Monday, October 11, 2010

OCTOBER'S SAD LEXICON


After Franklin P. Adams' Baseball's Sad Lexicon, I give you a version for recent Octobers:


These are the saddest of possible words,

“Rivera now pitching the ninth.”

A flurry of fastballs thrown straight that then swerve,

“Rivera now pitching the ninth.”

Ruthlessly turning a comeback to rubble,

With control that is epic and makes the mind boggle,

A pitch that is heavy and nothing but trouble,

“Rivera now pitching the ninth.”

[with apologies to the Twins]