Reviving the Art of Baseball Doggerel
Shohei Ohtani, a tip of the cap!
You hurl and you slug, a well-rounded chap.
Could it be the truth
That you’re the next Ruth?
If ’tis so, pray it’s minus the clap.
Michael X. Farraro is the author of the football satire, Circus Catch.
Detroit, you’ve got no Uptons left.
Justin’s long gone — of Kate, bereft.
Pray those front office moves are deft
Just like Verlander’s chin so cleft.
The Yankees are p.o.’d as heck
At the way the Red Sox use tech.
It’s plain wrong to steal signs
Using Interweb vines!
Or is it? asks Bill Belichick.
Michael X. Ferraro has gotten paid to come up with nicknames for Shaquille O’Neal, write sports rants for Dennis Miller, and generate outrageous tabloid fodder for the Weekly World News, among other, much crappier jobs. Check out his hilarious football satire, Circus Catch.Â
Rhys Hoskins has given us hope.
A Phils fan’s no longer a dope.
The more he goes yard,
The kid’s rookie card
Feels like it’s blessed by the Pope.
Yadi Molina was taken aback
He thought Nelson Cruz was up there to hack.
But the catcher got thrown by this request:
“Please snap a quick pic of me and Joe West.”
Nelson Cruz stopped the All-Star Game to pose for a photo with umpire Joe West
Yadi Molina: still catches, throws, hits,
But also could be the next (Annie) Liebowitz.