Baseball

It’s Time for October Ball!

/ Greg Asimakoupoulos
Here comes the Judge with a bat instead of a gavel.

At last it is October Ball
when the Boys of Summer shine.
Forget what happened back last spring.
The Fall means playoff time!

The Judge is ready to hold court.
His Yankees are in tow.
And then there is that Mariner
whose name is Julio.

This is the very time of year
when baseball fans appear
who for six months were MIA
but now are perched to cheer.

Excitement builds. The Series waits!
But what two teams will play?
October Ball will find us hooked
as we watch day-by-day.

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Going, Going, Gone!

/ Greg Asimakoupoulos
Vin Scully, the beloved Dodgers play-by-play announcer waves goodbye

Dodger Blue is feeling blue. 
The broadcast booth is dark.
The man who brought the game to life
has sadly left the park.

He rounded third on Tuesday night  
and safely slid in home.
His well-lived life brought joy to ours.
But now we feel alone.

The prince of play-by-play has died.
Vin Scully has moved on.
That warm and winsome voice we loved 
is going, going, gone!

Peace to his memory!