Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Riding the Ump, Courtesy of Ichabod Crane


My taste in television runs to Supernatural and Fringe, at least that part I could make sense of.  Sleepy Hollow is ok, too, if only for Revolutionary War officer Ichabod Crane (huh?) brought back to life in 2013.  I can’t wait for a story arc with Rip Van Winkle.

Anyway, on Monday’s episode, Ichabod and his costar were at a Little League game when she started talking about baseball as metaphor for the American experiment in democracy.  Ichabod was so moved that he stood up and shouted at the home-plate umpire:  “I thought only horses slept standing up.”
            I for one intend to use that line come spring and thank the writer(s) for providing it.   

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