Baseball Fan With A Literary Twist Gifts

Field of Dreams. Catcher in the Rye.

'Look around, son. See if there's one you like. But remember: These are abandoned players, unwanted by their teams - so they might come with some psychological baggage.'

King Henry and his Cheshire bride

Pets are reading the book 'Animal Farm'.

"Well, we needed the rain."

Dating an English Major

"Gone with the wind with cats" "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn." "Me neither, who cares—let's take a nap."

Gunter Grass

Stephen Spender.

'Don't worry, you're safe. I started my diet today.'

'I shoulda told you guys. . . Marmaduke makes up his own rules as we go along.'

'Et tu Yakamoto?'

Baseball pitch with a sign saying 'No Left Turn.'

'Tarzan interviewing for a position as a corporate lawyer.' An interviewer asks, 'When we go against the gorillas, how can we be sure that you won't forget which side you're representing?'

'You want a quick read? How about this one: 'Memoirs of an Amnesic'?'

Noel Coward.

'Wait! Let's see if he gets up on his own.'

Playing pig

'Let's go! Let's go! Hustle! ...Relatively speaking.'

'You can all relax and resume your game. The unattended bag discovered on the infield turned out to be the second base.'

My Literary Influences

Sheltering in place.

Frontispiece to 'Dombey and Son'

"Wait, wait, back up, back up. Who the #!@! is George Orwell?"

Vendor selling testosterone.

Ironing Punctuation

'He speaks for our entire generation. Pity he's such a bore...'

I like what I'm seein' out there. This could be our year Wikowski.

Sherlock Holmes Museum: No Hounds.

"They'll be expecting adagio. Go with the allegro."

'Oh no! Is this a blogger I saw before me?'

'Excellent job, Fenwick, especially the part where you employ Magic Realism to fudge third-quarter earnings!'

Library

Roy, if you can hear me, the Mets are twenty games over .500 and they have a good shot at clinching the N. L. East."

"Slugger goes yard!!!"