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
On the Lack of Any Exciting Division Races
by James Finn Garner
I’ll prob’ly buy some bags of mulch
And mix them in the garden.
Kids’ homework sure could use my touch.
College football’s starting.
The DVDs of “Breaking Bad”,
They won’t watch themselves.
Tomatoes are almost set to can.
The basement needs more shelves.
Cold mornings tell us now it’s fall
But before the snows arrive,
I long for the days when baseball
Lasted six months, not just five.
Chillinois, You Put Me in a Frozen State
by Hilary Barta
There’s a pall on the breeze in the air
Though there’s ball, for the freeze they prepare
. In Chicago the fans
. make their long winter plans
as they fall on their knees in despair
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
Tighten Your Beltran
By Stuart Shea
When Carlos Beltran came to the Bay,
He was supposed to hit SF’s troubles away.
Fans think his RBI count’s a disgrace,
But you can’t drive in runners
Who aren’t on base.
