By Stuart Shea
Freed from the Oriole Way
Was Jake Arrietay
Came to Chicago to play
Did Jake Arrietay.
Mowed down hitters all day
Did Jake Arrietay
With a beard of sunburned hay
Did Jake Arrietay.
Imploring the Fates to Intercede on Behalf of the Baseball Fans of the North Side of Chicago
By Stuart Shea
Right by the lake,
The home of mistakes,
Wrigley Field, where fans make a din.
100 years old,
Stories untold,
Waiting for a World Series win.
Tickle this town!
Just one crown
Would make the old and young ones grin.
Will it be so?
Will we ever know
The joy of a winner
That feels just like sin?
Cubbies and Commies
by Hilary Barta
Sox slugger Abreu is hot
While the ugly-ass Cubbies are not
So much fun for the Hose
While the Cubs decompose
Is it drugs? Or a Communist plot?
Jose Abreu won both AL Player of the Month and AL Rookie of the Month for his record-breaking performance in April. He led the majors in HRs (10), RBIs (32), total bases and extra-base hits, and also set major league rookie records for each of those categories.
Birthday in the Park
by Tony Puma
The years fly by like “line drives.”
The “K’s” still haunt me and
the “RBI’s” are few in this
bottom-of-the-seventh game.
I try hard to even the score
with my lovable nemesis, Nature,
by tying the game and
going for extra innings.
Oh, yeah, I am up there swinging
in this twilight game.
Going for the fences,
and when I round third
and get Home, I will jump on it
with both feet.
Clown Question, Bro
By Stuart Shea
“Does Bryce Harper hustle?”
For what is this bustle?
Why are he and his manager in such a tussle?
“Does Bryce Harper hustle?”
Is he a Jack Russell?
Or is Matt Williams’ brainpan made solely of muscle?
Stu’s new book, Wrigley Field: The Long Life and Contentious Times of the Friendly Confines, is available now. Buy it today!