Reviving the Art of Baseball Doggerel
I realized, late in the game,
That things have changed–it’s not the same.
The future of baseball is now
Summed up in just one word–pow.
No more round-the-bases conga dancing–
It’s power pitching and power hitting.
Maybe this’ll bring in younger fans.
That’s what MLB wants in the stands.
Anyway: live arm … and live bat–
Right now, it’s as simple as that.
First it’s Strasburg, then Roark, now guess who?
Was it weather, or mold, maybe flu?
Are the Nats a big mess?
Is it manager chess?
Are they pulling the old switcheroo?
Pitching déjá vu:
Once a Cub, now a Yankee
But same tribe of bats
The play of Bellinger
Is very telling, sir.
These Bums are eager
To, with Cody and Segar,
Ride youth to the end.
Oh, and also spend spend spend spend spend.
Luis Severino
Certainly had his mojo,
And Kahnle shut the door.
But what are the chances
That Dellin Betances
Gets back to dominance?
Is it mechanical,
Or something that’s mental,
Which has swayed his confidence?
All of a quick-sudden
The heat that he’s servin’
Is looking tenuous, at best.
Or, as one fan did say:
“His pitches may not get over the plate,
But at least he struck out a fence.”