Members tbry Posted December 15, 2014 Members Share Posted December 15, 2014 John Grisham wrote a book about Calico Joe a baseball player that has his career stopped by a fastball to the head. I made up this from that...still waiting for Grisham to call and say we have a co-write but haven't heard. Calico Rock is a real town in Arkansas. Calico Joe In Calico Rock a young man in baseball shoesUnder blue skies, on grass as green as emerald jewelsStrolled to the box with a long slow gateWhere he hailed from, it seems nobody knowsThe legend has it he would crowd the plateAnd everybody called him Calico Joe A glove to love and swing as sweet as a pecan pie,Joe would dig in for the fence to every fans delightFoul off the tough ones, looking for his pitchGet one down the middle, off it would goHis legacy grew, giving managers fitsAnd everybody cheered for Calico Joe But not everyone admired himAnd word got around the leaguePitchers threw high and tightUntil a fastball turned out the lightsHis fans wailing, deep into the night Instrumental break That never slowed him down, getting hit in the faceMost men would break and give into solemn fateBut he is not an ordinary manOn the fields there's sounds of laughter, soft and lowYou can hear the crack of a bat in the standsAnd everybody knows its Calico Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LCK Posted December 15, 2014 Members Share Posted December 15, 2014 Nice start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members oldgitplayer Posted December 15, 2014 Members Share Posted December 15, 2014 The song appears to be well crafted, but I'm not picking up a storyline.I confess to not knowing the game of baseball, so I could be missing something here.But all I am getting is that there was a character by the name of Calico Joe and he played baseball. (in some detail) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tbry Posted December 15, 2014 Author Members Share Posted December 15, 2014 Nice start. thanks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tbry Posted December 15, 2014 Author Members Share Posted December 15, 2014 The song appears to be well crafted, but I'm not picking up a storyline. I confess to not knowing the game of baseball, so I could be missing something here. But all I am getting is that there was a character by the name of Calico Joe and he played baseball. (in some detail) Hard to explain if you don't know baseball, but as I pointed out in the prologue he gets hit in the head by a thrown baseball...to me it is very clear...what may be unclear is at the end...did he die?...maybe...does his spirit live on? Could be either or... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members oldgitplayer Posted December 16, 2014 Members Share Posted December 16, 2014 I understand now that you have explained, although he only gets hit in the face in the final verse. I also thought they wore face cages - shows what little I know about baseball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LCK Posted December 18, 2014 Members Share Posted December 18, 2014 I also thought they wore face cages Face masks. But only the catchers and umpires wear them. (The catchers don't wear them when they're up to bat, only when they're behind the plate.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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