by James Finn Garner
Dear knowledgeable fans of Detroit:
Your powers I’d like to exploit.
With your linguistic skills so adroit,
Can you tell us how to pronounce Benoit?
Reviving the Art of Baseball Doggerel
Reviving the Art of Baseball Doggerel
Dear knowledgeable fans of Detroit:
Your powers I’d like to exploit.
With your linguistic skills so adroit,
Can you tell us how to pronounce Benoit?
Quickly, like AJ Foyt?
Or like one Wilhelm, Hoyt
As in “— balls”, and I don’t mean ‘base’.