Reviving the Art of Baseball Doggerel
Can you hear me now?
I won’t be deterred.
Can you hear me now?
I’m going for third.
Can you hear me now?
I’m sliding headfirst.
Can you hear me now?!
Dropped calls are the worst.
Pirates INF Castro’s phone slips out during slide, apologizes for mistake
Jose Abreu
DJ LaMahieu
And Hyun-Jin Ryu
Are my first triple-header All-Star clerihew!
Ketel Marte
Is a portable partay!
He’ll enjoy your booze
Whatever brand of vodka you choose
Jake Odorizzi
Better take it easy
And resist all that’s there to seduce and shock
On Cleveland’s red-light block.
Paul DeJong
Wears a lucky spangled thong
When the Cards are on a winning streak–
That guy’s a SuperFreak!
Jarrod Dyson led off, hit one out.
Then Marte joined the party of clout.
Peralta, up next, also bat-flexed
en route to the most homer-filled rout.
The Diamondbacks outslugged the Phillies on Monday night, and both teams set an MLB home run record in the process.
Northside and Southside
Always a sight to see
Memories of Barrett,
Zambrano and of course Ozzie.
The Sox are hot
beating Cleveland in extras
The day before,
While the Cubs were trampled
By the D’backs
Looking like they need some more…
Now Quintana stands up
To face off his ex-team.
Can the Cubs pump it up
And gather some steam?
A player named Socrates Brito
Spent a couple of years out in Reno
He hit well with wood
And desired the good
But lost his free will at a casino
Keith Law is the author of Smart Baseball. He originally posted this limerick to Twitter @keithlaw .