Pop Up, Up and Away

by Hilary Barta

A pop-up Dave Kingman once popped
Was a feat no one since then has topped
In the ‘Dome, hit so high
Through a hole toward the sky
That today there’s no sign it has stopped.

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Hilary explains: “It was 26 years ago when one of quirkiest moments in Metrodome history occurred. Oakland’s Dave Kingman — one of baseball’s all-time feast-or-famine hackers — hit a pop-up off left-hander Frank Viola that was so high that it went through a hole in the roof of the Dome and never came down.”

Title by Sky-High Jim Siergey.

King Kong Swingman

by Hilary Barta

That Kingman was strong there’s no doubt
His bat could deliver a clout
Each swing for the fences
Could dazzle the senses
More often than not, he struck out.

Illustration by Jim Siergey

 

Doing Their Part

by James Finn Garner

Jacob DeGrom
Lathers his palms

Rollie Fingers
Doesn’t linger

CJ Cron
Is exercising alone

Brandon Inge
Practices social distancinge

And Tim Tebow
Sneezes and coughs into his elbow.