Best Ballplayers Poems

Early one morning a group of rookie's and veteran's ballplayers emerge onto the prac-
tice field destine to began an grueling season of hardwork and a dedication to an common-
goal of Superiority.  They come out of the locker room after the coach has given assign-
ment's...

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I remember as 
   a kid 
my mother gave my copy 
   of Frank Waldman's 
"Bonus Pitcher" 
     to the school book fair 
I had to buy it back
   for a quarter 
  ...

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I remember 
    as a  kid 
that my mother gave my copy of Frank Waldman's "Bonus Pitcher" to the book fair
   I had to buy it back for a quarter 
   The book told the tale 
...

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Is there a reason why all ballplayers spit
Can they get to the majors, if a spittoon the can't hit
Twenty paces while chawing
On tabaccy while jawing
At the ump, methinks it's likely tradition I submit


© Jack Ellison 2015...

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A nice, pretty Jewish woman 
told me a while back 
that she thought Basketball was for Black people 
   What she didn't realize is that it used to be called 
"The Jewish Game".  
I passed through a period as a youth when...

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The American Morning

We ride smoothly, deliberately, in this old cruising caravan,
Across the ancient American avenues and boulevards, 
Of the once living, and now, the finally dead, 
Of the once famous, and now, the finally forgotten;
Of tattooed memories applied in the American morning, cooking
In the back...

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Well today I find myself stretching again

Passed tests trials and wicked heart men

Playing games on courts

Who me no door

Shuts close with no reason

Freedom comes in season

Time gains its now

Hope despair somehow

Catches up with lost time

Almost lost the mind

Sandy winds in eyes

Differently to cry

Tears of joy...

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In the land of fairies and gnomes
Was a gnome often seen on the phone
And an up to date fairy
With armpits quite hairy
Like all ballplayers were spit prone...

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I watched as the Mets slammed the opposition 10 -2 
Been a fan for years
Played catcher for a little while as a kid
Watching sports is a great way to take your mind off
The terrible things we see in the news
Make a little money from writing
and...

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Is there a reason why all ballplayers spit
Can they get to the majors, if a spittoon they can't hit
Twenty paces while chawing
On tobaccy, while jawing
At the ump, methinks its likely tradition, I submit...

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I must say 
that there have been 
terrible things in the news
     But one can escape the horrors
By reading a good book 
Or by watching baseball 
That great American pastime
I take pride in Jewish ballplayers 
and I take pride in being...

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