This Will Get Baseball Fans Through the Next Month -3

1/28/2014

Click

One day soon, but not soon enough,
Weary of the vapid sitcoms
And offensive commercials
We will grab the clicker
And summon the Grand Kabuki
Of baseball.

A jittery old pitcher
Scuffing at the mound.
A kid we don’t know, pinch-hitting
For the first time in the majors.
Mutual insecurities
Banging up against each other.

We will be transfixed by this duel between strangers
And we will dump Carmelo chucking it up,
And snowboarders, and bad movies,
The stupidity of 800 channels.

As my friend Ford writes,
Sitting out the winter in coastal Virginia,
Reading Blake, waiting for AA ball:
Hang in there.

Altenir Silva

1/28/2014 11:13:38 am

My dear George,

I loved this poem. In the year of World Cup, my expectations are more in Yankees bullpen than the goals of Neymar. And the most amazing, I feel no guilt about it. I love baseball.

Regards - Altenir (from Copacabana - Rio - Brazil)

George Vecsey

1/29/2014 12:06:30 am

Caro Altenir: Desfrute de Copa do Mundo.
Os Yankees ainda vai jogar depois.
Meus regareds a tua família,
George

Altenir Silva

1/29/2014 11:09:21 am

Dear George,

I'm kidding... I'll enjoy the World Cup. But before that, we have the Super Bowl. With all due respect of the Manning's family, I will root for the Seatlle Seahawks.
Muito obrigado.
Forte abraço - Altenir

Brin Savin

1/28/2014 01:28:26 pm

William Blake, eh?

"On my American plains I feel the struggling afflictions
Endur'd by roots that writhe their arms into the nether deep."

And lo the Mets yet further sinketh
to lull their fans into eternal sleep.

George

1/29/2014 12:10:34 am

"The tigers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction."
Does that in any way apply to the poor Mets?
Whatever. I love to say it.
GV

Brian Savin

2/5/2014 11:46:41 am

Cool, touche. (I've been away awhile)

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