By Fred Lovato
Mets at Citifield
facing elimanation
get amazin’ win
MLB All-Monster-Movie Team
1BÂ Â Vlad “Son of the Impaler” Guerrero, Jr.
2BÂ Â Charles Zomphier
SSÂ Â Justin “Franken” Stein
3BÂ Â Dave “King Kong” Kingman
LFÂ Â Jerry Mummy-phrey
CFÂ Â Coco Cryptkeeper
RFÂ Â Vlad “The Impaler” Guerrero
CÂ Â Baba-Duke Sims
PHÂ Â Nick Goulish
LHPÂ Â Freddie-Rick Kreuger, Mike “Michael” Myers
RHPÂ Â Full Moon Odom, Slick Castleman, Brad Pennywise
MGRÂ Â Chicken Wolfman
Illustration by Joltin’ Jim Seirgey
NLCS Game 3
by Fred Lovato
Hitherto silent
8th inning three-run home run
Shohei’s bat made noise
Fred Lovato is Bardball’s foreign correspondent based in Okinawa.
Wouldn’t Bet Against It
by James Finn Garner
With betting cash flooding in streams,
Could baseball Charlie Hustle redeem?
Likewise Shoeless Joe?
Tucupita Marcano?
The “good of the game” can play odds, it would seem.
Gavelanche
by Michael X. Ferraro
Sac Fly,
Sac Fly,
then Bye-Bye.
Aaron Judge has awoken.
The Bronx
fans let
out a sigh–
the cold bat’s once
again smokin’.
