Reviving the Art of Baseball Doggerel
By Stuart Shea Wild Bill Hagy was an Orioles fan, Looked like most any other big man, Belly hanging low over loose blue jeans, Full of cold beer and likewise of beans. Back in the days ‘fore Camden Yards, When the orange-clad O’s held all the cards, Wild Bill Hagy was a half-crazed horse Who …
“Spring Brings Baseball, and Its Bards, to Life” RICK KOGAN OF THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE GIVES BARDBALL A SHOUT-OUT April 12, 2015:Â Examining the age-old connection between writing and baseball, Friend of Bardball and veteran Windy City newsman Rick Kogan talked to us about whether we’ve ever been surprised at the quantity or quality of …
BARDBALL wants to resurrect the connection between baseball and poetry, between the love of the game and love of language. A century ago, most baseball columnists regularly published poems in the paper about the players, the personalities, the action and the game itself. “Casey at the Bat” might not be Shakespeare, but if Shakespeare were alive …
By Stuart Shea BRAVES No Glavine. No Smoltz. “Chipper” Jones no longer is. Where has my youth gone? . MARLINS If a ball club plays In an empty stadium Does anyone hear? . METS A pleasant spring, but No Reyes of sun for the Mets. FBI? Thyroid? . PHILLIES Is this an old team? Well, …
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by Stu Shea . No matter how good Or no matter how much, We all know that know A-Rod can’t hit in the clutch. Ignore how he’s gotten The Yanks out of dutch. The guys say that A-Rod can’t hit in the clutch. They’ll wave their statistics And say such and such, But we know …