by Fred Lovato
Big Apple nightmare
Dodgers pitching and hitting
handle Mets with ease
Big Christmas in October
by James Finn Garner
Cleveland rookie Jhonkensy Noel
Might lack books full of potions and spells
But one wave of his wand
When his chances seemed gone
Left the Yanks frozen, speechless, unwell.
NLCS Game 3
by Fred Lovato
Hitherto silent
8th inning three-run home run
Shohei’s bat made noise
Fred Lovato is Bardball’s foreign correspondent based in Okinawa.
Wouldn’t Bet Against It
by James Finn Garner
With betting cash flooding in streams,
Could baseball Charlie Hustle redeem?
Likewise Shoeless Joe?
Tucupita Marcano?
The “good of the game” can play odds, it would seem.
Gavelanche
by Michael X. Ferraro
Sac Fly,
Sac Fly,
then Bye-Bye.
Aaron Judge has awoken.
The Bronx
fans let
out a sigh–
the cold bat’s once
again smokin’.
