position players consisting future hall_of_fame members established veterans team expected compete second consecutive championship analyzing national_league teams new_york_giants captain remarked boston roster think seen better days strengthen wonderfully best pitchers country day start season april pitching described wild issued bases balls prevailed boston won score days later victorious boston record stood games june hit home run season double victory baltimore_orioles reported july leading boston hitters batting point season established released team june leaving boston solid man pitching rotation remainder season august pitched hitter victory later september started completed defeated louisville games following day press credited victories ability work runners bases regular season closed october pitched second game delivered complete game shutout shutout season 35th victory finished pitching statistical categories total dropped strikeouts innings pitched significantly lower previous season dissolved following season teams merging establishing lone major league devised post season series determine champion half season series pitted half champions second half champions game occurred october started boston future hall young pitched cleveland pitching duel lasted scoreless innings game brought end darkness boston won game october started gained victory game october declared champion winning straight opening tie game gained victories playoff scheme abandoned season season january reported signed boston coming season march tied imminent trade boston brooklyn involved pitcher transferring boston ultimately deal pitcher reported respective teams rule changes implemented season intended competitive balance pitchers hitters lengthened distance pitching mound home plate feet feet inches required pitchers pitch rubber slab instead allowed running start delivered ball batter struggled new distance initially starts season largely ineffective april weather cold rainy issued bases balls new_york_giants batters surrendered runs starts baltimore allowed seven runs score game despite gaining victory runs loss second game runs scored loss versus washington senators troubles adjusting new rules athletic conditioning june july prompted team sign hank added pitching strength struck batters era increased despite helped boston claim consecutive championship record season previous season inconsistencies signed team starting pitcher boston season opening game april victory versus lost starts beginning game winning streak lasted mid july august started gained complete game victories ends versus cincinnati_reds days later august pitched boston victory spiders day father killed coal mining accident load coal fell boston finished place teams won games numbers important statistical categories failed improve worse era rose moved slightly struck innings pitched issued bases balls surrendered league leading home runs biggest success skill hitter beginning july boston played game series cleveland alternating game game pitching playing right field hit home run game coming sixth inning completing sweep hit career high season total home runs achieved career highs rbis seven triples runs scored batting games played season early november threat new near formation national_league clubs quick sign players negotiating players salary demands met including march shortly season began claimed excellent condition pounds lighter period year season opener april brooklyn got start second consecutive season despite early game boston won game seven run seventh inning scored gathered hits game including double season involved dispute catholic players manager resulting rift occasionally caused strife team members factions formed tucker disagreements led incident louisville kentucky hotel dining room mccarthy response said mccarthy punching face left restaurant record slid era improved slightly innings pitched boston fell fifth place games champions baltimore hitting suffered batting average dropped career low failed hit home run time rookie season shortly boston completed schedule signed season season season trade talks conducted completed deal likely involved tucker players involved boston religious quarrel previous season season progressed press noted season begun better previous season claimed weight loss main reason asset team past years lost start season rebounded win starts succession april including shutout victory versus louisville june pitched boston victory reds home connected home runs fisher time hit home runs single game hit home runs total season improved batting average bats increased win total era lowest october reported retained boston reserve clause interviewed season claimed like quit pitching play team opportunity boston manager disagreed claimed team needed pitching rotation instead likely received salary playing season boston signed despite view press believed boston continue sink standings didn rid team manager shortly start season loss april baltimore commented pitching future saying growing stiff let best years ago weight team departed western road trip sent proper game condition told report team weight joined team played right field second game place rotation fell relief appearance having time sore arm start occurred boston defeated score earned second consecutive victory june win louisville pitched innings games season fared helped boston claim championship record era hitter continued flourish batting average hit career high triples added home runs conclusion regular season boston faced second place post season series temple cup created season pittsburgh_pirates owner winner best seven game awarded possession silver ornate cup proceeds distributed players boston players championship run especially games second place baltimore facing temple cup fatigue agreed split proceeds series played enthusiasm team boston won game lost games giving baltimore cup pitched game losing mccarthy sloppy play center field series final game favor seasons series lacked popular support discontinued season reserved boston later signed solid man starting pitching rotation lewis rookie role team expected extra outfielder claimed felt better life outlook coming season positive game versus reds june score tied ninth inning connected pinch hit walk solo home run second career walk home run pinch hitter home run career reported july deal agreed trade cash deal contingent acceptance early august boston manager sent home commenting team use services longer managing planned center field refused accept sale officially conducted august sent unnamed player true word report play single game season objection sold claimed remain return coal mining season season owners purchased der changed team inherited players early claimed interest playing franchise salary equal paid boston new owners maximize assets transferred best players sending rest including cleveland spiders released june subsequently retired playing baseball games spiders batting average record claimed paul days later play game team season career won games losses era strikeouts innings pitched addition career home runs hitter collected hits bats batting average rbis post baseball legacy retirement professional baseball worked coal industry capacities listed carpenter operated brewery wagon coal company hometown april working carpenter pennsylvania occasionally played small clubs area survived bout smallpox longer working died april age interred cemetery described time fastest pitchers league comparable remarked speed fast extended career longer taken better care body baseball writer wrote issues entirely blaming hard drinking lifestyle inability remain good condition | Jack Stivetts | Sports and recreation | Baseball and 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2629_PatBurrell | born october nicknamed pat bat american professional baseball outfielder played major_league_baseball standing feet inches tall weighing pounds batted threw right handed played philadelphia_phillies san_francisco_giants attended won golden spikes award overall draft pick phillies years minors called phillies finished fourth voting national_league rookie year award hitting home runs straight years hit hit career high home runs finished 14th valuable player award voting signed year contract phillies batted career low home runs batted home runs missed games wrist injury hit home runs finished seventh mvp award voting set career high rbi batted home runs rbi games slump april batted home runs phillies reached playoffs time career hit home run playoffs phillies swept round hit home runs phillies reached playoffs winning world series season free agent signed year deal designated hitter batted home runs batted home runs games season designated assignment rays free agent signed san_francisco_giants days later took giants left fielder hit home runs games giants playoffs hit world series striking times plate appearances got second world series ring giants won following year signed year deal return giants lost left field job batted career low home runs games addition suffering career ending foot injury filed free agency october later signed day contract finish career phillies threw ceremonial pitch subsequently retired currently special assignment scout giants assistant general manager high school attended california freshman freshman year transferred played baseball football football program playing quarterback competed played rival california decided concentrate baseball senior year named year batted home runs college graduating high school drafted boston_red_sox 43rd round major_league_baseball mlb draft instead signing chose attend played base teammate freshman selected named outstanding player college world series joining players win award winning series sophomore year named year named summer player year junior won golden spikes award best player college baseball year drafted philadelphia_phillies overall pick mlb draft finished college career home runs runs batted rbi walks games batting average seventh time ncaa player slugging percentage second february inducted minor leagues july phillies agreed year contract million signing bonus signing assigned single advanced moved base philadelphia baseman major leagues won national_league rookie year award batted home runs rbi games entering season named prospect phillies organization named baseball 19th best prospect spent season double reading phillies batting home runs rbi games named post season star team won rookie year award played games batting home run rbi addition playing base outfielder teams named phillies prospect second best prospect baseball began season playing base outfield batted home runs rbi games major leagues philadelphia_phillies called philadelphia_phillies replaced filling injured opening day baseman phillies baseman making major league debut day hits coming rbi victory following day hit career home run loss houston june phillies trailing new_york_mets hit home run closer score eventual victory philadelphia day rbi home runs career grand slam victory philadelphia july hits rbi victory pittsburgh_pirates remained phillies baseman returned july rbi home runs grand slam august victory san_diego_padres august newly acquired outfielder moved base moved left field rest year september game winning walk single victory finished season home runs rbi batting average games fourth votes rookie year award april hit game winning home run sixth inning victory atlanta braves game winning rbi double ninth inning phillies beat chicago_cubs april june career high game hitting streak streak hit game winning run home run tenth inning win hit home run rbi day phillies beat hit game winning run home run july victory atlanta braves july home run rbi including game winner phillies beat hit home runs straight games july august august phillies beat los_angeles_dodgers hit career grand slam home run rbi final game season victory cincinnati_reds finished season home runs rbi batting average games assists led tied major leagues strikeouts highest total phillies history time currently ninth highest total hit walk home run april 11th inning victory florida days later april hit run walk home run 11th inning phillies victory braves player major leagues hit home runs day period hit season hit hit home runs teammate hit june june game hitting streak longest season streak june tied career high rbi victory montreal home runs star break star break july hit game winning run home run victory montreal home runs rbi grand slam loss dodgers august august rbi including game winner victory rbi day rbi august finished season career highs offensive category including runs batting average games 12th home runs rbi season home runs seventh rbi 14th valuable player award voting february signed year million contract phillies home runs rbi including game winner april victory braves home runs came making sixth player hit home runs game hit home runs rbi victory august hit game tying solo home run game winning run home run 8th 10th innings victory san_francisco_giants hit home runs including 100th august victory september final hit single loss atlanta endured season long slump occasionally games favor phillies manager games batted home runs rbi home runs second highest total phillies teammate led hits rbi april victory cardinals catch home run away threw trying score base single hit career pinch hit home run run game tying home run ninth inning arizona phillies won game extra innings rbi including game winner victory rbi including home runs victory dodgers july hit home runs loss cubs august strained left wrist batting practice placed disabled list time career day originally scheduled season ending surgery august getting second opinion decided postpone surgery attempt come season ended september activated disabled list games batted home runs rbi april hits rbi victory cardinals won player week award season april accumulating rbi week season hits loss cincinnati hit run game winning home run victory baltimore_orioles won player week award day batted home runs rbi week phillies player win award twice season won twice june solo home run game winner victory arizona days later hit home runs rbi victory texas_rangers june hit game winning run home run victory milwaukee brewers hit home runs rbi victory florida july july hits rbi victory colorado august rbi including ahead run home run victory dodgers run home run august provided phillies runs victory san_diego rbi september victory days later rbi including run home run victory florida finished season batting home runs games set career highs walks rbi home runs led phillies rbi second defense tied lead major league left errors seven lowest fielding percentage finished seventh voting mvp award winner april batted seven home runs april rbi games batted rest season june manager began occasionally favor hit game winning solo home run victory florida rbi including run home run phillies defeated giants june rbi including run home run phillies lost day hit game winning run home run victory nationals june hit home runs rbi phillies lost hits rbi victory giants july august rbi double sixth inning game winning rbi victory cubs inning grand slam september provided phillies runs victory houston september fielder choice game winning rbi victory cubs hit home runs rbi set career high runs scored september victory florida games finished season batting home runs rbi phillies longest player departure free agency hit home run april batting average april rbi including game winner victory florida began slump april batting months began left field hit home runs rbi victory cubs injured end june reclaimed starting job batting july home runs rbi july end season batted home runs rbi starting final games season phillies left field july rbi victory days later hit career home run victory dodgers game hitting streak july august tying career high august victory pirates got career hit run home run end august phillies faced trailed games game series game series august hit game winning run home run victory days later game series hit solo home run sacrifice fly game winning rbi victory hit home runs fourth final game series phillies won sweep september run home run hill provided game winning rbi victory washington finished regular season batting home runs rbi walks career high games ryan_howard second trio phillies home runs defense led major league errors fielding percentage lowest left phillies won east reached playoffs time time career hit home run game hit series phillies swept batted april home runs rbi hit home runs april including game winner victory cincinnati april run double provided game winning rbi phillies victory milwaukee double got 23rd 24th rbi month breaking team record rbi april batting home runs batted home runs june walk run home run outs tenth inning gave phillies victory san_francisco hit game winning pinch hit home run victory houston june hit game winning run home run victory cincinnati followed performance june hitting july seven home runs final months batting seven home runs hit game winning run home run july victory arizona august home run helped phillies defeat days later hit game winning home run victory rbi including game winning run home run victory dodgers august finished season batting home runs tied ninth rbi walks games phillies won east second straight year game final game brewers hit home runs run game winning home run solo home run victory gave phillies playoff series victory days later game championship series hit game winning solo home run victory dodgers going bats world series doubled october game final game series replaced pinch runner scored game winning run victory phillies won world series series chosen lead parade filed free agency november december phillies signed left fielder year contract ending tenure philadelphia double plays grounded seventh phillies history strikeouts second fifth walks eighth rbi fourth home runs straight seasons home runs topped tampa bay rays january signed year million contract planned use designated hitter got standing ovation returned philadelphia exhibition series april april flew philadelphia join phillies received world series rings ceremony ceremony flew boston rays game boston_red_sox placed disabled list neck strain activated june june hit game winning run home run rbi victory phillies july hit walk run home run 11th inning victory september game winning rbi single victory boston rbi including run home run september loss baltimore season finished year batting games set tied career lows hits home runs rbi walks hit game winning run home run 12th inning victory boston april april hit game winning run home run victory games season batted home runs rbi designated assignment replaced rays roster days later free agent clearing san_francisco_giants san_francisco_giants signed minor league contract assigned triple batting home run rbi games called giants june replace optioned day took moved right field giants left fielder july giants trailing dodgers eighth inning hit run home run giants victory august hit game winning sacrifice fly 11th inning victory atlanta days later giants faced chicago_cubs game series game series hit walk sacrifice fly 11th inning victory game rbi including game winning home run eighth inning victory finale hit home runs including grand slam rbi victory august returned philadelphia regular season game member opposing team received standing ovation hit home run bat game giants lost giants batted bats home runs rbi games giants won west advanced playoffs time totals bats hits home runs rbi games game atlanta october hit run home run loss october game phillies rbi double pinch ran scoring winning run giants victory world series struck times thirteen bats hits game giants won world series games received second championship ring november filed free agency month later december signed year million contract return giants games batted home runs rbi april hit game winning run home run victory colorado batting rbi games replaced giants left fielder replaced giants right fielder game winning rbi single victory game cubs june home run rbi victory game winning rbi single july victory san_diego july placed disabled list potentially career ending foot injury returned august able start regularly returning final game year loss colorado september started left field asking giants manager lineup potentially final game finished year batting career lows games bats hits home runs seven rbi october filed free agency signed day contract philadelphia_phillies officially retire announced february inducted subsequently inducted friday july stated knew fans tough times called told voted fans overwhelming 37th met killer showed penchant hitting home runs new_york_mets hit home runs game series sweep late august total hit home runs season highest total team ranked fifth time home runs hit franchise time departure philadelphia fallen sixth having passed batting phillies home parks mark stadium nonetheless enjoyed playing new_york citing atmosphere memorable home runs pitchers including games closer personal life previously married divorced special assignment scout giants based arizona pat english bulldog named featured phillies world series parade died september | Pat Burrell | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Baseball people |
2811_DarinRuf | born july american professional baseball baseman outfielder born nebraska played subsequently attended excelled playing baseball phillies drafted minor leagues initially hit high batting average combined power numbers phillies prospects major league debut september having hit home runs lead split time triple major league phillies league season embroiled roster battle bench spot entering hurt oblique landed disabled list prior season early life career born july parents bill nebraska siblings older rest younger attended helped team win nebraska state championship sophomore season finish runner senior year played football basketball captain baseball football teams senior season achieved state honors football basketball senior season committed play baseball combination athletics academics standout seasons serving squad baseman freshman season started games sophomore season drew significant named player year member team conference squad team conference scholar athlete named star performance summer collegiate baseball member strong performance continued junior season compiled game hitting streak contributed season batting average collegiate career culminated named second team team team academic american espn overall record books finishing second rbi total bases hits sixth walks seventh doubles tied 10th home runs started games career earned degree finance compiled grade point average successful businessman professional career minor leagues drafted philadelphia_phillies 20th round major_league_baseball draft phillies drafted scouting director asserted outstanding defensive baseman chance hit tremendous makeup converting play predominantly outfield fielding characterized weak phillies general manager commented defensive skills play day professional assignment performing promoted short season squads held batting average participated began season class spent games phillies promoted class advanced phillies minor league player week late total amassed home runs runs batted rbis posting amalgamated batting average power emergence began hit leading doubles home runs rbis batting average defensively played base base left field pitched innings relief inning game season played philadelphia_phillies present enjoyed great success playing renamed earning valuable player mvp honors paul award given best player phillies minor league system season sold shirts said reference led home runs rbis tied league lead playing games sacrifice flies route earning september making major league debut september triple level entirely recorded major league hit september home run totaled home runs rbis game cup coffee end season article summarized season journey minor league system way scene midway season wasn highly touted prospect knew years old guy kind changed started season triple valley recalled phillies july ryan_howard placed disabled list major league level finished fifth home runs august major league player stretch starts major league level base right field left field starts triple came left field came base struggled find spot phillies roster contribute despite strong performance proving productive offensive contributor showing defensive versatility spot lineup locked season columnist wrote entering season set compete spot bench declared good particularly defensively play everyday phillies placed disabled list strained oblique estimated recovery time end april beginning returned played suffered injury june left wrist sliding wall playing left field returned major league phillies july landed disabled list struggled games bats hits phillies ryan_howard struggling base played innings base overall amassed major league plate appearances significantly hindered injuries began fight playing time clear opening phillies roster notwithstanding fact players roster ability hit power optioned triple exchange player profile baseball analyst asserts ceiling platoon player base superior allowed terms potential wrote positively historic seen player age similar skill set fringe average hitter huge hole swing plus raw power runner pretty unknown arm strength sustainable note major league level turns halfway year possesses body typically don age weird situation triumph phillies player development system effort major_league uniform offense strong power hitter according talent quoted sports baseball preview magazine possesses raw country strength plate swing struggles hit outside pitches poor balance plate consequently able hit fly balls drive mistake pitches park patient hitter opposite hitters right handed hitter hits left handed pitchers better right handed pitchers defense played base corner outfield spots career focused outfield stages development ryan_howard perceived base outfield liability pretty base man position persona phillies organization led suggest better suited designated hitter american_league personal life wife married december include traveling offseason resides hometown nebraska sister attended played seasons | Darin Ruf | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Baseball people |
2868_PepperMartin | pepper martin february march american professional baseball player minor league manager known daring aggressive abilities martin played major_league_baseball baseman outfielder 1930s early 1940s best known world series catalyst cardinals upset victory martin integral member cardinals teams 1930s known behavior practical jokes early career labeled contemporary press reports spirited style play attitude playing field took physical toll body lived initial expectations end playing career continued career baseball successful minor league baseball manager baseball career early career born temple oklahoma martin moved parents age grew playing baseball began professional baseball career age signed play shortstop team oklahoma league folded contract sold posted batting average games hunters continued post batting averages mark signed play affiliate hit average games houston earned promotion major leagues spending years minor leagues martin major league debut cardinals april age posted batting average games utility player helping cardinals win national_league pennant martin appearance pinch runner world series cardinals lost straight games new_york_yankees despite respectable batting average martin sent january hit batting average following season promoted offensive statistics improved home runs batting average slugging percentage helping red wings win international_league title defeated win junior world series martin performance earned return major leagues cardinals veteran center fielder went hitting slump martin replaced played cardinals president traded cincinnati_reds june martin impressed observers outfield base paths slid bases head ended year batting average seven home runs runs batted help cardinals clinch national_league pennant games new_york_giants world series star world series rematch previous year participants pitting cardinals led athletics won previous world series heavily favored win consecutive year featured lineup included future members game held park martin hits including double stolen base drove run loss ace athletics staff game winning pitcher martin proved difference game tight pitching duel cardinals athletics scored run game second inning stretching single double ball outfield stealing base scoring sacrifice fly martin added run seventh inning hit single stole second base took base fielder choice scored squeeze runs game pitched hit shutout series win apiece series moved philadelphia game martin hits including double scored twice cardinals victory grove game produced hits cardinals lost martin single provided offense cardinals game driving home runs singles home run sacrifice fly cardinals held final games series impressive catch athletics run rally ninth inning game end game clinch world championship cardinals set record hits series including doubles home run stolen bases runs batted martin series batting average difference series outcome cardinals batted team series martin asked learned run fast replied grew oklahoma start ain stop longtime major league manager described martin performance greatest individual performance history world series december selected male athlete year associated_press later career martin experienced injury plagued season missing weeks shoulder april missed month half broke finger july sliding home plate august cardinals manager street converted martin baseman attempt fill gap left injured martin naturally gifted baseman fielding balls having stopped chest ended season batting average home runs runs batted cardinals fell seventh place national_league having rebounded injuries martin leading league hitting batting average middle june earning starting role baseman national_league team inaugural held july hitting cardinals hitter finished season ranked sixth league career high average led league runs scored stolen bases martin ranked tenth league slugging percentage career high base percentage doubles triples home runs cardinals improved fifth place finish came fifth place voting results national league valuable martin batting average dropped led league stolen bases cardinals rallied seven games new_york_giants early september win national_league pennant day season appearance relief pitcher august allowing hit innings pitched memorable world series detroit_tigers cardinals games win final games series highlighted rough plays base paths culminated game rough slide tigers baseman following inning outraged detroit fans debris assumed defensive position outfield disturbance wasn appealed baseball commissioner removed game martin ended series hits average stole bases scored runs series experienced difficulties field committing errors game setting world series record errors overall hospital december minor operation left arm martin insisted entertained cowboy musical group hired created disturbance patients hospital staff moved isolated wing martin cardinals teammates known activities field played guitar band composed cardinals players named band martin good year continued struggle defensively base midst tight pennant race july committed costly errors loss new_york_giants ended year errors hitting average mid season earn starting baseman position star game season hit average home runs runs batted october martin underwent surgery time right arm january asked martin extra activities known hunting fishing martin taken hobby car racing playing football basketball games winter months vice president general manager ice hockey team martin moved outfield playing cardinals right fielder cardinals battled new_york_giants national_league title settling second place responded good year hitting average career highs home runs runs batted martin led national_league stolen bases continued hit relegated time role spirited style play took toll body beginning season named cardinals team captain taking job traded experienced resurgence leading team batting average june wrist action weeks ended season batting average games helping cardinals finish second national_league martin hit respectable average cardinals named player manager october martin led sacramento second place finish leading championship years player manager professional baseball experienced shortage players world war martin returned major leagues cardinals age games cardinals posted batting average impressive base percentage help cardinals clinch national_league pennant martin appear world series playing final major league game october career statistics year major league career martin played games accumulating hits bats career batting average slugging percentage home runs runs batted stolen bases base percentage retired career fielding percentage games outfielder fielding percentage games baseman time star martin world series career batting average series record tied 10th seven world series stolen bases led national_league times stolen bases runs scored martin hit cycle game philadelphia_phillies baker bowl managing career end major league career martin returned minor leagues serving player manager san_diego_padres player manager fiery competitive nature evident july reported punched players performing standards managing fined suspended remainder season umpire august news arrested game went stands punch spectator florida released martin hired manage despite leading record finished season game team manager led title spending season manager martin named coach chicago_cubs september fired cubs manager finished place season new cubs manager asked martin resignation rest coaching staff martin returned minor leagues player coach playing final game age took final field assignment manager miami later life death served briefly athletic director oklahoma martin died march suffering heart attack wife survived decades dying birthday martin inducted | Pepper Martin | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Baseball people |
2920_MichaelPineda | born january dominican professional baseball starting pitcher new_york_yankees major_league_baseball mlb signed international free agent mlb debut rookie season named finished fifth american_league rookie year rookie season traded yankees professional career minor leagues signed major_league_baseball mlb age december professional debut rookie level pitching win loss record earned run average era allowing earned run season record era regular action pitched class midwest league record era opponents batting average led seattle farm system era opponent average strikeouts rated tenth best prospect organization named year wisconsin pitching coach mentor battled injuries season missing year elbow strain era high class advanced healthy threw shutout innings rookie level struck innings pitched year season ranked sixth best prospect good health era west diamond class southern league strikeouts walks era class aaa pacific coast league strikeouts walks office ended season reached precaution injury named year finalist year rated second best prospect system season rated sixteenth best prospect baseball starting rotation spring training number starter youngest player american_league opening day roster mlb debut april giving runs innings loss pitched innings allowed runs struck seven batters earned mlb win april struck career high batters detroit_tigers april including batters faced ended month majors record era named american_league rookie month april pitching innings starts giving hits walks innings striking opposing batters selected july replacement ineligible pitch having pitched day star break point era strikeouts innings walks pitched perfect inning striking weeks finished season record era recorded wins final seven starts months year cut work load precaution arm injury starts struck hitters walking innings struck batters faced highest percentage mlb finished fifth voting american_league rookie year award ahead teammate finished sixth season ranked 20th best player age new_york_yankees present traded new_york_yankees january yankees needed tier starting pitcher pair felt afford depth tier pitching prospects including placed day disabled list right shoulder culmination spring training causing miss start season rehabilitation suffered anterior tear right shoulder underwent surgery ruled season began season day recovering shoulder surgery activated disabled list july optioned minor leagues pitched class aaa international league games pitched record era competed spot yankees starting rotation spring training named yankees fifth starter end spring training start yankees april april start boston_red_sox boston broadcasters noticed substance appeared pine tar palm pitching hand early innings game midway outing substance wiped hand added wrist game notified action taken told reporters game substance hand dirt april game manager notified pine tar neck ejected game second inning suspended games incident era innings pitched starts pitching simulated game suspension developed strain major muscle expected require weeks heal following experienced late return pushed august yankees activated start august finished season record era innings win baltimore_orioles struck career high batters seven innings walking shattering previous career high strikeouts single game pitcher strikeouts walks single game went disabled list july strained muscle right finished season record era innings games started scouting profile listed feet inches pounds rated having best fastball control system rating having best fastball season fastball averaged miles hour highest mlb innings pitched ranking fourth american_league throws shoulder surgery fastball mph range topping personal life family lives dominican_republic pitching bullpen coach makes effort conduct interviews english use translator receives assistance yankees teammate august charged driving influence alcohol injury rehab tampa florida february pleaded contest driving influence serve hours community service year probation attend school pay fine | Michael Pineda | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Baseball people |
3095_CurtRoberts | curtis august november american baseball second baseman played seasons pittsburgh_pirates major_league_baseball signed amateur free agent season obtained pittsburgh year later seasons pirates farm system roberts black major_league player pirates starting second baseman pirates rookie year roberts playing time decreased majors seasons played multiple teams minor leagues retiring professional baseball native texas raised oakland california roberts considered short major_league standards standing roberts skilled defensive player hit proficiency remain major leagues roberts died automobile struck changing tire car pirates teammates learned death years later interviewed newspaper article roberts career short paved way black players debut pirates notable future baseball hall early professional career roberts born texas grew oakland california attended high school future professional athletes went years soon finishing high school age roberts began professional career played seasons monarchs teammates included roberts signed recommendation scout saw play season sent roberts minor leagues affiliate manager prior season bears affiliate pittsburgh_pirates working agreement braves pirates roberts member pirates organization sum originally shortstop second baseman tenure bears started build reputation excellent fielder leading minor league second fielding percentage stayed bears seasons playing combined total games home runs batting average major_league career prior pittsburgh pirates season local black community pittsburgh team integrate roster teams new_york_giants speed integration black community began protest pirates pirate home games general manager pirates time seven years earlier general manager dodgers signed black major_league_baseball player playing years pirates minor league system roberts major league debut april philadelphia_phillies black player pirates history prior game gave speech roberts wife similar gave robinson game speech explained roberts needed temper order succeed racial abuse spectators common occurrence later said selected roberts pirates black player owing skills calm demeanor major league bat roberts starting pitcher double game roberts hit career home run starter win june scored runs including winning run august game cincinnati_reds september roberts errors proved costly braves won 10th game row roberts finished season primary starter second base batting home run runs batted rbi games roberts started season slump games roberts hits bats batting average april games started season roberts wild throw base led run decisive factor pirates loss thought racial pressure roberts affecting ability help dodgers second baseman wrote letter roberts discussing handle emotions offering words encouragement roberts soon demoted minor leagues spent rest season stars roberts broke record consecutive games error second base missed playing time suffering concussion hit pitch delivered roberts teammate johnny brien competed second base job prior season roberts played games beginning year hitting runs batted backup role losing job future baseball hall roberts succeeded getting game winning rbi ninth inning double bend louis cardinals days later roberts career rbi double fourth inning victory cincinnati_reds later career roberts traded pitcher cash played game athletics soon sent late june lasted season majors traded athletics pittsburgh main black newspaper protested roberts real chance majors pirates general manager replied roberts fine young man marginal major august roberts hit home runs game havana sugar kings fifth player international_league history struck home runs previous games jets prior season roberts traded new_york_yankees player named later trade sent player yankees roberts played new_york_yankees minor league affiliate denver end season roberts received votes final tally valuable player american association finishing roberts reached majors minor leagues point played baseball nicaragua roberts played international_league led league fielding percentage named selected game season roberts acquired affiliate acquired selected squad week later roberts suffered broken leg teammate duke field game practically ending career played seasons minors playing ability diminished injury roberts retired baseball season post baseball death roberts married children baseball career ended worked security guard died age oakland california hit drunk driver changing flat tire car major piece written journalist discussed roberts career struggles calling forgotten pioneer prior piece roberts old teammates unaware roberts died nearly years earlier son supposedly working book father life playing style statistics roberts considered critics excellent fielder roberts considered best second baseman minor leagues primary slick fielder teammate called roberts best slang ground seen according king main reason roberts short career majors pirates didn gave time develop skills roberts hit proficiency remain reputation hitting big league curve seasons pirates roberts career batting average home run runs batted runs scored base percentage appearances second base handled total chances successfully fielding percentage little lower league average era legacy despite roberts short major league career paved way black players debut pirates notable future baseball hall befriended teaching handle racial abuse huge pressure roberts suffered pirates helped ease transition dodgers minor league system decent number black hispanic players main roster pittsburgh_pirates roberts baseman black journalist mentioned roberts legacy arose mainly unsuccessful career pirates singer claimed roberts flop showed public perception black players having superstar member major_league club incorrect making integration process easier black players previous players broke color barrier respective teams later elected hall_of_fame stars right years death pittsburgh pirates honored roberts festivities roberts honored opening pirates legacy exhibit families players including roberts attended ceremony park hometown texas dedicated honor | Curt Roberts | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Baseball people |
3152_PretzelPezzullo | john december known professional baseball player career spanned seasons spent major_league_baseball mlb philadelphia_phillies pitcher compiled earned run average era allowing earned runs hits home runs walks recording strikeouts innings pitched played seasons minor league baseball mlb debut age spending season minor leagues new_york_giants organization earned nicknamed unusual pitching style retiring baseball moved dallas texas died cancer early life born december connecticut siblings italian ancestry attended school eighth grade went trade school learn cabinet pattern making officially listed standing feet inches weighing pounds played professionally professional career began professional baseball career played affiliate new_york_giants finished season fifth wins finishing fourth games pitched recording games season called good pitching prospect chicago_tribune sports writer november year traded man deal sent cash philadelphia_phillies exchange season pitched major league phillies recorded team worst era win loss record games pitched hit seven batters pitch tying seventh hit batsmen mlb final mlb game walked batters innings pitched minor league career played minor league teams season combined went era following season played savannah indians indians went innings pitched following season played indians affiliate pittsburgh_pirates wins best innings pitched led players game struck batters season sold double toronto maple international_league managers won games lost went following year leaving team final year professional baseball baseball retiring baseball moved dallas texas married betty née daughter moore dallas designed aircraft missile models founded grand prairie based model firm died cancer funeral held texas interred | Pretzel Pezzullo | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Baseball people |
3216_ElmerStricklett | august june american professional baseball pitcher pitched major_league_baseball chicago_white_sox including time minor league baseball pitched professionally considered pioneers learned pitch playing minor leagues later taught elected career attended played college baseball santa baseball team began professional career minor league baseball pitched blues joining later year pitched class western association class western league despite pitching win loss record kansas_city released split season pitching record pitched swamp angels sacramento senators compiling record pitched finishing season record pitching sacramento mastered pitched los_angeles going chicago_white_sox american_league invited spring training taught pitching game allowing earned runs seven received release pitched milwaukee brewers class remainder season pitched record innings pitched purchased rights august allowed remain milwaukee national_league chose milwaukee season rule draft debuted season pitching record earned run average era losses ninth league pitchers allowed home runs season went era ninth losses season appeared games tied fifth complete games tied tenth allowed earned runs sixth league pitched opening day game lost year record era complete games eighth best tied tenth mlb seasons went era season returned pitch sacramento refused report brooklyn wife wanted remain closer california home recognized organized baseball time banned mlb years applied upheld continued pitch pitching record record season retired baseball applied granted fined current dollar terms playing outside organized baseball previous years sold rights pitched team minor league baseball won games season times compiling record seasons denied claimed pitcher master feature exclusively achieve pitch ball spot size fingers pitch act exactly way reverse english ball learned minor league teammate george learned played important role taught saw use pitch pitching minor league baseball experimented pitch minor leagues showed master taught later life retired california grew ranch died california age | Elmer Stricklett | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Baseball people |
3394_EppaRixey | february nicknamed american left handed pitcher played seasons philadelphia_phillies cincinnati_reds major_league_baseball best known national_league leader career victories left wins surpassed total attended star pitcher discovered umpire convinced sign directly phillies bypassing minor league baseball entirely time phillies marked won games led league losses twice phillies played world series lost appearance traded reds prior season won games season times including league leading posted consecutive winning seasons skills declining season record earned run average pitched seasons retiring season intellectual taught high school latin season earning nickname southern elected died month election early life born virginia age father banker moved family virginia congressman surgeon general united_states_navy attended played basketball baseball member brother bill played baseball virginia season umpire worked assistant coach university recognized talent tried sign philadelphia_phillies originally declined saying wanted chemist insisted offering substantial portion bonus received signing player family financial trouble accepted deal national_league hearing deal created rule prohibits signing players received signing bonus baseball career philadelphia_phillies joined phillies season playing single game minor league baseball time phillies marked went year earned run average era complete games games pitched hit shutout chicago_cubs july losing end hitter september season chicago_cubs new manager offered huge sum manager declined offer prior season notified phillies desire finish studies graduate june negotiation decided sign contract joined team shortly season began season appeared games started winning games earned run average record worsened earned run average increased record improved earned run average phillies won national_league pennant played boston_red_sox world series game series replaced starter final innings game allowed runs final innings lost went era career high strikeouts june pitched hit shutout new_york_giants facing minimum batters double plays player caught stealing despite having earned run average led league pitching losses handled chances single error hated losing known destroying team locker room disappearing days time loss missed season serve united_states army war effort struggled returning baseball going earned run average leading league losses prior season rumours circulated manager cincinnati_reds interested trading relationship manager good known desire trade stayed phillies season working delivery pitcher admitted helped pitching delivery november traded cincinnati_reds exchange record seasons phillies wins losses cincinnati reds traded reds prior season season reds won games set major_league record allowing home run innings pitched seasons victories season league leading total led league innings pitched hits allowed wins followed seasons wins production began decline went era pitched fewer innings time pitched little exclusively pittsburgh_pirates season reds pitcher winning record reds finished national_league record retired prior season stating manager wasn giving work completed career wins losses era appeared games completed wins saves relief pitcher cincinnati catcher gave great great pitcher fielder competitor look outstanding player came contact entire career approach game exemplified following quote dumb hitters league years batting count balls strikes looking fastball legacy originally trouble controlling speed eventually feared pitchers baseball according reporters considered pitcher peculiar motion rarely walked batter long career pound teammates fans dry wit big southern nickname capture roots personality writers thought real likely invented philadelphia sportswriter called fourth best pitcher reds history teammate career victories record wins left handed pitcher national_league broke losses time record left handed pitchers held longevity record seasons pitched national_league left broke time passed support inducted grew inducted finished teammate later inducted year election hall_of_fame january quoted saying barrel aren named reds fans greatest left handed pitcher reds history summed career best left pitch reds record complete games era seasons inducted class childhood home stands suffered damage virginia earthquake personal life married cincinnati children grandchildren retirement baseball worked father law successful insurance company cincinnati eventually president company died heart attack february month election hall_of_fame player die election induction hall_of_fame interred ohio started playing considered came family college educated rare era wrote poetry took graduate school classes chemistry mathematics latin season latin teacher alexandria virginia considered best athletes time period subject years majors eventually teamed college graduates degree | Eppa Rixey | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Baseball people |
3400_PaulShuey | born september american professional baseball player primarily relief pitcher pitched major_league_baseball mlb cleveland_indians los_angeles_dodgers baltimore_orioles honored american college baseball pitcher north_carolina tar heels baseball team indians selected second overall selection mlb draft envisioned comparable pitcher cincinnati reds closer success setup closer injuries sidelined career preventing closer healthy enjoyed success indians setup pitcher traded dodgers set man playoff spot pitched hip injury initially suffered forced retire experimental medical procedure returned baseball briefly retired season took professional career bass fishing competing considers double tournaments early life native ohio family moved north_carolina years old father taught pitch played baseball attended north_carolina starting pitcher right fielder pitching baseball team threw hitter named north_carolina triangle state teams college career enrolled played college baseball north_carolina tar heels baseball team served team closer named freshman american pitcher win loss record saves led team appearances tar heels regular season tournament championships suffered led tar heels earned run average era season summer pitched united_states national baseball team led team era strikeouts season innings pitched won team award team valuable players career winning percentage ranked fourth time history seasons professional career cleveland indians indians selected round draft pick second overall selection major_league_baseball draft indians envisioned develop closer similar cincinnati_reds professional debut class south atlantic league heading season ranked best prospect baseball pitched class going era appearances promoted season opened season went era saves appearances deaths indians relief pitchers boating accident heightened indians need develop promoted major leagues season player promoted class majors season mlb debut tenth american_league pitcher strike batters inning pitched charlotte knights class aaa international league season ranked best prospect baseball heading season struggled indians win loss record saves appearances pitched international_league spent time disabled list injured pitched winter gain experience starting season buffalo promoted indians pitched record era pitched postseason indians appearing games indians lost baltimore_orioles received year contract indians start season worth guaranteed option year performance bonuses maximum value contract seasons serving indians pitched middle relief spent time disabled list season separate occasions led american_league relief pitchers batting average opposition scoring position strong performances healthy gave indians hope closer time appeared indians including pitched scoreless innings indians american league championship series pitching wet mound cleveland injured right hip seasons multiple hip including repairing torn removing bone spurs finished season record era saves wins tied cleveland relief pitchers new indians manager indicated indians attempt shift closer role spent time disabled list served indians closer spent time disabled list strained elbow los_angeles_dodgers trade deadline approached teams interested acquiring began availability july trade deadline traded los_angeles_dodgers minor dodgers playoff chase season hoped pair closer form strong bullpen later portions games struggled joining dodgers recording era appearances trade altered approach began obtain better results allowing runs appearances played dodgers end season spring training prior season tore thumb hip fielding rehabilitation spent entire season disabled list dodgers sued contract million salary season saying insurance company honor claim later career free agent season signed minor league contract indians attempt comeback season pitching innings retired pain right hip sat season received hip replacement procedure involved installing metal hip performed montreal approved united_states february signed minor league contract included invitation spring training suffered injury cut sent minor leagues appearance class joined class aaa affiliate contract purchased june appeared night game san_diego_padres fastball able reach miles hour earlier career fastball difficulty reaching miles hour metal hip july recorded save game anaheim finished season era games penultimate appearance game august surrendered runs defeat texas_rangers american_league record runs scored single team fastball increased velocity injured gave outright release september personal inducted lives family including wife daughters morgan born born kate born north_carolina spends time father pitching coach bass fishing overcame stress disorder resulted car accident competes local bass fishing tournaments hoping compete elite series bass society successful coach women soccer team alongside head coach | Paul Shuey | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Baseball people |
3480_MichaelBarrett(baseball) | baseball born october major_league catcher current manager rookie level started professional career montreal age spent years playing shortstop catcher played elected games major_league debut baseman shortly minor leagues play season return ranked offensive statistical categories failed stay healthy season prompted trade turn traded chicago_cubs tenure cubs won silver award recorded near career high statistics season cubs traded san_diego_padres june sustained major injuries caused miss games subsequently released season attempted comeback continued struggle injury issues led release subsequent offseason spent second half season new_york_mets minor league system played professional baseball officially announced retirement volunteer assistant coach baseball team early years born atlanta attended excelled baseball senior year won atlanta player year named usa high school star teams considered draft prospects year declared eligibility upcoming major_league_baseball draft shortly graduating high school selected 28th overall selection draft spent years minors playing gulf_coast converted shortstop catcher career highlighted scored runs recorded hits member professional career montreal called september game cincinnati_reds baseman managed hit home run single game playing games expo sent play class team recorded hits seventy runs nineteen home runs eighty seven rbi route winning double star catcher montreal year awards performance allowed claim spot starting roster season starts catcher baseman shortstop led national_league thirty doubles ranking statistical tiers runs hits run batted struggled perform consistently season committed errors course season earning fielding percentage catcher addition hit batting average slugging percentage difficulties combined prompt send minors playing thirty games international_league returned major leagues named team opening day lineup eventually earned time spot team consistent hitters posted career high statistics season leading national_league thirty doubles managed improve defensive performance raising fielding percentage committing seven errors saw success season started season hitting home runs games season best months majors scoring home runs seventeen rbi doubles scored runs league recognized efforts named national_league player week second week april recorded franchise record rbi games finished season mixed results increasing number stolen bases batting slugging percentage failed record runs hits rbi previous season committed errors resulted lower fielding percentage excelled throwing base runners missed half account injuries suffered game colorado pitches accidentally hit bruised index finger able continue playing claimed injury hindered playing performance eventually managed overcome injury july recorded batting average rbi period began complain right hip took toll game atlanta braves strained muscles taking checked swing sent rehabilitation assignment play aaa team managed play games team index finger august returned major leagues september playoff contention chicago cubs long tenure ended december team traded exchange pitcher athletics traded chicago_cubs days initial transaction spent days teams shortly signed year contract cubs worth nearly practiced cubs annual spring training sessions reported receiving cold reception teammates went hitters season played crucial role wild card chase maintained batting average hit sixteen home runs rbi season finished season league defensive fielding errors led cubs triples sacrifice flies continued cubs consistent hitters season batted months season finished home runs doubles rbi failed meet surpass statistical figures previous season received silver award efforts additionally selected represent united_states world baseball classic played games recorded run batted sought improve numbers season ran obstacles team annual series chicago_white_sox cellular field involved major altercation eventually led bench clearing brawl received game suspension served near middle june rebounded incident batted final months season suffered early september forced miss rest season injury suspension caused miss significant portion season shortened season hit sixteen home runs matched previous career high nearly surpassed hit total unable live expectations season unable replicate statistical figures previous season finished batting average seven home runs headlines involved nationally televised altercation pitcher dismissed players afternoon league proceeded fine players nearly weeks later television camera caught engaging heated argument pitch resulted rbi tensions caused lose role cubs everyday starting catcher increased batting average games career cubs began come close near middle june san_diego_padres news sources reported cubs traded san_diego_padres morning june cubs officially confirmed details afternoon revealed traded exchange despite stating knowledge trade hearing rumors morning expressed appreciation wishes cubs organization received game suspension july arguing umpire strike sustained concussion august base running accident san_francisco_giants placed day disabled list returning injury performance declined batting average dropped produced near career low statistics free agent end season offered arbitration expressed interest signing signing involve trading future second round draft pick compensation accepted arbitration offer december placed disabled list april sustained elbow injury team later activated recovered completed minor league rehabilitation assignment july rushed hospital pitch face required surgery repair damage placed disabled list second time waived october previously expressed interest testing free agent market december signed deal attended spring training non roster earned catcher role spring training scheduled tore muscle right shoulder attempting retrieve wild pitch april placed day disabled list april expected return weeks prior injury seven appearances batting average activated disabled list july designated triple rehab assignment sustained season ending injury recalled roster designation released following offseason played seven major_league games recorded batting average hits home run new_york_mets signed minor league deal june assigned class early august reassigned play class aaa affiliate november elected granted free agency played professional baseball controversies confrontation playing chicago_cubs involved incidents pitcher season august struck believing pitch reaction run home run previously hit confronted prompted teams field ejected game went lose days later game attempted confront game restrained fight break benches cleared remained game defeated cubs post game press conference condemned actions stated going clash involved infamous altercation chicago chicago_white_sox cubs game second inning hit sacrifice fly allowed score game run collided route home plate causing fall showed enthusiasm home plate got proceeded punch came aid subdued anderson eventually joined brawl teams emptied stormed field game ejected anderson later received game suspension fined additionally anderson base coach suspended fewer number games cubs went lose game score seven june met batting practice following season headlines got fight teammate game atlanta braves june tensions began rise players cubs allowed braves score runs fifth inning braves recorded hits route winning productivity overshadowed returned exchange words escalated small fight dismissed game fight ensued cubs punched lip wound required hospital immediately receive admitted fault ordeal later stated resolved differences players received fines undisclosed amounts money managerial career december named manager personal life married children grace andrew born november cousin played cubs teams year career spent considerable portion personal life devoted helping children runs youth baseball programs including hawaii inspired tenure works wish foundation help lesser fortunate sick children recently worked ryan raise money help daughter research donated project pledged additional sum money home run hits regular guest fox chicago final word television hosted chicago bears wide receiver | Michael Barrett (baseball) | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Baseball people |
3515_ErnestGroth | december right handed pitcher played seasons played cleveland_indians seasons chicago_white_sox season career games pitched innings earned run average era born raised pennsylvania began professional career rookie season spent years serving military world war returned spent time minor leagues spent parts seasons cleveland_indians end season traded chicago_white_sox played spent seven seasons pitching minor leagues retiring end season retirement ran worked died early life minor leagues born pennsylvania played ohio teens attended grew pitching county league right fielder pitcher indians pitching offered contract season pittsburgh_pirates turned offer instead signing cleveland_indians spending season indians class affiliate played alongside future teammate games pitched innings win loss record era season spent following years serving united_states_army world war war returned baseball spending season cleveland_indians minor league team played performances season included hitter pioneers second game august games finished record era shortly afterward engaged fellow graduate married shortly cleveland indians chicago_white_sox promoted indians class minor league affiliate games threw innings finished season record era minor league season ended september called cleveland_indians major league roster debut september pitched game finishing season having pitched innings striking batter allowing run looking stay major league spent spring training indians roster originally great impression team seven indians stricken early april causing miss time end spring training optioned baltimore_orioles international_league indians aaa class minor league affiliate spent season pitching performances included victory newark bears victory limited bears hits finished season baltimore having amassed pitching appearances starts record era pitching games baltimore season ended promoted indians roster pitched game indians season end season december indians traded chicago_white_sox signing contract took spring training alongside newcomers pitching performance earned place major league roster pitched games losing finished tenure era innings pitched final game purchased sold new_york_yankees minor league team ending major league career return minor leagues spent season finishing record era innings pitched season began new_york_yankees players wanted money sign contracts minor hold eventually signed contract kansas_city spring training ended sent yankees aaa minor league affiliate yankees sent oaks sending season oaks return condition poor finished season record era january oaks sold baltimore_orioles international_league farm team philadelphia_phillies struggled appearances finishing era sent minor league team pitched games finishing record era seasons played oklahoma city indians sold baltimore december season finished record era innings pitched following season started things victory early appearance allowed hits finished season record era improved pitching finishing season record era season split time finishing season combined record ended professional career season later life retiring baseball returned hometown family ran worked retirement wife daughters elizabeth inducted spent time playing local golf tournaments died december | Ernest Groth | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Baseball people |
3533_OysterBurns | burns september november professional baseball player career spanned seasons spent major_league_baseball mlb baltimore_orioles brooklyn new_york_giants burns played outfielder played shortstop second baseman baseman pitcher career burns compiled career batting average runs scored hits doubles triples home runs runs batted rbi games played majority career spent major leagues burns played minor league baseball mlb debut age listed standing feet inches weighing pounds burns nicknamed sold season described having irritating voice personality burns led championship national_league pennant retiring baseball burns died november brooklyn new_york biography born september philadelphia parents patrick irish immigrants burns began professional baseball career pitcher minor league year burns posted earned run average era games pitched starts wasn pitching burns played second base burns began season playing left team joined joined baltimore_orioles burns youngest player seventh youngest player batted despite playing games season burns recorded team leading home runs plate appearances continued career batting home runs rbi pitching win loss record offensive struggles led demoted season helped win pennant burns majors team captain threw baseball opposing pitcher following later fined season recorded home runs good burns triples tie league lead games played tied league lead teammate playing games baltimore burns transferred der owner clubs playing described burns man played brooklyn team voice reminds buzz saw burns remained season recorded team highs base percentage batting average home runs hit record champions world series played new_york_giants national_league burns hit run home run win fourth game series giving brooklyn series lead giants world series winning straight games moved national_league burns led league home runs rbi hit cycle august team won national_league pennant faced world series series ended tie bad weather led cancellation games season burns rbi total league hits doubles triples batting average marks second highest brooklyn team named games teammate burns sleeping center field burns stabbed turned knife leading severed kept weeks burns batting average highest career hit run totals second highest career burns continued play club played new_york_giants final mlb year burns batted combined games season burns contract purchased minor league win division record games season burns served player coach led team doubles batting average final managerial year burns coached portland maine retiring baseball burns lived brooklyn death november buried new_jersey | Oyster Burns | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Baseball people |
3724_NealBall | ball april october american baseball shortstop played seven seasons major_league_baseball mlb played boston_red_sox primary position shortstop ball played second base base outfield famous player turn triple play major_league_baseball history july ball played minor league baseball montgomery senators signed spending seasons organization ball sold spent seasons middle season contract purchased boston_red_sox played game june died october connecticut personal life ball born april michigan major_league career ended went coach baltimore_orioles minor league team time assigned train come ball described strongest player coached remained good friends broke majors played friendly game bowling ball winning seven games played held ball great respect close friendship baseball eventually fan new_york_yankees 1950s annual bowling tournament held near connecticut named ball order honor city famous february age health severely deteriorated heart rushed placed danger list visitors prohibited seeing years later died october interred mountain grove cemetery professional career minor leagues ball started playing organized baseball semi pro team rivers michigan played game star season proceeded play montgomery senators minor league baseball team competed played team signed major league debut september age loss rookie season ball posted batting average led majors strikeouts defensively committed errors american_league errors shortstop yankee rookie records stand today set team record assists rookie record broken assists middle season ball bought approximately ball brought serve temporary replacement cleveland injured starting shortstop suffered recurring arm injury needed treatment season indians ball batted home run runs batted famous defensive skills achieved baseball history executed triple play mlb july boston_red_sox league park second inning game ball playing shortstop caught line drive stepped second base retire tagged outfielder advancing second play unprecedented turned swiftly field know inning crowd unsure react young game starting pitcher asked ball leaving field fans attendance realized happened gave ovation teammates applauded returned following inning crowd cheering hit inside park home run center field home run hit season game questioned post game interview rare occurrence time remained humble feat reminded reporters play glove triple play exhibit baseball hall fame end season playing games team ball sent released refused play minor league team coupled brought replace resulted contract season turned ball best statistical year resulting career high numbers set batted amassed hits triples rbi hit home runs recorded highest number strikeouts defense stellar executed noted plays season handed stop chicago_white_sox described new_york_times held yankees team draw ball serving cut man successfully relayed ball thrown right fielder catcher nailed represented yankees winning run home plate game immediately suspended darkness rematch ball suffered defensive lapse ultimately cost team game sixth inning unable catch stealing second base held ball allowed advance home plate score winning run june boston_red_sox purchased ball contract boston_red_sox ball final major league team ironically turned triple play player final play manager teammate signed ball intention utility player competent substitute injured players team result rarely started game team advanced world series end season defeated new_york_giants struck plate appearance series received prize money rewarded players winning team prompted label man baseball post playing career playing final major league season ball returned minor league baseball played teams notably traded hometown team manager second baseman struggling time addition ball change team fortunes july place result dismissed team | Neal Ball | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Baseball people |
3905_FredTenney | november july american professional baseball player career spanned seasons spent major_league_baseball mlb new_york_giants described best defensive time credited originating double play originating style playing base foul line deep modern career compiled batting average runs scored hits home runs runs batted rbi games played born georgetown massachusetts players enter league graduating college served left handed catcher signing spent seasons team including year managerial stint december traded giants man deal years playing new_york signed boston club played managed team retiring baseball worked death boston july early life born georgetown massachusetts children née attended served 50th massachusetts regiment civil war nearly died intense suffering growing fred led class drawing reportedly started playing baseball career played professional game going single played catcher seasons team record selected national champions night senior dinner received telephone message manager asking play game team catcher injuries players boston mlb debut june removed game fifth inning fractured finger throwing hand foul tip finger addressed owner offered contract worth month day later writing day stated thought trying little joke concluded little thought bluff asking advance money courage asked signed contract advance money asked wanted thought mention big sum order bluff good strong said consulted director said money right asked like cash check replied half cash half check immediately wrote check counted cash contract sign laying cash check returned team month later finished year batting games following season moved outfield erratic throwing arm plate according manager season hit games playing minor league baseball caught played outfield hit nearly double games previous year despite playing minors springfield moved base replace aging according weeks evident finest game seen june game cincinnati_reds turned double play mlb history led mlb plate appearances tied lead bats boston club national_league champions record boston won hit rbis collected hits fifth mlb recorded triples good fourth best mlb age batted games played began streak seven consecutive seasons led assists holds record seasons leading league assists including suspended games fighting manager finished season second sacrifice hits majors average seasons received contract offers worth cleveland detroit decided remain boston named captain club season hit rbis home runs led team walks best base percentage mark squad led team walks base percentage tied team lead runs named manager team receive additional pay offered bonus team didn lose money tried sign african american middle harvard_university contract later retracted offer pressure mlb players defensively led majors errors committed baseman finished second position led record second straight year boston team lost games record manager december traded giants cecil trade called biggest deals history national_league baseball new_york_giants season giants led mlb plate appearances finished runs scored game chicago_cubs september play attack game play season took spot base game tie ninth hitting single outs singled center field hank day called touched second base day ruled game tie darkness teams finishing season record replay game played determine win national_league pennant game held october cubs winning batting career low released giants spent season player manager minor league leading team record good fourth teams return boston december signed year contract season hit games released braves march record season paid manage second year contract bought international_league mayor declared april half holiday city newark indians opening day played games indians hitting seven hits bats managed team record personal life death married october couple children born july born december early career refused play baseball sundays religion later changed mind known major league level unpopular college players professional served journalist new_york_times painted winter retiring baseball worked continued writing new_york_times vice president usher shoe manufacturing company massachusetts later formed shoe company partnership received votes receiving total ballots cast died july long illness interred georgetown | Fred Tenney | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Baseball people |
4040_AlanWiggins | february january american professional baseball player second baseman outfielder major_league_baseball mlb san_diego_padres baltimore hitter established single season record stolen bases won advanced world series grew california attended drafted known later anaheim played minor league systems angels los_angeles_dodgers setting professional baseball single season record stolen bases major league debut san_diego_padres regular player years set single season stolen base record mark extended following season stolen bases total team record major league career struggled drug addiction resulted multiple arrests baseball drug problems prompted trade san_diego baltimore spent seasons leaving baseball diagnosed aids mlb player known die aids long death children professional basketball players early life born los_angeles california mother raised single parent played baseball friends park rose bowl child fan los_angeles_dodgers looked dodgers player known stealing bases graduated california school alma mater baseball star scout noticed high school feet inches taller typical average hitter fielder speed stood selected eighth overall pick january mlb amateur draft played junior college baseball teammates future major moved angels scouting staff draft joined angels staff members worked selected angels coach told excellent speed help high batting average hitting skills strong hit run eighty points hit lead anybody clear said signed angels described tough negotiation according mother trust easily baseball career early career played minor league baseball angels rookie league affiliate hit stolen bases games class cities angels stole bases games batting average fell midseason fight coaches released angels organization june feared career near end reached los_angeles_dodgers scout dodgers manager signed team season games class clinton dodgers hit steals having played exclusively second base prior years dodgers converted primarily shortstop year appeared outfield infield positions playing class dodgers batted scored runs stealing bases games steals established professional baseball single season record surpassing previous minor league mark set major league record caught eye san_diego_padres general manager drafted rule draft dodgers decided leave unprotected according arrested possession marijuana dodgers san_diego_padres having spent minor league career exclusively outfielder batted steals received september major leagues stint got hits bats began following season called early replace injured outfielder leading san_diego stolen bases games arrested possession cocaine july issued day suspension baseball spent month substance abuse treatment facility sports teams offer employee assistance program players paid treatment returned team september regular lineup batted spot playing outfield season exceptional defense left field moved base games year suffered broken thumb hit picked hits year stolen bases good second league broke single season record set richards named team valuable player season moved second base room rookie outfield season baseman strong player wanted bat lineup improve outfield home run production retained spot lineup hitting ahead game fifth 20th century mlb player steal bases game tying record august game party series fights hit pitch game pitcher teams game pitches tension resulted fights finished second league runs scored establishing single season record helping team division championship finished season steals extending team record previous season higher number opposing pitchers threw response speed batted teammate base hit overall career batting titles duo biggest reasons san_diego success score fast getting stealing second home batted chicago_cubs going runs scored fifth deciding game world series detroit_tigers batted scored twice hits player series tigers defeated games according manager absolutely valuable player national_league season signed year contract extension worth nearly million agent described highest paid second missed weeks spring training injuring knee double play attempt defense slid unavailable start season returned lineup games batting stolen base weeks season suspended following cocaine completed drug rehabilitation program want baseball joint review board cleared return baseball june announced intended file promptly activate sought trade baltimore_orioles showed interest trade deadline approached reportedly offering minor league players exchange june traded pitchers owner said team warned remain team problems drugs stated self serving instead pursue fresh start team nonetheless felt baltimore spent days minor leagues called baltimore game started second base team hitter reaching base times driving run scoring run game commented felt welcome team feel like starting prove games baltimore year hit scored runs finished eighth american_league stolen bases year criticized perceived later said depressed missed wife children living san_diego fell manager contentious behavior alienated teammates height difficulties tagged hidden ball trick day errors occurred inning error inning baltimore fans portions picture revealed feature angered response fans family members game day said chances wore uniform batted stolen bases runs scored played games reassigned triple point season following season replaced manager baltimore signed play second base play base moves leave battling outfield spot hit spring training comments suggested thinking utility player season started happy idea utility role feeling spring performance secured starting position believed asset batting slot start regular season spent time designated hitter shared second base duties rookie second baseman joined club july cut general manager said bringing sit bench hitting july played rookie arrival early august received day suspension got altercation teammate grabbed shirt september mlb indefinitely suspended behavior issue anonymous official told media suspension resulted positive drug screen released september pay thirds salary hitting time release officials announced issue grievances related suspension subsequent release noting wanted released point later years hope return baseball began study real estate market suspension game late 1980s began suffer health difficulties related aids diagnosis publicly disclosed alive receiving deferred payments baseball career began plans financial future children told teammates getting computer work said seen spring struck visible weight loss final months sold home california moving stayed friends longtime friends felt died embarrassed happened life november hospitalized pneumonia tuberculosis los_angeles consciousness month died hospital january family initially attributed death lung cancer led respiratory failure family members said gotten sick condition worsened quickly weighed pounds time death days later physician disclosed health problems complications aids stated contracted disease drug use baseball player known died aids died known baseball figures commented death said bright individual like guy player said closest friend said know ill personal life met wife angela junior high school graduated children professional basketball players american stanford_university joined overall pick draft served spokesperson greater aids campaign played college basketball played professionally countries oldest daughter played basketball college los_angeles_times reported experienced marital strife entertain thought divorce wanted ensure children grow single parent household like mother close disease diagnosis contributed drug problems devastated able enjoy success major leagues years life enjoyed closer relationship father albert took children visits grandfather difficult time father death enjoyed engaging debates teammates particularly teammate provoke reactions suggested misunderstood like know said agent said deeply depressed baltimore reserved difficult time people said players actively avoided enjoyed reading books newspapers said teammates turned intellect gave test scored higher according players baltimore resented replaced liked member team friends baltimore | Alan Wiggins | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Baseball people |
4207_RussChristopher | september december american right handed pitcher major_league_baseball played seven seasons american_league cleveland_indians career games christopher pitched innings posted win loss record complete games earned run average era player richmond california played minor league baseball new_york_yankees organization acquired athletics rule draft christopher joined athletics major league roster played seasons star appearance traded indians season played year baseball season ended retired health concerns worked aircraft plant death early life minor leagues christopher born richmond california brother went major league outfielder interested professional baseball player sign contract signed child christopher case fever damaged heart taste professional baseball signed pitched games pioneers posting record innings pitched era following year christopher joined rookie level minor league team new_york_yankees farm system games posted record pitched innings era promoted finished year record era games end season promoted newark bears international league seven minor league players lone season bears christopher pitched games games hit shutout international_league playoffs bears games championship series christopher pitched seven solid innings victory bears injured play game season finished season record era complete games conclusion season christopher considered prospect rule draft selected pick draft pitching athletics spring training manager placed christopher major league roster debut april christopher appearance starting pitcher detroit_tigers athletics won game got major league win win days later began long losing streak games pitch relief including game june cleveland_indians allowed hit innings got win season months second august victory finished season record era total games strikeouts walks following season christopher signed athletics remaining pitchers previous year team rest having called serve world war began season starting rotation winning start season boston_red_sox shutout course season converted pitching delivery led victories row july loss tigers brought record christopher pitch august spent rest season pitching relief finished season record era christopher began season member starting rotation split time half year starting rotation bullpen appearances inning match chicago_white_sox christopher pitched final innings losing stole home plate july pitched victory senators helping team defeat hall_of_fame pitcher early time years starting season record july christopher went seven game winning streak culminated complete game victory white finished season record strikeouts era season ended christopher went tour united_states ending washington following season christopher optimistic athletics team coach felt christopher black best quartet starting pitchers league spent spring training holding new contract eventually agreed middle march missed couple weeks season injury won season debut april inning shutout senators followed victory boston_red_sox allowing earned run innings season mid june christopher won games led league seven rest athletics pitching staff combined july christopher inning game tigers ended tie went innings game pitched christopher strong start season struggled second half lost seven straight games month period winning august tigers finished year record selected team game canceled result world war season began christopher subject possible trade athletics tried obtain yankees wanted christopher return refused result trade began season starting rotation opening day starting pitcher loss yankees season christopher split time rotation bullpen loss indians july christopher second inning allowing earned runs pitch month spent rest season occasional finished season wins seven losses era season ended christopher began contemplating retirement baseball lost pounds final months season light begin decided retire gain weight winter christopher gained weight rejoined athletics season talk keeping rotation ended time team despite christopher able contribute bat drove winning run game course season christopher evolved athletics closer finishing games team pitchers distance finished season having played games finishing getting saves process wins seven losses era end season christopher holding contract wanting starting role rotation money remain sides agreed deal end february looked starting pitcher season cleveland indians christopher holding new deal athletics trying gain weight went behalf offseason despite eating habits remained pounds gaining apparently reaching agreement athletics christopher purchased cleveland_indians april deal indians owner said christopher expect happen indians manager reacted positively trade felt missing piece pennant run said trade christopher staff definitely contenders christopher hoping start indians felt like athletics better relief pitcher early season christopher told final year wife joined doctors wanting retire noting playing borrowed time spent season indians chief relief pitcher alongside considered best league season christopher finished season games played record era saves led league world series pitched game facing allowed singles hitters allowed runs score relieved ending playoff appearance world series ended christopher retirement january official start february signed contract indians deciding play year month later spring training began decided retire good ending career baseball later life retiring christopher moved san_diego lived wife children december christopher underwent heart surgery afterward felt optimistic possibility pitching indians joined san_diego_padres salary year spent weeks training team eventually released end april ending comeback attempt final attempt comeback failed christopher went work aircraft plant san_diego died hometown richmond california age december interred oakland california youngest daughter born august lives months months arizona | Russ Christopher | Sports and recreation | 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4262_OratorShafer | spelled october january outfielder major_league_baseball nicknamed avid speaker played teams different major leagues good hitter batted times best known defensive abilities led national_league assists times set mlb single season record outfield assists mark stood years considered greatest right fielder era feet inches tall weighed pounds background born philadelphia pennsylvania promising young philadelphia amateur starting professional baseball career year played games game cumulative batting average fielding percentage career low following season played games batted known playing career nickname according founder received nickname great rights talked talking umpire player era future jim shared nickname major_league regular joined national_league earned job team starting right fielder led league games played outfield assists outfield errors batted second home runs league best seasons plate batted finish sixth batting race ranked league leaders base percentage slugging percentage total bases fourth total led league wins replacement highest position players assists outfield signed left indianapolis previous year unpaid debts traveled indianapolis play exhibition game june local sheriff waiting teammate game flint escaped horse drawn carriage avoid arrest manager taken jail batted chicago set career high getting assists outfield assists player established major league record broken joined regular right fielder seasons continued good hitting fielding year club batting leading league assists batting average dropped following season fielding percentage dropped fourth league played batted led outfield assists fourth final time signed new season playing career high games batted career high best hitters led league doubles finished second teammate offensive categories including batting average base percentage slugging percentage runs scored hits total bases went finished later career stayed moved national_league batting average fell following season played games hit spent years minor leagues played lincoln suspended september punching umpire face moved team played batting leading league hits captain won international_league championship rejoined final major league season played games batted led fielding percentage second oldest player league years old younger brother taylor played athletics legacy season major_league_baseball career played total games hits bats batting average home runs runs scored runs batted career outfield assists 10th highest total mlb history outstanding fielder fellow major league right fielder writing play position said considered splendid right fielder skill throwing men initial bag know threw successive games buffalo according years considered best man position ranked greatest right fielder time baseball career ended worked race track book writer died philadelphia buried hill cemetery pennsylvania | Orator Shafer | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Baseball people |
4413_BillyPierce | april july american starting pitcher major_league_baseball played career chicago_white_sox team star pitcher decade posted best record major leagues received year award american_league runner seven time star led american_league complete games times despite slight build wins earned run average era strikeouts pitched hitters seven hitters career june came batter left years throw perfect game principal figures chicago fierce rivalry new_york_yankees particularly notable left opposing starters times pierce record suffered pitching new_york faced team yankees dynasty peak career record new_york slightly better mark compiled national_league championship teams world series yankees period joining san_francisco_giants pierce played pivotal role helping win pennant going home games getting hit shutout save game playoff los_angeles_dodgers clinch title career strikeouts fifth left retired total ranked ninth league history ranked tenth left career wins sixth games started games pitched eighth ninth innings pitched holds franchise record career strikeouts club marks wins innings starts team records left retired number unveiled statue honor cellular field selected early baseball career youth baseball son wife julia grew michigan showed interest baseball age recalled refused removed folks offered major league baseball good glove operation took thrill throw league ball starting baseman switched pitching emulate hero detroit_tigers star like pierce slight build attended highland park community high school teammates included future major league pitcher pitched junior earning nickname zero starting winning pitcher east west american boys game sponsored magazine held august polo grounds new_york managing pierce east stars reporter wrote fast ball amazing considers weighs pounds civilian attire slender west team included catcher future hall_of_fame center fielder bats pierce game held benefit world war community memorials days prior event participating players guests weekly radio program pierce voted game outstanding player winning year scholarship college choice sports editor new_york later told fellow writer saw clean living trip new_york east west game billy kept diary morning found open entry clock hasn gone bed pierce experience pitching major league stadium stating nervous polo grounds pitched games home worked tigers phillies interested folks decided mind playing pro ball graduated high school considering studying medicine university_of_michigan signed hometown tigers bonus major_league_baseball detroit_tigers tigers team spring training finishing high school having played minor leagues sat bench making major league debut june weeks 18th birthday relief appearances month september month stint international_league manager detroit roster team victory world series appear games remarkably presence catcher tigers later recalled occasionally going neighborhood day pierce went practice asked richards talked store richards didn know pierce talking pierce answered family richards slowly realized pierce clerk counter time went pierce sent buffalo season manager harris having moved team office missed year injury attributed season buffalo richards manager returned detroit spending season bullpen making starts posting record added little weight high school days pounds start earned major league victory august washington senators pitching innings striking victory drove run triple scored pierce issued walks innings year concerns pitching control led tigers trade november catcher baseball historians consider sided trades baseball history talks initially centered chicago acquiring pierce high school teammate sources differ general manager detroit counterpart switched focus pierce tigers tried deal day completed fully realizing given offering pierce lane intention giving steal accomplished trade general manager chicago white seasons pierce control problems continued walks tied fourth left seasons included indications developing excellence struggles face gaining run support sixth start chicago 11th career year old pierce matched year old negro league legend road game defending world series champion cleveland indians pitchers duel went 11th inning pierce walked hitter followed singles pierce replaced batter lined shortstop singled cleveland win pierce scored chicago run eighth inning june world series champion yankees pierce got career shutout hitter interrupted rain delays second fourth fifth innings totaling hour half hit single fifth inning early 1950s development style seasons ace pitching staff leading team wins times strikeouts times chicago opening day starter seven times started home opener outstanding fastball excellent added motion curve fastball strong pitch worked quickly motion dropping shoulder style similar later noted pierce early style tendency delivery makes ball spin takes life curve yankees knew throwing curve mainly bill didn want throw fast balls old days laughed change pace strong right hand hitters laying waiting fast ball middle pierce finally tried yankees great effect richards noted began throwing finally learned today pierce pitch ball game throw fast balls certain days yankees star praising pierce ability reportedly remarking little marvel little speed mean speed got fastball ninth needed richards chicago manager worked pierce develop new pitches slow pace significantly improve control pierce later recalled learned control fastball better developing helped gave pitch threw hard fastball throw strikes better fast ball good curve richards work took years consistent issuing walks innings pierce gave walks innings averaged walks innings seasons afterward era fourth best league ranked sixth mark september broke club record strikeouts left ending season april second game season chicago home opener pierce pitched second hitter victory allowed seventh inning double gained singles contest scored walk sacrifice hit error sacrifice fly pierce chosen start pitcher allowed hit innings single boston_red_sox star recalled game hot day field remember concerned little billy probably threw harder anybody guy size real big delivery nice look overcome lot understand pulling nervous little guy starting star game park tough pitch boot pierce held palm hand day threw ball right everybody early 1950s richards preferred arrange rotation pierce started fifth sixth day holding weaker teams big games powerful yankees indians catcher later observed essentially compliment pierce ability picked victories won games sooner career faced opponent equally hitter washington august won run ninth inning hit batter error sacrifice fly pierce began streak consecutive scoreless innings longest streak inning streak remains fifth longest left longest streak ended allowed runs sixth inning august additional earned runs tenth inning ended streak dating july innings earned run gave loss led league strikeouts second era september started final game history winning innings seven season second left matched total progress interrupted pierce season interrupted reported pain left arm win cleveland days difficulty determining problem oral surgery remove infected wisdom tooth adjacent june pitch june lack arm strength caused ineffective start slowly coming relief appearances poor start finally picking wins consecutive july fourth career hitter later reported tooth problem possibly existed early spring training pierce initially suffered arm problems recorded wins season pitchers defeat indians times league record victories having pitchers defeat champion yankees times playing yankees june rare defensive shift leading ninth inning moved base entering relief pinch hitter barely beat single base pierce recorded base retook mound issuing walk gained final outs finish victory set record game pierce excellent pinch runner times scoring substitute time stolen base champion victory yankees june late 1950s peak years pierce started going star break record spite era starts break suffered losses indians allowed innings single red thrown steal attempt lead national_league came win innings scoring runs seventh eighth innings pierce ended season league lead era record mark lowest major league pitcher led major leagues nearly thirds run ford having best mark total baseball rated pierce best pitcher major leagues having placed pitchers year started star game charged loss despite allowing run innings arrival rookie shortstop sparked team leading league stolen bases enjoyed month offensive surge june august averaged runs pierce starts won games losing immediately star break loss ford yankees pitcher win games second career high strikeouts team record left named year ford edged close vote margin finished fifth voting valuable player award pierce pitcher red earn victories consecutive seasons tied league lead voting year consecutive complete game victories june total era victories innings including sixth career hitter june scored total runs games stretch despite presence popular players second baseman pierce chosen player popular fans spring training poll separate poll managers coaches writers broadcasters named chicago best fielding pitcher best pitcher holding runners base best pitcher crucial games team nervous player field end peak second league wins era seventh hitter win june baltimore_orioles scored run inning followed greatest game career june senators retired batters pinch hitter lined pierce pitch base line opposite field double landed foot foul line pierce struck pitches end game twice ball count lone hit marred remarkable accomplishment left pitched perfect game left pitched hitter disappointed near miss pierce praised teammates defensive work saying plenty credit mixed beautifully big thing won capitol lunch players following year pennant race vice president richard_nixon told pierce watched game television saying washington fan night interview pierce said book fastball hitter ball liked inside pull threw curve away hit right solid hit didn feel badly didn mean moment wish got nice streak consecutive scoreless innings ended run seventh inning july pierce tied league lead complete games year selected star team year appeared game retired batters allowing runs june pitched fourth final hitter victory washington allowed inning double scored walks won run double ninth inning senators starter longest outing career august road game pitching innings contest ended tie frames proved time career pitched extra innings losing starts pulling muscle right hip inning august action win kansas_city september manager decision start pierce world series los_angeles_dodgers highly controversial young award winner started chicago game chose start regular season contests lost scores pierce held game relieved final games series allowing hits runs innings work game entered fourth inning chicago trailing pitched innings pulled pinch hitter seventh inning tied game dodgers went win game entered eighth inning protect lead issued intentional walk changed pitchers held win chose start game days rest ineffective chicago time pierce brought start eighth inning dodgers later added run ninth inning complete win capture series championship bullpen deep pierce said interview guys early better years year left handed heavy lineup dodgers threw wanted right like question disappointed understood suggestions decision undisclosed motivations noting surprise chose use pierce bullpen outfielder recalled knew didn pitch told won thought pitched pitching year hadn offensive support finished place white team speed defense pitching hitting pierce struggled offensive support time club richards chicago manager placed low emphasis offense expressing philosophy team needed pitching defense didn allow team score eventually run win game pierce roommate turned occasion picked run following scoring drought said run hold teams averaged runs game averaged runs games started pitchers averaged runs pierce starts figure drops month scoring discounted thirds losses chicago fully starts scored fewer runs averaged runs starts runs starts pennant winning averaged runs game averaged runs pierce starts regularly noted chicago offensive struggles placing pressure pitching staff wearing tense game having comfortable margin permit little pierce described pitcher majors year lack scoring contrast reasonable level offensive backing far successful posting record chicago scored runs scored september scored runs scored yankees rivalry pierce played major role keeping white competitive powerhouse yankees 1950s rough period june july dropped decisions new_york despite respectable era games held yankees posting record august season ironically turnaround fortunes yankees followed chicago crushing defeats rivals july left lead eighth inning yankees come bullpen win grand slam ninth years later pierce recalled game frustrating faced times career pitcher including loss loss innings june later year loss july loss innings september year yankees clinched pennant mantle 50th home run final frame win win innings april season washington_post expressed clear preference pierce ford writing pierce place league left read figures respond reason pierce win yankees july place stayed remainder season pennant years victory chicago breaking team record wins left broke white club records career games innings left year late sportswriter wrote primary difference pierce ford long standing duel supremacy american_league pierce pitching weak hitting team ford backed league powerful offensive machine greater fact doesn face yankees pierce described white pitcher past decade added normally lucky supported runs faces yankees yankee outfielder recalled rivalry remember games pierce ford lock great usually beat mantle hit home run new_york outfielder noted guy gave problem know gave think gave pitched yankees career played chicago half season said pierce fast good breaking ball tough years right par ford sportswriter recalled pierce like unfair matchup classic stylish left equal ford pierce came armed supported singles fact pierce duel ford terms despite odds ironically yankees tried acquire pierce early 1950s ford military general manager proposed new_york baseman second baseman exchange pierce outfielder ended talks yankees suggested yankees send minor instead later career seasons chicago pierce posted records bullpen contributed record left game lead sixth inning later times seasons failed protect lead seven times pierce seen team consistently effective starter picking complete game victories mid august june pierce broke record career strikeouts san_francisco_giants november traded san_francisco_giants exchange players pitchers spent minor leagues giants manager declared intent use pierce ace young pitching staff included developing talents unlike giants featured powerful offense included pierce took advantage improved run support new team winning starts suffering loss june start april deeply rewarding rough spring training recorded era facing cincinnati_reds retired batters allowed hits innings crowd gave ovation later said cheers got inside fans wonderful felt way deep giants credited pulling best deal year little leading team best record major leagues early june road game reds june allowed double accidentally left ankle covering base injury required pulled game inning took loss later scored giants shut injury likely cost eighth star selection return field lasted innings loss july relief appearances picking win august course year proved pitcher park winning home starts giants tied dodgers pennant record forcing game playoff dodgers august earned career victory run home run eventual young winner giving giants win ending game win streak pierce started game playoff dodgers october opposing pushed record hit victory dodgers reached second base described satisfying game pitched umpire watching press box remarked look fire fast clutch games dodgers tied series game came game october pitch ninth inning lead retired batters faced clinch giants pennant san_francisco teammates final yankees world series started game went seventh inning score allowed runs seventh inning outfield errors took loss came brilliant outing game park allowing fifth inning finishing hit victory tie series games allowed runners reach second base went ball count times series appearances came peak years pierce posted career series era innings seasons given brilliance home games surprise pierce chosen start giants home opener responded shutout career win achieved success despite primary pitches low curve saying left come park win pitch afternoon instead altered location pitches throwing outside left hit left field taking advantage wind kept ball air longer time batting champion observed pierce pitched completely differently changing leagues home win streak ended start april loss chicago_cubs gradually moved bullpen course season exclusively relief september dodgers later called billy kid fight start year career pitching innings gaining win appearance relief october falling short announced retirement day season came end season career pierce posted record era innings twice post era higher season innings completed starts including saves total games pitched career victories rank fourth club time list hall red record career games left broken listed pounds pierce pitchers enjoy great success likely smallest pitcher 1920s win games catcher years chicago noted lack size didn diminish velocity noting isn big wonderful coordination sure pretty watch way pumps rocks throws catching game watch pitch noted pierce achieved maximum potential equipment nature gave pierce size pitchers feet height lead league complete games 1920s inch taller pierce pounds pitchers feet tall lead league early 1930s remains pitcher lead complete games years row mlb stats awards achievements stats awards star achievements american_league leader era american_league leader wins american_league leader complete games american_league leader strikeouts american_league leader strikeouts innings pitched american_league leader fielding average pitcher american_league pennant team world series champion team game wins hitter hitter chicago white century team retirement 1950s pierce generally spent offseason helping father run family detroit pursue coaching career spring training poll named managerial prospect giants leaving baseball television color analyst briefly partner worked sales public relations representative company retiring worked scout discovering rookie year ron retired number players honored named inducted october pierce threw pitch game division series win began postseason culminated world series title championship years inducted july unveiled statue pierce honor center field cellular field joining borrowed photographs measured face leading comment don know isn measurement 50s adding hoped statues hall_of_fame shortstop pitcher stars 1930s 1940s added future nonetheless admitted excitement honor saying think times come park going years book said best chicago white stories told pierce published march pierce married dated high school october children born july born october born july pierce told interviewer wife loyal fan smart day manager tell better change sign stolen likely opposition stealing traded giants following season relocated birmingham michigan southwest chicago suburb park years maintained summer residence south landmark lake apartments teammate family lived remained member community relations department late 80s making frequent public appearances chicago area addition beginning headed profit cause began supporting death age june gave pierce fans day game cleveland_indians threw ceremonial pitch pierce died illinois july age cancer pierce 33rd degree mason funeral held gardens south cemetery hall_of_fame candidacy statistical pierce far overlooked election october selected time overview committee candidates ballot possible induction candidates including teammate fell short selection committee meets votes candidates selected era years pierce received votes required votes committee mlb winter meeting december elected hall committee received votes committee previous election prior pierce considerable credentials comparable pitchers eligible elected new members years pierce stuck voting pitchers eventually elected years pitching stars eligible likely drew votes away pierce pierce dropped ballot discussing criticisms voting years editor wrote wonder example writers elect pitchers hall fame barely giving recognition years ballot pierce drew percent votes cast record compiled teams deserved respect voters competition actually beat ford times ford beat ford backed stronger teams actually elected far better pierce coming votes election pierce left career strikeouts time retirement elected average strikeouts innings pitched 1950s highest pitcher innings decade average hits innings ranking ford era ranking ford final total ranked 15th pitchers retired pitchers strikeouts time elected hall comparing pierce left hall consistently stands middle group ranking eleventh wins ninth strikeouts games pitched starts seventh tenth innings pierce seven star team selections tie eligible pitchers hall_of_fame eligible pitchers started star games star starts lasting innings pierce allowed run hits innings career star record included era strikeouts innings pierce blue eligible pitchers won games named pitcher year pierce record career regular season starts pierce decision lone start earned decision star starts pierce struck batters times career achieved career high strikeouts times low run support won games hit shutout kansas_city september recorded career recorded strikeouts inning loss july inning scoreless tie tigers loss baltimore pitched innings career starts pitched extra innings pierce record despite era complete game losses yankees compiled era strikeouts innings rate slightly higher career average highly effective pitcher relief role recording career saves possibly compared blown saves success rate nearly career wins relief resulted blown save averaged innings pitched era mvp voting results historical surveys analysis historian projected pierce won given time award created national_league don won award unanimous vote awards given leagues baseball historian chose pierce having tenth greatest career value left ahead hall hand shows pierce career wins replacement stand typical hall_of_fame starting pitcher | Billy Pierce | Sports and recreation | Baseball and cricket | Baseball people |
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