by Stephen Jones
Latest proposal:
76-game season
And prorated pay
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You know what:
No one’s meeting halfway.
The State of MLB
by Stephen Jones
Players, owners — neither side talking.
Each entrenched in a far-away dugout
Of their own making, where “negotiation”
Is all about stubborn posture, about
“I’m not listening”, and is a joke
More like gum on the bottom of my shoe.
This Day
by Stephen Jones
It’s 1967,
A spring day
Mickey Mantle steps up
And hits it deep
It’s a home run,
Number 500
The Tree of Stealing
by Stephen Jones
I came to an open clearing,
In a Lone Star land known as
Home to the Houston Astros.
Here, the Tree of Stealing,
Its limbs covered with the signs
Of other teams, did grow.
The Nats-Astros World Series
by Stephen Jones
This World Series is done,
And how was it won?
As Willie Nelson had sung —
“On the Road Again.”