Best Pennant Poems

Lines, Launch Angles and Curve Balls

The boys of summer 
Set up for a season of lines, launch angles and curve balls
With straight chalky lines leading to a field of dreams
Where line-ups keep the line moving 
On frozen ropes to climb the ladder into the catbird...

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Angels come

There she was when I was sad
Said cast her off your shoulder lad
The body comfort and the wine
She surely looked  sweet  and divine

We fit together just like spoons
And passion flowed till I did swoon
And later on she asked for more 
And I...

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A Chicago Cubs-Fan Prayer!
 In nomine patri et fili spiritu of Ron Santo
 Let us all give thanks for Ernie Banks
                       Let us...

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A Chicago Cubs-Fan Prayer Answered! 

In nomine patri et fili spiritu of Ron Santo!
Let us all give thanks for Ernie Banks! 

Let us play........, two! 

Our Father, who art in Wrigley Field
Hallowed be thy ivy covered Brickhouse walls! 
Thy new stadium will come, the owners...

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Half of the teams are headed to Florida.
The other half will journey to Arizona.
Yes fans, everybody can let out a cheer.
Another baseball spring training is here.
Pitchers and catchers report first to duty.
They are followed by the other players shortly.
It is just the beginning of a...

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Mr. Cub, take me out to the ballgame! 
 
                               A Chicago Cubs-Fan Prayer! 
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At Wrigley’s Field in Chicago
He bought two tickets, but struck out.
Barred from the game, with his pet,
“He stinks!”rang J. K.Wrigley’s shout.

At Sianis’ tavern across the way,
his pet, Murphy, was quite a hit.
But at the ball park, life turned sour;
they didn’t favor his goat one whit.

He...

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THE SIBYL

If sometimes I have waited on your word,
Do not forget there is an empire
Out to the east, where freedom is muffled,
Where the autonomous cry, the great discovery

Of a soul to itself, is labelled treason;
Tied to the west, where freedom’s pennant
Is torn and soiled like...

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The Senators felt it was time to leave DC.
They sought a new home in another part of the country.
No team had ever had such bad luck as this.
Their fans did not consider last-place finishes bliss.
These boys decided to move to St. Paul and Minneapolis.

Minnesota welcomed...

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Hurray" our national pastime has arrived,
Hot dogs, beer, peanuts, baseball is here, surprise'
Follow your favorite team, Yankees, Dodgers, Arizona, whoever,
Our nation loves this sport, probably it will go on forever.

Our national pastime starts with the fans,
Steroids finally addressed and put to rest, the drug use...

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I'd almost forgotten what we were like
so many thens, so many "do ya remembers" ago
the days fat with warm summer
dripping off golden smiles 
melting like wax in the sun

it was all just a race against time
each tick a heartbeat lost
each sunset crash'd like foaming waves

but...

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Villanelle : When countries slaughter maim who brands that homicide

When countries slaughter maim who brands that homicide
Proclaim citizens who kill under the patrie’s pennant heros
Permissible by far all things done to boost national pride

Killing for your god even to ward off a remark thought snide
Fellow...

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Two National League teams departed New York City
when the Dodgers and Giants left the vicinity.
Both teams went to California out on the West Coast.
The Big Apple was without a National League host.
An expansion four years later brought another team.
Newspaper editor Joan Payson fulfilled a dream.
Again,...

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WRITE YOUR OWN 
OBITUARY NOW
WHILE YOU CAN 
TELL IT ALL 
WITH A BIG 
FORWARD SPIN
LIKE A POLITICIAN 
OR A TIME SHARE  SALESMAN

ENGRAVE IT 
IN A MINIATURE FONT
ON A CHEAP PAINTED BLACK 
MINIATURE METAL PENNANT
WITH A CHEAP PAINTED BLACK
METAL CHAIN 
AND WEAR IT BOLDLY

LIKE A...

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For a team to compete in a pennant chase,
they need quality at first, second, and third base.
Players are needed that can hit and field.
Three more are required to complete the outfield.

To field line drives or grounders on the hop,
any team also needs a quality shortstop.
No...

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