Reviving the Art of Baseball Doggerel
Between now and then
Suspended in time
Before the first pitch
A gnawing itch
A nervous tic
Between toss and take
Throw and swing
Stand Mr. and Mrs. History
Waiting to declare
Victory or defeat
Win or loss
Destiny vs. legacy
Giants or Dodgers
Batter up, ye immortals!
Shades of Stu Miller
Candlestick wind
Rippling hope and doubt
Both Scherzer and Wood
Toe to toe
Arm to arm
Right to left
Like Ali-Frazier
Foreman-Ali
A knockout blow
Blowin’ in the wind
Scherzo sonata
Longoria’s aria
Echo of Game 162
Heroes sung and unsung
Singing alive alive oh
One to nothing
This one’s for you
Willie and the vets
Saved by Doval
Cool as a dove
Giants win
Dodgers lose
Lux chapfallen
Freeze-frame it
It’s a wrap
When you paint your masterpiece
Monsieur Gauguin Webb
We will be in Thrall
Utah or parts unknown
As well as in Awe
Wowed by the sweep
Of your slider
Biting off batter’s swings
Showing that swagger
Shades of Lincecum
And his immortal
F*ck yeah
To the world
And to the Kingdom of Doubt
Strutting off the mound
En route to Victoryland
Logan Webb fumbled once with his hand
Yet the rest of his night was outstand.
Buster barrelled Bueller
Kapler’s crew was cooler
and the Dodgers got straight up San Franned.
Michael X. Ferraro is the author of CIRCUS CATCH and TASED & AMUSED: The Shocking Poetic Recap of the 2010 MLB Season.
Pitch me, says the movie mogul.
Walk-off homer, I nervously gargle.
Bah, been done before. New twist?
Actually rare? But I get your gist…
Come-from-behind Cinderella tale?
More like a team that shouldn’t fail.
Scrappy underdogs? Ragtag bunch?
Favorites from way back in March…
So who’s next up? These “Giant” guys.
That squad can actually surprise.
It’s a mess! Disaster! Optics all wrong!
Not if framed like: Godzilla vs. Kong.
Okay, green light! You’re in luck,
But you’ll need star power–get that Joe Buck.