Mariners/Athletics in Tokyo

by Stephen Jones

How hollow it seems
that the opening game
of the season was in Japan

The market deemed,
baseball explained,
it’s now international pastime

Yes, “changing times”
& “good for the game”
are the general conclusion

However the explanation
what’s missed is tradition
opening day at home field

(It’s a) Spring Thing

by Hilary Barta

Take the bats and the balls and the batters
Add the catcalls and hall-of-fame statters
Then the scouting reports
That drown out other sports —
It’s the national pastime that matters

 

For the best in limericks, discerning doggerelists always insist on Hilary Barta’s poems at LimerWrecks.

2012 AL Central Prediction Haiku

By Stuart Shea

CHICAGO WHITE SOX
With the mouth gone to
Sunnier climes, will the Sox
Be hung out to dry?

CLEVELAND INDIANS
“Is Grady injured?”
“Was there a Tuesday last week?”
Michael Brantley’s glad.

DETROIT TIGERS
27 games
Before Brandon Inge returns
To reclaim third base.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS
Those young hitters can’t
Overpower the smell of
Five pieces of meat.

MINNESOTA TWINS
Such a nice ballpark
And such nice people watching
Their nice, boring team.

Boston/New York Preseason Game, March 22nd

by Stephen Jones

How quickly one forgets
last year’s Red Sox implosion
or the Yankees playoff exit

when even now – it’s only
preseason – the two meet
again like history-magnets
and this year’s promise

of rivalry running deep deeper
than any pundit prediction
or Las Vegas line