By Michael Ceraolo
Many had pitched as many innings,
or more, in a game before me
(adrenaline and nicotine kept me going),
but no one before, or since,
has struck out as many in a game
Yet very few fans know who I am:
I was anonymous long before
the anonymity of the grave
Though I can’t prove it definitively,
I’ll always believe
the more-than-two-hundred pitches
I threw in that game contributed
to my elbow problems the next year,
but no one forced me to stay in the game,
and I would have fought being taken out
