Reviving the Art of Baseball Doggerel
By Stuart Shea
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Now that George is dead,
Who’ll say the things that need not be said?
Now that George is gone,
Who will carry on and carry on and carry on?
Now that George has passed,
Who’ll deliver a ridiculous blast?
Now that George is history,
Who’s left to make the Yankees a travesty?
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Posted 7/15/2010
by Bob Carlton
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the knuckle
ball wobble
s
a drunk
en fire fly
blinks here swing
there maybe
you hit it probably
.
not
.
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Posted 7/14/2010
by Ron Kaplan
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With apologies to Franklin Pierce Adams on the 100th anniversary of his original poem
These are the saddest words Mets fans could hear:
Ollie (Martinez) Perez.
Walking the enemy year after year:
Ollie (Martinez) Perez.
Taking his time as he misses his pitches,
Giving up homers to those sons of bitches,
All during which we don’t know where his brain is:
Ollie (Martinez) Perez.
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Ron Kaplan is the features and sports editor of a New Jersey newspaper, and also runs Ron Kaplan’s Baseball Bookshelf, which is a must-read.
Posted 7/12/10
By Bob Sheppard (1910-2010), longtime Yankees PA announcer
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There are certain names that go over well,
Like Pena, Ramos, Carrasquel,
With liquid sounds so panoramic.
And strangely, they all are Hispanic.
Aurelio, Hipolito, Cecilio, Domingo
Have a lovelier sound than American lingo.
What native name could I ever tell so
Musically, as Valdivielso?
And no native name could ever show us
The splendor of Salome Barojas.
Posted in memory 7/11/10
By Stephen Jones
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I swear with this July
with summer’s bending weather
nothing is written in stone
nothing written about steady teams
just now the “watch fors”
to surprise & old rivalries to spark
Baseball like a slow bullet
Has yet to target summer
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Posted 7/9/10