Do any of you remember "Casey at the Bat?" A great poem written about baseball,
"Oh somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright:
The band is playing somewhere and somewhere hearts are light,
And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout:
But there is no joy in Mudville -- mighty Casey has struck out."
This could apply to the Denver Broncos who played, not very well,
in the Super Bowl, and lost, yesterday February 2nd. I won't even mention the score.
The pre-game hype was overwhelming, page, after page of articles in the local paper, on TV, in social media.
I think it overwhelmed the Broncos and they lost their confidence after the missed communication first play.
And so sadly, I paraphrase the last stanza of Mr. Thayer's poem, which was written in the late 1880's.
"Oh somewhere in this favored land the sun in shining bright:
The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light,
And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout:
But there is no joy in Denver, the Denver Broncos lost the Super Bowl!"
(or by my friend Jo, "There is no joy in Denver, the Broncos, they are out!")
Remember the great Vince Lombardi who said, "Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing."
We could write blog after blog about winning, losing, how in the big picture it does not matter, but it still has to hurt, especially the Broncos, who came so far, but lost.
"Oh somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright:
The band is playing somewhere and somewhere hearts are light,
And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout:
But there is no joy in Mudville -- mighty Casey has struck out."
This could apply to the Denver Broncos who played, not very well,
in the Super Bowl, and lost, yesterday February 2nd. I won't even mention the score.
The pre-game hype was overwhelming, page, after page of articles in the local paper, on TV, in social media.
I think it overwhelmed the Broncos and they lost their confidence after the missed communication first play.
And so sadly, I paraphrase the last stanza of Mr. Thayer's poem, which was written in the late 1880's.
"Oh somewhere in this favored land the sun in shining bright:
The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light,
And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout:
But there is no joy in Denver, the Denver Broncos lost the Super Bowl!"
(or by my friend Jo, "There is no joy in Denver, the Broncos, they are out!")
Remember the great Vince Lombardi who said, "Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing."
We could write blog after blog about winning, losing, how in the big picture it does not matter, but it still has to hurt, especially the Broncos, who came so far, but lost.
But there is no joy in Denver, the Broncos they are out.
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Oh how I feel your pain...so close, and yet so far...sigh. So many records, so many expectations...then nothing.
ReplyDeleteThere is no joy in Denver, but there sure is snow!
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Well, all in all it was just a sad game from beginning to end.
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Hi Tasha .. sorry about the loss and if they did lose their confidence that's extra sad: they'd done so well to get so far ...
ReplyDeleteA game is a game .. but I loved reading the poem and yes I think Jo's final line is better! Still I love those sorts of poems ... I know nothing about baseball .. but I've heard of Vince Lombardi ...
Cheers and I'm sorry for your loss .. Hilary
Thanks Hilary, Gina, Tina and Jo (for the last line) Now it's time to move on and face our sub xero weather. Since I am housebound, I am thinking up things to do (not clean). Cooking and Art. . .we will see.
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