by Jim Siergey
Big Klu
by James Finn Garner
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!
Hello, Goodbye
by James Finn Garner
Guardian Anthony Gose
Comes and goes
Goes and comes
Up and down I-71
Up to Cleveland
Down to Columbus
Too bad to keep
Too good to dump
Four times in a month
He’s been DFA’d,
Eerily close to Buddy Holly:
“Don’t Fade Away.”
MLB All-Triple-X-Rated Team
1B Jimmie Foxx
2B Xavier Edwards
SS Xander Bogaerts
3B Ollie Sax
LF Leovigildo Xiqués
CF Xavier Paul
RF Ox Eckhardt
C Poindexter Williams
LHP Xavier Cedeño
RHP Xzavion Curry, Kanekoa Texeira, Axel Lindstrom
MGR Dicta Johnson
Alex Bregman is very popular.
