Reviving the Art of Baseball Doggerel
Counting: 15 out of 16 years past
to Yankee playoff possibility:
Pirates? Padres? The Indians, e.g.?
(the list of small- & medium-market
teams is as long as owners’ ledgers)
a dis-service to their fans:
So don’t argue:
That your team owners may be committed
to money to profit not to bases counted
or games won: to profit sharing:
& so much for quality & parity
Some teams are designed to contend
others merely to make money
Baseball baseball . . .
& who cares for wieners?
Mustard relish & steamed bun
In hand like on-going history
A snap! when bit
As play is done
(Best part of the “dog”)
Daily Bread
… for pitchers
Each at bat a little hill,
every pitch a battle.
The three-o count to cleanup or
the o-two waste pitch thrown to Mendoza:
both can hurt huge without good execution.
Every step along the path –
all the wins and all the losses;
all the games blown and saved –
remind wise men to pay close attention,
to work hard, and learn, and grow.
And try hard to always know the reason
when that hitter takes the bread out of your mouth.
Daily Bread
… for hitters
Each at bat a little hill,
every pitch a battle.
The three-o heat from the late-season call-up or
the o-two junk coming in from Cy Young:
both make you look foolish without good execution.
Every step along the path –
all the swings and all the misses;
all the doubles and all the K’s –
remind wise men to pay close attention,
to work hard, and learn, and grow.
And try hard to always know the reason
when that pitcher takes the bread out of your mouth.
Posted 9/13/10
Every day a rollercoaster–
Hope, despair, hope, despair.
Why do I bother to care?!?
If we win and they lose, it’s six games back.
Let’s go, men!
Who’s that #54 in the pen?
Is he gonna use that guy AGAIN?
I can’t believe we dropped that ball
On the warning track.
Now we’ll be seven games back.
We have to win no matter what
To have a chance…
And make that upcoming four-game set
Mean something more
Than just fan appreciation weekend
Sponsored by the electronics store.
So Portland says “Bye” to its Beavers.
Among diamond fans there are grievers.
Their park’s money stream
Brought a new soccer team
And a melon bounced by dusky divas.