It is high, it is far, it is... caught!: Happy Birthday, Alphonso

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Wednesday, December 29, 2021

Happy Birthday, Alphonso

Posted by el duque at 11:19 AM

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13 comments:

HoraceClarke66 said...: Happy Birthday indeed, Dauntless Leader! Long may you wave!; December 29, 2021 at 12:03 PM
Kevin said...: Happy Birthday, may you run your freak flag high!; December 29, 2021 at 12:53 PM
Carl J. Weitz said...: Happy Birthday crusty one! Is it a milestone event?; December 29, 2021 at 1:39 PM
Stang said...: Happy Birthday to the Great One; December 29, 2021 at 2:39 PM
Unknown said...: Happy Bday Good Sir!; December 29, 2021 at 3:06 PM
Scottish Yankee fan said...: Many happy returns

Lang may yer lum reek; December 29, 2021 at 3:32 PM
Doug K. said...: Happy Birthday! And despite what Scottish Yankee wrote, you should wash your lum so it doesn't reek. Just sayin'; December 29, 2021 at 4:03 PM
Platoni said...: Happy Birthday!

U befsh 100 vjeç, as we say in Albania; December 29, 2021 at 6:13 PM
13bit said...: Happy Birthday, from one Yonkers native to another.; December 29, 2021 at 9:16 PM
Rufus T. Firefly said...: Happy Birthday, Mr. Optimism.; December 30, 2021 at 8:47 AM
JM said...: A day late, but happy birthday, old timer (who I agree with almost 100% all the time).

And a happy new year, while we're at it.; December 30, 2021 at 12:10 PM
Alphonso said...: Thank you all.

Yes, it was a BIG one. Far too big. One where 1956 had me in high school ( barely ).

You do the math.

It is so weird. Happy to be here and still sentient. But so much behind me now. Dreams now extend to Tuesday of next week.

But the Yankees ...and the great works we postulate here...keep us young.

I still yearn for the crack of the bat. The smack of the ball hitting a mitt.

The sound of silence when Giancarlo strikes out.

And where does a beer and a hot dog taste best?

After all these years.; December 30, 2021 at 2:44 PM
Ken of Brooklyn said...: Happy Mega Belated Alphonso, and may you celebrate a bazillion more!; December 31, 2021 at 3:18 PM