by Jim Siergey
What Passes for Excitement
by James Finn Garner
They’re getting pumped in Motown
For the torrid Wild Card race!
If they rack up division wins,
They’ll surge up to second place
Enough to struggle in October
By God’s and Minnesota’s grace,
And clear the stench of summer
Unless they fall on their whiskered face.
“Pop Fly”
by Justin Roberts
Multi-Grammy Award nominee, and personal friend of Bardball!
Intentional Walk
by R. Gerry Fabian
It is a pure sign of respect.
Yet a gamble that must be calculated.
The number of outs;
where the runners are;
is first base open?
Who is up next?
Is his bat hot?
Does he thrive in these situations?
The manager makes the decision
and carries
the consequences
long into the late night.
R. Gerry Fabian is the author of three novels and four books of poetry. His latest book of poems, Ball On The Mound, is a collection of original baseball poems, available at Amazon.
An Old(ish) Guy’s Lament
by Fred Lovato
Those days of my youth
when starters lasted seven
seem so far away