"Well, you know I... I never got to bat in the major leagues. I would have liked to have had that chance. Just once. To stare down a big league pitcher. To stare him down, and just as he goes into his windup, wink. Make him think you know something he doesn't. That's what I wish for. Chance to squint at a sky so blue that it hurts your eyes just to look at it. To feel the tingling in your arm as you connect with the ball. To run the bases - stretch a double into a triple, and flop face-first into third, wrap your arms around the bag. That's my wish, Ray Kinsella. That's my wish. And is there enough magic out there in the moonlight to make this dream come true?"Today is the 100th anniversary of the lone major league appearance of Archibald "Moonlight" Graham of the 1905 New York Giants.
The centennial will be celebrated tonight at the Metrodome. Meanwhile, the Red Sox played at home this afternoon- I really, really hope they flashed Graham's career stat line on the Fenway scoreboard at some point during the game.
Posted by Stephen Silver at June 29, 2005 06:22 PMActually the game had already been played this afternoon, which is better, considering Moonlight's only game probably didn't occur in the moonlight.
Posted by: Jeremy Wahlman at June 30, 2005 09:14 AM