by Stephen Jones
You have Brewers/Cubs
And you have Dodgers/Rockies
Season’s end extras
Playoff My Last Nerve
by Hilary Barta
Two playoffs to see who’s the best
One game decides East, one the West
Statistical parity
Or sadistic hilarity?
A maniac deity’s jest?
Fit to Be Tied
by Raphael Badagliacca
Can a wild card get any wilder?
Can a tie be tied in more knots than this?
That a game of inches becomes the reason
Four teams get the chance to play
Another game of inches
To win or lose a season?
Winners and Loaizas
by Hilary Barta
News Item: Former All-Star Estaban Loaiza To Plead Guilty in Felony Drug Case
An ex-pitcher arrested for coke
Once was rich, but confesses he’s broke
Played a sport with the skill
To earn 43 mill
Life’s a bitch; so invest, you jamoke.
All-Star Clerihews
Corey Kluber
Ain’t such a goober
As to respond to missives
From Nigerian princes.
Ross Stripling
Loves his Rudyard Kipling.
After arguing with umpires,
He enjoys stories of empire.
Alex Bregman
Claims he is the Eggman,
But we all know Elvis Andrus
Is the Walroos.
Mookie Betts
Is as good as it gets
At patiently giving curves a look-see,
and also at being named Mookie.