Carrie Jacobs-Bond was an American songwriter and music publisher of the early twentieth century. Her most well-known song might be “I Love You Truly.” It was a favorite at weddings, in more gentle, sentimental times.
Another Carrie Jacobs-Bond song is “End Of A Perfect Day.”
Baseball, in addition to perfect games, has Carrie Jacobs-Bond Perfect Days.
For one to occur, six things have to happen.
The Tigers and Dodgers have to win, and the four hateds – the two New York
If all that happens, the baseball fan can savor what, for him, really is the end of a perfect day.
Since the last one, there have been more perfect games (two) than CJB Perfect Days (zero).
Commissioner Allan H. "Bud" Selig, who favors adding two teams to post-season, has also hinted that two American League teams may have to be added to the CJB mix, making four in each league -- and future CJB Perfect Days even more unlikely.
But six is just right. Four would make it too easy, and eight simply out of the realm of possibility.
Commissioner Allan H. "Bud" Selig, who favors adding two teams to post-season, has also hinted that two American League teams may have to be added to the CJB mix, making four in each league -- and future CJB Perfect Days even more unlikely.
But six is just right. Four would make it too easy, and eight simply out of the realm of possibility.
Yesterday came close. The teams that had to win did (the Tigers in Minnesota Pittsburgh Colorado Arizona
Had the G.I. Ants lost, the day would have still gone into the baseball fan’s record book, with an asterisk due to the rained out game. Rain-shortened CJB Perfect Days, unlike rain-shortened perfect games, count.
More recent generations of baseball fans might call them Lou Reed Days, or Duran Duran Days.
But, if you call them Roxette Days, I’ll find you and take away your man card, and your autographed pictures of Jesse Ventura.
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