by R. Gerry Fabian
The season was over
six months ago.
The veterans worth anything
were traded;
those remaining
slowly got DFA notices.
Saddled with a bunch of raw kids,
the manager suffers through their lapses
and assures the media
it’s all part of the “youth movement.”
Alone in his tiny office,
leans back in his squeaky chair
and wonders when
one of these kids
will give him six “solid” innings.
R. Gerry Fabian is the author of three novels and four books of poetry. His latest book of poems, Ball On The Mound, is a collection of original baseball poems, available at Amazon.