Reviving the Art of Baseball Doggerel
1B David Justice
2B Jury-ckson Profar
SS Joe Sargent
3B Ernie Courtney
LF Barrister Bonds
CF Lave Cross
RF Aaron Judge
C Josh Lex
RHP Derek Law, Jailen Peguero
LHP Ryan Sherriff, John Courtright
Relief RHP Cameron Jury
MGR Tom Lawless
As the sun sinks low over East Bay,
We savor the memories of when they’d play,
That team from Oakland in yellow and green
And some of the greatest we’ve ever seen.
Leading off, of course, the immortal Rickey,
Powerful, swift, determined, tricky,
Then lanky, mustachioed Rollie, and who
Can forget Catfish and Vida Blue?
Campy Campaneris and Sal Bando
Thrilled the nascent East Bay fandom
The Swingin’ A’s and Charley O
Kept things jumping, three rings in a row.
Dave Stewart, imposing on the mound,
And Reggie Jackson! Too big for this town
Dennis Eckersley, Jason Giambi,
Dwayne Murphy, Joe Rudi, Rick Monday
A franchise always hurting for cash
Still grew Bob Welch and the Brothers of Bash
And a World Series paused by an earthquake?
These are the things that diehards make.
Rowdy! Joyous! Full-bore! . . . Buzzed?
They didn’t always win, but then who does?
For a snapshot of what it means to be an Oakland A’s fan, check out this article from the SF Chronicle, which is also posting an oral history with players from different eras of the team.
On the 19th of September,
Ohtani gave to me…
10 RBIs
6 total hits
5 extra bases
4 runs scored
3 home runs
2 stolen bases
1 playoff berth
And the founding the 50-50 Club!
If you would have told me
we were going to end up
flirting with the record,
I would have been
a little surprised.
Now if you would have told me
prior to the year
that we would have ended up
with over 100 losses,
105,
110,
I wouldn’t have been
as surprised.
When Leo the Lip tried to name
The five strongest bats in the game
He omitted Ted Klu
Hinted he lived in the zoo
Human being? He’s not quite the same.
When Hall of Fame manager Leo Durocher was once asked by a writer to name five of the strongest players in baseball, he complied. However, when the writer pointed out that he’d left Ted Kluszewski off the list, Durocher huffed and said, “Kluszewski? I’m talking about human beings!” Happy 100th birthday, Big Klu!
