Smoky Joe Wood
Howard Ellsworth "Smoky Joe" Wood (October 25, 1889 – July 27, 1985) was a professional baseball player. He played all or part of fourteen seasons in Major League Baseball. He played for the Boston Red Sox from 1908-15, where he was primarily a pitcher, for the Cleveland Indians from 1917-22, where he was primarily an outfielder. He is one of only 13 pitchers who won 30 or more games in one season (going 34–5 in 1912) since 1900.
Read more about Smoky Joe Wood: Professional Debut, 1912 Season, Position Player, Later Career
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“In vain thou kindlest all thy smoky fire,
For virtue hath this better lesson taught,
Within myself to seek my only hire,
Desiring nought but how to kill desire.”
—Sir Philip Sidney (1554–1586)
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—Maya Angelou (b. 1928)
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bodies wearing rubber bags between their legs,
bodies vomiting up their juice like detergent,
bodies smooth and bare as darning eggs.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)