*'They go together/ in the good ol' USA/ baseball 'n' hot dogs/ apple pie 'n' Chevrolet'*
- ad jingle
Stolen bases, stolen signs, 'cheating toward
second, ' spit-
ball scuffing emoryboard Vaseline and
glancing back at the catcher's fingers & from John
McGraw's curled finger
hangs the belt most lately associated w/ the
waist of the runner taggin'-up @3rd, as easy as deceiving an
ump by cutting
short of second base or breaking a treaty, none of it
sudden out of
left field &
all the while the
old concerns:
team (that invests so much)
city (that depends so much)
bettor 'n' family...
Human Growth Hormone, corporate tax
breaks, Juiced
balls, dead balls, muddy base paths, the hit-and-
run, in the age of Botox
Rogaine & Cialis, Diamond
Traditions, going,
going,
gone Hi-
Tech, &
They go together,
in the land of Pros and Cons
big bucks 'n' hot doggin',
humble pie & Barry Bonds.
Cretan Maineiac
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