On losing in the bottom of the 9th two days in a row:
Hath not a Fan eyes? Hath not a Fan hands, organs,
dimensions, senses, affections, passions; fed with
the same bratwurst and kraut, strain the same muscles, subject
to the same diseases, heal'd by the same means,
warm'd and cool'd by the same winter and summer
as a Relief Pitcher is?
If you boot a routine grounder, do we not bleed?
If you strike out the side, do we not laugh?
If you blow two saves in a row, do we not die?
And if you continue to pitch like a little leaguer, shall we not revenge?
If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that.
If a Fan wrong a Relief Pitcher, what is his humility? A wild pitch to the noggin.
If a Relief Pitcher wrong a Fan by walking two runners ahead of the opponent's batting champion in a one run game, what should his sufferance be by example?
Why, boos, epithets, curses.
The indifference to excellence you teach us, We will execute,
and it shall go hard but we will better the instruction and empty the stadium.
Forsooth!
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