The Fly Ball


      One day, one night, one moment
      My dreams could be tomorrow.
      One step, one fall, one falter
      East or West,
      Over earth or by ocean.
      One way to be my journey
      This way could be my
      Book of Days.

      No day, no night, no moment
      Can hold me back from trying.

        Enya, "Book of Days (Far and Away)"


    This one, I did on purpose. The explanation behind it is relatively simple - I told someone that I had figured out who I figured the cheetah was (see "The Base Runner" if that doesn't make sense). He said, "Who? Nomar?" My reply was, "No. He obviously has wings." Which meant I had to do this drawing, eventually, just to prove it.

    To be truly accurate, though, the play I'm basing the drawing off of wasn't a fly ball; it was one of the line drives in the pennant series that really ought to have gone into the outfield, except there was Nomar in the infield. And Nomar obviously has wings.


    Nomar as
a hawk, fielding a line drive


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