Next Year Finally Came

The rallying cry of the early ’50s Brooklyn Dodgers, “Wait ’til next year!”, was spawned by years of disappointment served up by crosstown rivals: mostly the New York Yankees, plus a lethal dose of 1951 New York Giants. Entering this year, the “wait ’til next year” nemesis for Don Smith, me, and our New Zealand workshops had become the Blue Pools of Haast Pass….