By Stuart Shea
Brandon Inge will take a trip to Triple-A.
Where he will attempt to swing his slump away.
Fans can hope he hits the way he did five years before,
But there ain’t no getting over being 34.
Into Air
By Marion Shea-Light
It leaves the bat
and soars
high into the atmosphere.
Cutting through the clouds
it touches the mist,
wetting the ball
with nature’s tears.
Is Adam Dunn?
By Stuart Shea
Is Adam Dunn?
Can he cure the hole-in-the-bat, don’t-know-where-the-hits-are-at, can’t-believe-they-signed-him-for-that blues?
More than likely he’s in a slump,
More than likely he’ll break out of this dump,
But maybe not until he winds up back in the league-where-the-pitches-more-often-are-fat.
A Cub Fan’s Response to Peter Gammons
by Stuart Shea
“It’s a dump, Wrigley Field.” — Peter Gammons, radio interview
Peter Gammons is
A prep-school fool–uncool tool
Well past his sell date
.
The Return of Sean Burroughs
by Stuart Shea
Little League Hero,
First-round pick.
Partied ’til sick,
Major league zero.
Cleared his name,
Did what it takes.
Signed with the Snakes,
Back in the game.