Three Little Words

February 14, 2008

Oh, right it’s Valentine’s Day. Sorry, it’s not those three little words, made famous in song by Burt Kalmar and Harry Ruby:

Three little words, oh what I’d give for that wonderful phrase,
To hear those three little words that’s all I’d live for the rest of my days.
And what I feel in my heart, they tell sincerely.
No other words can tell it half so clearly.
Three little words, eight little letters which simply mean I love you.

(By the way, Red Skelton played the role or Ruby, a die-hard baseball fan whose love for the game caused a rift with his songwriting partner.)

No, I mean these three little words:

PITCHERS AND CATCHERS

  • Florida Spring Training: Your Guide to Touring the Grapefruit League, by Alan Byrd and Mike Stanley (The Intrepid Traveler, 2007). Note that this ignores the Catctus League that trains in Arizona.
  • Spring Training, by William Zinser (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2003)
  • Spring Training Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to the Ballparks of the Grapefruit and Cactus Leagues, by Joshua R. Pahigian (McFarland, 2005)
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