Short Major League Poems

Opening Day
will be coming soon
who are you rooting for?...

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Phillies Triple-A
Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs
almost Major League...

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Dunkin Donuts
Major League Baseball
what are you running one?...

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Major League Baseball
used pink bats for Mothers' Day
they smacked the ball good...

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Baseball National Pastime 

bleeds red, white and blue
from soft catch to Major League
fanning sea to see


connie pachecho

3/15/17...

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The Commissioner of Baseball just issued a threat
  "This year we may not have major league ball."
     ~ As if Americans still care at all......

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Major League Baseball Manager, Dusty Baker.
He's a great character and a playmaker.
In San Francisco, a World Series loser.
In Houston, a World Series Winner....

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Major League Baseball announced there'll be no spitting during the game.

Lord have mercy!  Baseball without spitting will never again be the same!

(Kein spucken - German for "no spitting")...

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The incomparable Jackie Robinson 
       who wore "42" rose to prominence and...

broke the Major League Baseball color barrier
    In 1947, and had a 10-year All-Star career



Date written: 02/09/2021...

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Old Fauci was to throw out the first ball
Donald Trump wasn't invited at all --
  Doc said, "You catch me, OK?"
  Trump agreed, "Without delay!" --
Fauci's pitch hit Trump's abdominal wall  




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Note: MLB = Major League Baseball...

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The color of lemonade washing the sky—
Popsicle memories revive
Of  baseball connecting with ash wood, hit high
In an arcing, outfield drive.

Are summers forever?  Or only a day?
Moth-eaten , major-league hat…
December’s the umpire, miscalling the play,
And there’s ice on my Louisville bat....

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In baseball, this is something we rarely see.
An infielder without any help puts out all three.
He catches the line drive, and steps on second base;
then he tags out the runner at first in a chase.
It's happened only fifteen times in major league history.
I saw it occur in a Phillies game in 1990.
The player who did it was named Mickey Morandini.
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His mother is from Japan. 
His father is from Iran.
A great baseball pitcher in Japan,
many over there consider him “The Man”.
What’s this latest news I hear?
Major League Baseball wants to import him over here?
Well, here’s a little bit of foreign intrigue.
They want to pry him loose from the Japanese League.
A few teams are interested in his services over here.
The price to acquire him will be quite dear.
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unbelievable
     last ball game he’d ever see
          grand slam ball for dad








Took my dad to a Yankees vs Texas Rangers game
Grand slam home run  
to tie up the game
I caught the ball and gave it to my dad.  
He passed away before the next season started
That was the last game we ever saw together.
The only Major League game he ever saw.
It was a dream of his.
He was astatic when I caught the ball....

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Yogi Berra, the Greatest Sage
Of Major League Baseball's Golden Age

   Yogi said, "The future ain't what it used to be."
   'Cos when Berra died ~
       ~ They broke the mold and buried the key




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A few more 'Yogi-isms' to marvel at:
  . When you come to a fork in the road, take it.
  . I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous.
  . No matter where you go, there you are....

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Barry Bonds Witchhunt cons

Sold out tickets make owners fond 

Money bags Pennant flags

Baseball's back

On Spots Illustrated mags 

Homerun chase

Time to contemplate

Adoring fans now say Your a National Disgrace

Commissioner too

Crying the Public Boo-Hoo 

Used the breaking of Aaron's record 

To advertise the brew

No more dough Let's dull the glow

On this sordid Major League Baseball 

Hypocrites Sideshow...

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The crack of the bat
  but no crackerjacks
The game we held dear
  without a beer or a cheer

The ball sails into the stands
  where it's empty of fans
Radios pick up the players talk
  and their cleats as they walk

The 'boys in the booth'
  may not be long in the tooth
Yet once-exciting plays
  just don't thrill or amaze

"The runner slides into home!" --
  where we watch all alone
Sigh... The 'old ball game'
  ~ is just not the same...

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Mr. Sandberg has a very impressive claim:
He is a member of Major League Baseball’s Hall of Fame.
Ryne put together an impressive playing career a little while ago.
He was the second baseman all Wrigley Field fans would know.
Ryne is now managing the Iron Pigs from Lehigh Valley.
The play of this minor league team has impressed me.
They are playing quality baseball that appears quite fine.
In a large measure, they all have to thank Ryne.
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Moses Fleetwood
Him and his brother first African American
 To play in Major League Baseball
Rejected by the white citizens and players
Wanted to play continual for the Majors
Left and played for the minor leagues
Opened later an Opera House and started a newspaper
Moses Fleetwood Walker headstone on his grave read
“First Black Major League Baseball player in U.S.A.
Walker


6/15/2022
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. ©2022...

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Spring training has started for Major League teams.
Games will be played on all the fields of dreams.
There are thirty Major League teams in all.
They represent big cities of our nation in baseball.
Half of the clubs travel to sites in Florida,
The other half travel west to play in Arizona.
One hundred and sixty-two games played from April to September.
Two teams will make it to the World Series in October.
There will be many baseball moments to remember.
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Your major league career started in Cincinnati.
Some years later, it ended in Kansas City.
You played every position, but primarily second base.
Many seasons involved a pennant chase.
Not many knew your real name was Octavio.
The nickname “Cookie” is the one we would know.
You came a long way from your origins in Cuba.
Your had your best seasons while playing for Philadelphia.
As a player and later a coach, you could do it all.
In your time, you were an asset to baseball.
...

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