by Dan Campion
MLB moves into new era: No players left from 20th century
—Associated Press headline
My fellow fans of certain age,
The AP sez we’ve turned a page:
No active player from our youth
Suits up this year. The broadcast booth
And gimpy knees have claimed our last
Gold Gloves and MVPs. The cast
Has turned completely over to
The understudies and a crew
Of stars we watched when fleet and hale
Now coaching from the dugout rail
And trudging up the dugout stair
To pull young pitchers in despair.
I wish we didn’t have to view
Behind this pillar, but we do.
So settle back and have a brew.
As Ernie Banks said, “Let’s play two!”
Dan is the author of Peter De Vries and Surrealism and coeditor of Walt Whitman: The Measure of His Song and contributor of poetry to many magazines.
Liked your poem, Dan. Pls get in touch with me, if you can. I have a Peter DeVries story.