by Michael Ceraolo
Shucks, baseball is a great game
And one of the best things about it
is the mystery of when form doesn’t hold;
I’ll use myself as an example
In my first season, plus his first appearance
against me in my second season,
I struck out Babe Ruth ten times in thirteen at-bats;
he only had two hits in those at-bats, one a home run,
and in addition had three walks
If that wasn’t in “Ripley’s Believe It or Not,”
it should have been; I think that stat alone
probably kept me in the big leagues longer
than my pitching against all others warranted,
and that allowed me to put myself through medical school
The Babe did better against me after that beginning,
but I am eternally grateful to him
for my moment in the sun.
