by Hilary Barta
Golden leaves on October winds blow
And relievers don’t know how to throw
Can Kyle Hendricks complete?
Will they send in red meat?
How I grieve for the bullpen of woe.
Deja P.U.
by Hilary Barta
An unhappy, recurring motif
Is the crappy Cubs middle relief
With the pitching this weak
If they can’t fix the leak
Then the Champ’s repeat bid will be brief.
Walk Off
https://youtu.be/gALPWW9QByQ
No doubt the Cubs pen is undermanned
A slight kink in Theo’s master plan
We all have heard the “Spahn-Sain-rain” trope
Now it’s “Edwards, Strop and give up hope”
So Maddon chose to call up Lack
(Keeping Davis in deep freeze?)
Bad choice, too late to take it back
Turner crushes it to Los Feliz
Walk off
Walk off
Walk off
Walk off…
La La Land
by Hilary Barta
If today they seem aimless and murky
And their play in the game less than perky
The Cubs’ flight went astray
Wasn’t right to LA
I say we should blame Albuquerque.
A Fistful of Dodgers
by James Finn Garner
The play of Bellinger
Is very telling, sir.
These Bums are eager
To, with Cody and Segar,
Ride youth to the end.
Oh, and also spend spend spend spend spend.