Reviving the Art of Baseball Doggerel
I am the sack who transformed a chopper
Into a double for Angel Pagan.
I’m Pence’s bat, since tossed in the hopper,
Labelled by Cards fans as a “tragic” wand.
What will be our inanimate topper?
It’s the stuff of Tom Robbins … and beyond.
Michael X. Ferraro is the author of Tased & Amused: The Shocking Poetic Recap of the 2010 Baseball Season, available on Amazon.
The Giants and the Tigers . . .
To the critics the Tigers are showing rust
and now after just one game are showing bust.
Rust-or-bust? Rust got a team to a World Series?
No, it arrived by smart play, heart and chemistry.
I’m not jumping on a West Coast bandwagon
just yet. The Panda stung Detroit – Kaboom!
But one game doesn’t make a legacy.
Much less a “given” – World Series history.
Detroit’s pitching seems iffy, not trusty.
Their hitting, once spiffy, looks rusty.
Are the Giants that loose?
Is it Tigers’ disuse,
Motown’s dugout a little bit musty?
The San Francisco Giants seem like
they’re on a mission. Rawhide glove
& bat – they are owning a ball park tonight,
no matter what Detroit brings.