Mike MacDougal

by Stu Shea

 

The Royals were frugal

And traded Mike MacDougal.

Chicago now employs him–

He turns ballgames into kugel.

On The Cubs’ Bullpen

by Stu Shea


Some folks take a pill for relief,

But Piniella’s relief

Makes him feel like a pill.


When Howry and Eyre let it loose,

Sweet Lou turns chartreuse

When he looks toward the hill.


It’s just a bad Ohman to see

The rookie, Cherry,

Looking in for the sign.


They’re going from bad to Wuertz,

And watching them hurts

With the game on the line.


A Poem for Lou Piniella

Quite a fella,
That Lou Piniella.
He ain’t yella,
You can tella.

He joined the Cubs
To lead those scrubs
And prove past flubs
Were yesterday’s stubs.

A Herculean task?
Don’t even ask.
In last year’s grotesque,
They finished dead last.

But with Al Soriano
And Carlos Zambrano,
The team may be on to
A World Series, pronto.

And if the Cubs win
A World Series, then
The fans will have gin
Drenching their chins.

If not, then old Lou
Will have some ‘splainin’ to do,
Which he’ll probably do
With a meltdown or two.