Epitaph on a Base-Ballist by Anonymous on Baseball Almanac

Epitaph on a Base-Ballist by Anonymous

This is a terrific poem written by an anonymous author believed to have been first published in 1872. The poem was discovered in an issue of the Louisville Courier-Journal and it was donated to the Hall of Fame soon after.

"And the Seven Deadly Sins were alive in the field." - Anonymous

Published: Courier-Journal (1872)

Fear not, Jim.
You have made a good hit.
And though the World pitched,
And the Devil played behind,
And the Seven Deadly Sins were alive,
In the field;
Yet you have reached the Home-Plate of Heaven,
And, amid cries of Judgment,
From the World, and How's That?
From the Devil,
Are proclaimed by the Great Umpire
Of the Universe,
NOT OUT.

Epitaph on a Base-Ballist by Anonymous

Did you know that the poem Game Called was written on the 16th of August, 1948 and is actually a eulogy to Babe Ruth?

Though not a eulogy, there was a poem written on one of the two silver plaques on the trophy given to Lou Gehrig the day he retired. The first plaque contained the poem itself and the second plaque had the names of his Yankee teammates.

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