Pirates’ Lament

By Stu Shea

The high seas ain’t what they used to be.

We used to have Willie,

And Bobby Clemente,

And Bobby Bo, Andy, Jim Leyland, and Barry.

Now we have Nady,

And Tom Gorzelanny.

 

 

A Poem for Lou Piniella

Quite a fella,
That Lou Piniella.
He ain’t yella,
You can tella.

He joined the Cubs
To lead those scrubs
And prove past flubs
Were yesterday’s stubs.

A Herculean task?
Don’t even ask.
In last year’s grotesque,
They finished dead last.

But with Al Soriano
And Carlos Zambrano,
The team may be on to
A World Series, pronto.

And if the Cubs win
A World Series, then
The fans will have gin
Drenching their chins.

If not, then old Lou
Will have some ‘splainin’ to do,
Which he’ll probably do
With a meltdown or two.