Old Tyme Baseball by Robert L. Harrison

Old Tyme Baseball by Robert L. Harrison serves as a tribute to all of the "old teams" that play baseball by the rules of an era gone by.

"We surrender not willingly, nor grant rest to other teams." - Robert L. Harrison
Old Tyme Baseball

by Robert L. Harrison ©

Published: New York Baseball Poems (1999)

We stand here on Cartwright's soil
the ancient ruler of our game.

We will open up a season of hope,
of victory, of triumph and of joy.

We are the defenders of green fields,
eternal youth and endless imagination.

We stand together as a team,
true to our quest and loyal to our fans.

We understand victory and defeat
both as lessons that embrace the game.

We pledge to play our best
until the final out is called.

We surrender not willingly,
nor grant rest to other teams.

We are the past and the future
of the game: The Huntington Suffolks.

Old Tyme Baseball by Robert L. Harrison ©



Chris Jennison, the co-author of Yankee Stadium, wrote the following, "Baseball and New York, joys and agonies all stitched together seamlessly in Robert L. Harrison's poems. Don't miss his ode to 1951, New York's climatic season."

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