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This Year’s Departures

by James Finn Garner

The season is done, the jocks are stored
Only two teams are left on the board
Let’s pause now, while for Friday we wait,
And salute the retirements of a few greats.

Pujols hit his 700th for the Cards
And now will have time to work on his yard.

Bosox and Cubs champ Jon Lester
Now is an official hammock tester.

Music lover Kurt Suzuki
Can learn the banjo or bouzouki

After the majors, Ádrian González played on
But after this year, A-Gon done gone.

Melky Cabrera, the man and the myth,
Will star in community theater: “The Melkman Cometh.”

And if anyone’s  looking for J.A. Happ,
He’s out on the patio, taking a nap.

 

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For Whom the Cracked Bell Tolls

By Michael X. Ferraro

Schwarbombs explode over
Broad Street at night.
Topper plays hunches–
they’re usually right.

Wheeler flings filth and
Nola, confusion.
For Segura, the strike zone’s
just an illusion.

Stott and Bohm swing in
a daycare of fun.
Realmuto’s got jets
and one golden gun.

Jose breaks a hundy,
and Seranthony, too.
Those bat flips of Hoskins
fire up the whole crew.

That brings us to Harper,
the Philly headliner,
who stirs more than the drink —
he’s the whole damn diner.

Michael X. Ferraro is a lifelong Phillies fan and the author of Tased and Amused, a baseball poetry recap of the 2010 MLB season, along with Circus Catch, the funniest football novel since Moby-Dick Butkus.

 

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New Legends of the Fall

by James Finn Garner

On a beautiful weekend in fall
As everyone broke out their sweaters
And watched colored leaves in thrall
Of the passage of time and the weather

A few teams still played baseball
Underdogs showed up and played better
The Braves, Bums and Mets hit the wall
While the Pods and Phils raced for the cheddar.

Get set for the stories that bawl
About TV ratings — “could be better!”
Ignore this predictable squall
And enjoy the seasonal splendor.

Baseball – Fall Classic
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The Summer Game

by Doug Fahrendorff

Baseball
Seventy years a fan
And counting
From the “Whiz Kids”
To the “Brew Crew”
Following the boys of summer
Enjoying the timeless flow
Of the game
The perfect way to spend
A summer afternoon