Reviving the Art of Baseball Doggerel
I didn’t feud with sportswriters
I didn’t make obscene gestures at fans
I didn’t marry an actress or movie star
I didn’t play in New York
If I’m remembered at all,
it is for my unusual peek-a-boo batting stance
But in hitting, as with many other things,
it’s not how you start but how you finish,
and I finished in the hitting position
often enough to have as much success
as just about anyone else has ever had.
I don’t think the new analytics
Would’ve helped Norm Cash worth a lick
For Killebrew, Mantle,
F. Robby and Randle,
A beer and a cig did the trick.
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— Baseball by BSmile (@BSmile) March 9, 2023
“Dale M for Murphy”
“The Lackey Vanishes”
“Strangers on a Traynor”
“The Man Who Knew Too Mauch”
“The Wong Man”
“Rear Wingo”
“Jotorious”
“Verdugo”
Steve Lyons
If I fouled one off of third, Bob,
Would you dodge the ball in time?
I’d hate to see you knocked out
And you know I’m not lyin’.
But if that liner gets you,
We could just stop this ol’ game
And start jammin’ in your carport
Maybe choose a catchy name
Gary’s warmin’ up on gittar —
Use Mr. Skinner for the name? —
Baseball’s cool, but this band’s better,
And this band you cannot change
Oh oh oh oh
And this band you cannot change
Oh oh oh oh
And this band you cannot change
(Until you leave) It cain’t change….
RIP Gary Rossington (1951-2023), original guitarist and last surviving member of Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Above: Ronnie Van Zant