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Let me hide myself in Thee
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Let the water
and the blood
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From Thy wounded side
which flowed
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There's an old baseball saying
that goes:
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"The game is not over
until the last man is out. "
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Well, the game
may not be over,
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but it'll be less fun playing
without Harry Grady.
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Yes, we're here
to say goodbye to Harry,
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whose life,
through no fault of ours
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ended so tragically
just a few days ago.
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Yes, Harry, you're gone.
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Gone to that great
ballpark in the sky.
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But as you sit there,
in that heavenly dugout
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chewing tobacco
and swapping stories
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with some of the great
baseball immortals
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like Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig,
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Bill Tilden.
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Yes, Harry,
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we're going to remember all the
wonderful things you did for baseball.
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Exploding scoreboards
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double-knit uniforms.
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It's true, Harry,
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some people criticize you for
introducing separate admissions
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to each half
of a double-header
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but I'd say that's nonsense.
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Throughout history, all great
innovators were never really appreciated
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until they were dead.
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You're dead now, Harry.
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We appreciate it.
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I think my favourite
memory of Harry
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is sitting in his box during
a twilight double-header.
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And him turning
to me and saying:
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"Amos,
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"every time the umpire bends
over to dust off home plate,
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I'd like them
to see my face. "