by The Village Elliott
Wild card teams took each league’s gonfalon,
Both the Giants and Royals now play on,
.    Well-matched World Series picks,
.    Think they’ll split the first six,
Best team wins seventh Game marathon.
From the Back of the Room
by Stephen Jones
Hey, know-all’s — you once confidently said
The World Series this year is for the birds.
But surprise . . . your Cardinals and Orioles
Have flown south in avian farewell.
You may analyse ’til you are blue,
But that old adage, it still holds true:
Pitching, not hitting, wins in postseason.
The Giants, the Royals have this in legion.
Tweet, Tweet
by Jim Siergey
Excuse me for writing these words
but something like this can emerge.
If Giants are felled
and Royals are quelled,
this series will be … for the birds.
A Curmudgeonly Rant
by Jim Siergey
The Series, according to Hoyle,
should not contain Giant or Royal.
No “Wild Card” should be
in this pageantry–
to baseball tradition I’m loyal!
Jim Siergey can often be found in the electronic pages of The Third City.
Free Fall Blue Moon
by The Village Elliott
Since the A’s, with late season swoon
(Cross-Bay rival Jints, started in June,
.    Lately stopped their free fall),
.    Have backs up against wall,
Next Bay Bridge Series due on Blue Moon.