Pitchers and Catchers Report Poem - 2024

[John Bonnes]

Baseball's Joyful Lexicon (with apologies to Franklin Pierce Adams)

Four little words make our hearts soar:
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Postseason wins! As Target Field roared!
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A phrase that's as sweet as Royce Lewis's swing
Like Hornsby we stared out the window for spring
Our goal's been reset to a championship ring!
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But no TV deal meant slashed payroll hell 
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No chance to sign a Montgomery or Snell
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We wished "best of luck" to ace Sonny Gray
Detroit gave Maeda his deserved payday
The hardest "Bye-bye" was to Hip-hip Jorge
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So now we say "hi" to several new faces
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So many new arms in the bullpen's eight spaces!
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Okert, Staumont, Topa, and Jackson
A DeSclafani joins in the action
Carlos Santana's bat? 🎵 It's a hot one! 🎵
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But also returning are all of those
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Who swept the Blue Jays, drew blood from the 'Stros
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Pablo and Duran, Ryan and Jax,
Buxton, Lewis, Correa & Max
AL Central, prepare for attacks!
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Finally, you take your turn as poet
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Channel your winter frustration and show it
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The comments below are a great place to bleat
Two tens and three ‘levens provide you the beat
(But add words wherever, if, like me, you cheat).
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[IndianaTwin]

Rones are red,
Violets are blue.
White Sox suck,
That’s all that comes through.

[VivaBomboRivera!]

The Roger Angell of Hammond Field, Ladies and Gentlemen!

[Schmoeman5]

HD Thoreau couldn't have wrote any finer than that. Hoping for pitches to miss  that bat. Pitchers and catchers report.