by Stephen Jones
Worst game of season
Yankees resume losing ways
It’s called entropy
“Vida Blue, Part 1” by Jimmy Bee
Holy Toledo, Cooperstown!
by the Village Elliott
For 2017 Ford Frick Award Winner, Bill King
Frick’s ghost wrote, “Time this man gets ring!”
Ruling made, Hall of Fame Voters sing,
“Enshrine ‘Stan’s Greatest Fan’,
Star belongs with ‘The Man.'”
Fans sing, “Holy Toledo, Bill King!”
Hall of Fame Names Bill King Ford Frick Award winner for excellence in broadcasting.
Adios, Jimmy
by the Village Elliott
For Jimmy Piersall (11/14/1929 – 6/4/2017)
Jimmy Piersall today passed away
Childhood hero had own style of play
My first glove bore his name
Tried to play game the same
With his glove, learned to field Jimmy’s way.
Jimmy played with unique sense of pride,
Until by his pride Piersall was fried.
After treated with shocks
Rapped with Harry, White Sox,
Only sane man on air, certified.
Bob Dylan’s 2017 Forecast: “If Not For Trout”
by James Finn Garner
If not for Trout
The Angels would be a shame
Wouldn’t win a single game
The bottom would drop out
If not for Trout
If not for Trout
Big A would be humdrum
Fans might even watch the Bums
Talk about a drought
If not for Trout
If not for Trout, Pujols would quit
Scioscia would get the heave
Escobar would be hitting the bricks
They’d be lost if not for Steve
If not for Trout
They would be Triple A
Simmons would beg for a trade
A stinking mess throughout
If not for Trout