by the Village Elliott
Again Giants southpaw with stubble
Gives World Series foes scoring trouble.
.   Last three Series Mad Baum
.   Won three games with aplomb;
Four score years ago it’s Carl Hubbell.
Cubs Lose!
by Jim U-Boat, the Poet Laureate of Calumet City
In honor of the 106th anniversary Tuesday of the last Cubs World Series victory.
Before you all blow
Your hard-worked-for dough
On dumb, next-year-we’ll-win theories,
I’ll remind you again
Of how long it’s been
Since the Cubs have won the World Series.
It’s 106 years!
And oceans of tears
Since Cub players were rightly called greats.
We’re now 10 decades hence,
Nineteen presidents
From our country of 47 states.
There were no CDs,
TVs, or LPs;
Eight years before stainless steel;
Reagan hadn’t been born
Of Illinois corn;
A score before the New Deal.
When the Cubs last decided
Without being chided
To win (back then they were ready),
The White House’s star
Was not FDR —
It was his ol’ cousin Teddy.
Cub fans should wean
Themselves off a team
That’s “0-for” since 1908,
But these masochists
Will always exist
While others, in turn, celebrate.
No Tears Here
by Joshua Roth
After 57 years of mourning and booze,
I’m still elated to see L.A. lose.
No heroics. No ninth inning rally.
I’ll hate you forever –Walter O’Malley.
Hahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
Baseball Record
by Steven D. Johnson
Five hundred eleven – the wins of Cy
near three sixty-seven – the bat of Ty
But in baseball heaven, just blink an eye . . .
.   and records will be broken.
Just look at Babe Ruth – seven hundred fourteen
.   To tell you the truth, his home runs were seen
.       to hold a record not passed – thirty-nine years, ‘til alas
Hank Aaron’s bat was woken.
Yet there is a record that will ever stand,
.   but it’s not Ted Williams, and it’s not Stan the Man
.       don’t look to Tris Speaker, don’t bank on Pete Rose
. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â for this baseball record every ballplayer knows
.   belongs, yes it does, to another.
It’s not for stolen bases – though Oakland’s a believer
.   nor is it held by aces – like Gibson, Ford or Seaver
No, the sole baseball mark that will hold in every park
.   belongs to father, son, and brother.
The record that won’t break, held through highs and heartache,
is going seven-for-seven, every baseball season week
.   since 1911 – now that is quite a feat!
It’s keeping baseball alive since 1925.
It’s zero games missed since 1886.
It’s giving ballplayers a reason
.   to thrive in baseball season.
Yes, the only baseball record
.   that will maintain its stand
.       belongs to the beloved,
.           committed baseball fans!
Royals’ Playoff Hopes
by the Village Elliott
K.C.’s playoff hopes are alive,
But they ain’t Danced since ’85.’
.  While Bengals from Motown
.  Know how to get down,
Royals may need George Brett to arrive.