Re: Hockey, Curling and other sports (some futuristic)

On Wed, Feb 27, 2002 at 09:54:12AM -0600, Randy W. Wolfmeyer wrote:
>In a short story I read a long time ago, the main character did just
that
>and then cut the cable at precisely the correct moment to give himself
the
>velocity boost to catch up with a small spacecraft that was running
away
>from the station (it had applied its thrust and was coasting towards
its
>destination, a small asteroid not too far away).  I think it was titled
>"Papa was a Catcher", but I'm not sure, and I can't remember the
author.
>It's in a collection of short stories I have at home, called "Cities in
>Space", IIRC.

"Poppa Was a Catcher", Steven Gould, 1987; it was indeed in _Cities in
Space_, which was the third volume of _The Endless Frontier_ anthology
series edited by Jerry Pournelle.