Reviving the Art of Baseball Doggerel
by Jim Siergey
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The ace on the White Sox, Mark Buehrle
Now hurls like T.V.’s Mr. Furley
Goes into his kick
Then throws like he’s sick
And exits the game rather early.
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Jim Siergey is the author of the Cubs’ sci-fi epic, If They Did It. You can see his illustrations and other work at his website here.
Posted 6/8/10
by Jim Siergey
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Will this be the year of Go-Go Sox
or simply another “Oh, No Sox”?
A team that is trim
with vigor and vim
or one that is full of so-so jocks?
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Posted 5/4/2010
by James Finn Garner
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On Opening Day at the Cell,
Amidst the ravening horde,
The men’s room witnessed a tryst ‘twixt
A South Side lady and lord.
All the prudes and official blue-noses
Who by this action were floored
Should think of the White Sox’s condition
And be grateful that somebody scored.
Posted 4/26/10
By Stuart Shea
WHITE SOX
A Putz in the ‘pen,
Another in the dugout,
Not just birds Twitter.
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INDIANS
No more wedge issues.
It’s time to see just how good
This ballclub can be.
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TIGERS
A brand new springtime?
Whatchoo talkin’ bout, Willis?
This is your autumn.
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ROYALS
Inevitable
As tulips and tree pollen,
95 losses.
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TWINS
Mauer power is
Ensured for many more moons
In the new playpen.
Posted 4/11/2009
By Stuart Shea
There was a big game going on in Detroit
To decide the Eastern division champ
But my brother and I were at Comiskey
Where despite the October sunshine
The atmosphere was damp.
I was 24 but even then had an overarching sense
of melancholy.
The last game of a mediocre season?
Perfect fit for me.
The Sox beat the Athletics 5-2.
No big deal; neither team
Was going anywhere but home.
One reason we went is that we knew it would be Reggie Jackson’s last game ever.
So we alternately cheered and booed him.
He got two hits.
When the game ended
Ozzie Guillen threw his glove high in the air
And I hoped that it would never come down.
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Posted 10/21/2009