Brotherly Slug

by Michael X. Ferraro

Rhys Hoskins has given us hope.
A Phils fan’s no longer a dope.
The more he goes yard,
The kid’s rookie card
Feels like it’s blessed by the Pope.

 

Shut-0ut Sh0ut-0ut

by James Finn Garner

The R0yals’
P00r t0ils
Have am0unted t0 n0 m0re than bupkis

All these g00se eggs
Just the last dregs
0f a seas0n f0r all fans t0 miss

This year’s wild card
0dds are t00 hard
T0 0verc0me such a debacle

And I simply cann0t
Insert 45 naughts
With0ut s0me kind 0f d0ggerel miracle.

 

Battered Bengals

by Millie Bovich

It’s sad watching Tigers go slumping,
All season they’ve taken their lumping.
So they circle the drain
With their fans all in pain–
Is it time now for manager dumping?

 
Millie Bovich may be the senior regular contributor to Bardball. “I had the pleasure of meeting  All-Star Johnny Pesky when he visited the Detroit office of the FBI where I worked,” she writes, “and met and married a special agent from New York and made a Tigers fan out of him!”

Game of Thrones

by Stephen Jones

Noah Syndergaard may not be
Pitching for the Mets just now …
But as a god on “Game of Thrones”,
Thor sure can hurl a spear.

Sadly, however, there is no mound —
Other than one for burial —
On “Game of Thrones”, and
It is known, as well, that dragons
Don’t care much for spears.

 

Wait ‘Til Next Gear

by Hilary Barta

Their division is ripe for the pluckin’
But the Cubs went from winnin’ to suckin’
Just last year they were groovin’
Now the team can’t get movin’
And first is the gear that they’re stuck in.