Comparison:
‘There is no shame in taking a well-deserved bow to the overflowing appreciation of the crowd when your arm is tired out, and there is real danger for the team in ignoring the statistics, . . . . Your situation is tricky because you are both our star pitcher and our manager. But in democracy, as you have shown us more than any prior president, you are not a manager acting all alone; you are the co-manager along with our great team and our great people. Caucus with the team, Mr. President. Hear them out. You will make the right decision.’
Rep. Jamie Raskin used a baseball metaphor as he wrote to President Biden. Boston Globe writer Jamie J. Epstein noticed the metaphor was based on a Red Sox pitcher in a jam in a 2003 playoff game. What do you thinks about using historical sports events as a basis for an important metaphor?
Context:
But the crux of the letter is a four-paragraph metaphor comparing the president to Boston Red Sox pitcher Pedro Martínez, a Hall of Famer who was left on the mound for the eighth inning of Game 7 of the 2003 American League Championship Series despite being tired. Martínez allowed three runs, tying the game before the New York Yankees won with a walk-off home run in the 11th inning that denied the Red Sox a trip to the World Series, which they had not won in 85 years.
‘There is no shame in taking a well-deserved bow to the overflowing appreciation of the crowd when your arm is tired out, and there is real danger for the team in ignoring the statistics,’ Raskin writes. ‘Your situation is tricky because you are both our star pitcher and our manager. But in democracy, as you have shown us more than any prior president, you are not a manager acting all alone; you are the co-manager along with our great team and our great people. Caucus with the team, Mr. President. Hear them out. You will make the right decision.’
Citation:
Epstein, Jamie J. “Jamie Raskin Used a Red Sox Metaphor to Suggest to Biden that he Should Drop Out.” Boston Globe, 18 July 2024. Web.
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