by Sandy Koufax
People
who write about
spring training
not
being necessary
have never
tried
to throw
a baseball.
Spring Training
700 Million Reasons to Be Cheerful
by Fred Lovato
No worries, Shohei
you won free agent jackpot
bank account’s healthy
Fred reports from Okinawa: “TV shows are already reporting from Dodgers’ training camp about Shohei’s every move.”
Au Revoir, Dusty
Au revoir, Dusty
In you did we trusty
Smart, passionate, steady
Toothpick at the ready
Giant, Astro, Dodger, Cub
You always improved a club
You have nothing more to prove
And lots of grandchildren to love
Raise a glass of Baker Wine
And celebrate the good times.
Dodger Blues
by Rajesh C. Oza
In memory of Louise Glück, 1943-2023, winner of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature
When Louise was born,
The Dodgers were in Brooklyn.
Before Jackie, a name for the ages,
There were other colorful monikers:
Arky, Augie, and Billy;
Dixie, Mickey, and Frenchy.
This was more than a decade before
Campy, Jackie, Pee Wee, and Sandy
Won the World Series.
This was decades before
Clayton’s Los Azure dreams
Died with Louise’s laments into oblivion,
A pain salved with rebirth in Spring:
“You who do not remember
passage from the other world
I tell you I could speak again: whatever
returns from oblivion returns
to find a voice:
from the center of my life came
a great fountain, deep blue
shadows on azure sea water.”
(Referencing Glück’s “Wild Iris”)
NLDS Haiku
by @DodgersHaiku1
10/7/23
Dodgers 2 D’backs 11
That was no Outman
Kersh yields six runs in one-third
Of an inning. Shock
10/9/23
D’backs 4 Dodgers 2
Another short start
And quiet Dodgers offense
Spells doom. O and 2
10/11/23
Dodgers 2 D’Backs 4
Lance Lynn’s house special
Homeruns. Served it up four times
Dodgers stunned by Snakes