Most amazing comment I've read all year

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Most amazing comment I've read all year

posted by Women's Sports Blog
Monday, February 1, 2010 at 12:38pm PST

An irreverent look at the news, issues, and personalities of women's sports from a feminist perspective.

Possibly ever. From a reader who calls him/herself Graphite, comment #26 on this post by Joe Posnanski. Reprinted in full:

A few years ago my daughter gave me John Grisham’s A Painted House, a story set on a dirt-poor cotton farm in 1952 Arkansas and seen through the eyes of a seven-year-old boy. Each evening, in what seems their only break from unending toil, the family gather round the radio on the front porch to listen to Harry Caray calling Cardinals games.
My daughter’s sporting knowledge was virtually nil - she’d heard of the Yankees and the Red Sox and probably had some inkling of who Babe Ruth was; maybe Joe DiMaggio, too, from the Paul Simon song. But that would be it. A Painted House added the St Louis Cardinals and Stan Musial.
I live in New Zealand, where MLB comes in in the winter, mid-morning. Back when I read the book, my daughter would see me checking the day’s results on the computer around dinner time each night and kick off what became a ritual question and answer series . . .
“How did the Cardinals go?”
“They won.”
“Did Stan Musial play?”
“No.”
“They won without him, eh. Good for them.”
Or . . .
“How did the Cardinals go?”
“They lost.”
“Did Stan Musial play?”
“No.”
“Well there’s your reason.”
Silly stuff, really, but the sort of in-house humour that a lot of families enjoy.
Just over two years ago my daughter died in a motor accident. Describing the sense of loss would be pointless.
But every time I come across a reference to Stan Musial I picture myself at the computer having a dopey conversation and the burden eases a fraction.

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Friday, September 24, 2010 at 7:04pm PDT

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