by Doug Fahrendorff
The Brewer bullpen
Silencing opponents’ bats
A pleasant surprise
Expectations high
Wildcard will not satisfy
Rabid Brewer fans
Listening to Uek
“Get up, get outta here, gone!”
Summer and baseball
Published 7/14/09
A Twins Fan Meditates on the ’09 Twins-Yanks Season Series
By Kevin Hennessy
Four-game sweep at New Yankee Stadium
With two less walkoffs, we could have took two of ‘em;
Then swept three games at home in the dome
Maybe next year outside we might manage to win one.
A-Rod, Jeter, Teixiera, Cano
They all make it tough, no denying, I know.
But Cabrera, Gardner, Cervelli, and Coke–
Are these really Yankees, or regular blokes?
Gardenhire insists
There’s no mental angle,
But if that truly is so
Couldn’t one win be finagled?
Perhaps those Bronx Bombers inspire intimidation
And Mauer and Morneau alone can’t deny them
Losing all seven certainly wasn’t too great
But at least we can be grateful we aren’t playing eight.
Published 7/12/09
Yankees: Minnesota, May You Always Play Against Us
by Hart Seely
Justin Morneau, Denard Span,
Each of them, a special man.
Jason Kubel, Jason Pride,
Promising a pleasant ride.
Michael Cuddyer, Joe Mauer,
Every game, a happy hour.
Carlos Gomez, Jesse Crain,
I would play them all again!
R.A. Dickey, old Joe Crede,
Yielding to us, if we’re needy.
Minnesota! Humphrey Dome!
‘Neath thy roof, we feel at home.
Published 7/10/09
Hart Seely is the author of Mother Goose Goes to Washington, as well as Oh Holy Cow: The Selected Verse of Phil Rizzuto, newly released in a 15th-anniversary edition. He often hangs around the Yankee website, It is High, It is Far, It is….caught, offering tasteful and constructive comments to management and players alike.
Ode to a Large Prince
By Stuart Shea
Prince Fielder,
Prince Fielder,
I think that you’re cool.
If you did a jackknife,
You’d empty the pool.
Published 7/8/09
YER OUT!
by Charles Ghigna
“Strike Three!” and I jump.
I’m in a big slump.
I’m down in the dump,
Can’t get over this hump.
You cross-eyed old ump,
You’re as blind as a stump.
Made me look like a chump,
You horse’s rump!
Published 7/7/09
Charles Ghigna is the award-winning author of more than 40 volumes of poetry for children and adults, including Score: 50 Poems to Motivate and Inspire. Find out more at his website, Father Goose.