Reviving the Art of Baseball Doggerel
Each year as they’re breaking apart
the Cubs wake an ache in my heart
.   The shame of a fan
.   of a lame also-ran
who’ve raised the mistake to an art
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In the stands the fans stick to their seats,
watching batter turn red as a beet.
.    Jersey clinging, he schvitzes
.    He swings and he misses
The pitcher is bringing the heat.
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To the bleachers a finger was pointed
With a homer the Babe was anointed
.   The fat patron saint
.   of a lack of restraint
His appetite came double-jointed.
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by Hilary Barta
The Cubs and the Sox have done battle
The fans cheered their ‘siders like cattle
.    But the final at bat
.    Felt tiny and flat,
As A.J. gave up the death rattle
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This season the Cubbies are ghastly.
The team’s overpaid something vastly.
.    Against ne’er -do-well clubs,
.    these error-prone schlubs
are beaten so bad they’ll end lastly.
The Cub fan deserves our attention.
Their club’s always out of contention.
.    Yet they patiently cheer
.    as they wait til next year.
What they need is a team intervention.
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