A novel about this profession ends with Henry Wiggen lamenting "from here on in, I rag nobody" after Bruce Pearson dies of Hodgkin's disease.
A novel about this profession ends with Henry Wiggen lamenting "from here on in, I rag nobody" after Bruce Pearson dies of Hodgkin's disease. Ring Lardner wrote many short stories about people in this profession, including "Hurry Kane" and "Alibi Ike." Mark Harris's novel Bang the Drum Slowly follows members of this profession, who are the subject of decades of New Yorker essays written by Roger Angell. Eliot Asinof dramatized a scandal involving members of this profession in his book Eight Men Out. A Franklin Pierce Adams poem about this profession begins "these are the saddest of possible words: Tinker to Evers to Chance." For 10 points, name this profession described in Ernest Thayer's poem "Casey at the Bat."
A novel about this profession ends with Henry Wiggen lamenting "from here on in, I rag nobody" after Bruce Pearson dies of Hodgkin's disease.
baseball player [accept specific types like pitcher, catcher, infielder, shortstop, or outfielder; prompt on athlete; prompt on ballplayer] &lt;Thompson&gt;