Brown’s Derby
by Michael X. Ferraro
When Dominic Brown uncoils like a snake
of his intent there can be little doubt.
In May he took ZERO free passes,
but walloped a dozen balls out.
So the Philly fans rise as one
when the lanky kid takes a cut.
It’s only a .500 year so far,
and yet, and but, and but . . .
ITEM: ADRIAN GONZALEZ ENDORSES YASIEL PUIG FOR FINAL ALL-STAR SPOT
By Stuart Shea
A-Gon said to Yasiel Puig,
“Go to the game! You’ll be glad you did.
You can have fun and hang with the guys,
And I’ll spend time with my wife and kid.”
Rounding Third
by Paul Kocak
I could do that
Tap my glove
Gallop hat’s off
Horizon bound
Basket catch twirl homeward
I could do that
I all but said to the strangers
In the park
All shiny youth
On my sunset stroll
I could do that
If you only knew
In my dreams
Of Technicolor yesterday
Long gone
Rounding third
Paul Kocak is the author of Baseball’s Starry Night: Reliving Major League Baseball’s 2011 Wild Card Night of Shock and Awe, which Doris Kearns Goodwin called “a magical book about a magical night.” He followed this with World Serious: One San Francisco Giants Fan’s 2012 Pilgrimage.
“The Baseball Song” by Corey Smith