Save # 602 For Mariano Rivera
by Stephen Jones
All about his team
The Sandman keeps stats second
He pitches to win
Fans may make raucous noise
But on the mound he’s quiet grace
Humble with history
Genuine in his humility
His smile tells it all as he tips his hat
Sharing the moment with thousands
Mariano Rivera
What I Remember After 09/11
by Stephen Jones
What I remember is large
some of it confused
the sadness the heroes
some still unnamed
but I zero in on baseball
not to forget but because
like a constant outside history
baseball resonates for me
the heroics of play on a field
the belief that a game is sometimes
better than grief
a comfort & something to point to
Mantle
by Stephen Jones
An Oklahoma flash
Out of “shucks” and a beer can
He swung for pleasure
“Bill Lee”, by Warren Zevon
Cautionary Yankee Reality As Playoffs Loom
by Stephen Jones
One moment The Yankees set a record
three grand slams in one game
The next they fumble like dead wood
decidedly not the same
In golf drive for show
. . . but putt for dough
In baseball the axiom is the same
more often pitching wins the game
As playoffs loom strong arm Yankee batting
alone will not guaranty Yankee winning
