Reviving the Art of Baseball Doggerel
1BÂ Â J.T. Snow
2BÂ Â Cupid Childs
SSÂ Â Dasher Troy
3BÂ Â Yuli Gurriel
LFÂ Â Cookie Rojas
CFÂ Â Jesus Alou
RFÂ Â Rob Deer
CÂ Â Â Jorge Posada
PHÂ Steve Christmas, Brett Carroll
RHPÂ Jon Garland, Dave Frost, Dick Pole
LHP Al Clauss, Jeff Holly, Don Rudolph
Mgr. Jolly Cholly Grimm
There are times I think Connie Mack
Might want to have his team back
To start a new term
With his “white pachyderm”
With the style Sacramento lacks.
1BÂ Â Frankinsence Howard
2BÂ Â Starlin Castro
SSÂ Â Cresh Davis
3BÂ Â King Kelly (1)
RFÂ Â Myrrh Throneberry
CFÂ Â Jesus Alou
LFÂ Â Dave Kingman (2)
CÂ Â Hank Camelli
DHÂ Â Babe Ruth
PÂ Â Michael King (3)
MGR  José MarÃa Fernández
Yes, baseball’s been played at the pole
‘Tis the craziest story yet tole.
The ball once in play
Could be live yesterday
Or tomorrow, whiche’er way it rolled.
Submariners from the ‘USS Seadragon’, playing the first ballgame at the North Pole, 1960.
“After surfacing and getting the submarine settled, one of the first tasks they undertook was the organization of the very first baseball game at the North Pole. But this was no ordinary game! The field was aligned with the pitcher’s mound as close to the North Pole as possible, which set up some really crazy situations:
If a batter hit a ‘homerun,’ he would circumnavigate the world as he rounded the bases;
If the ball was hit into right field, it flew into ‘tomorrow’;
A ball hit to left field remained in the same day, but if it was then thrown to first base it entered ‘tomorrow’;
If the right fielder caught a fly ball, he caught it the next day, which meant the batter could not be considered out for another 24 hours, but if the ball was caught as a line drive and thrown back towards second or third base, it was being thrown back into yesterday.”
Jean Willoz-Egnor, “Mariner’s Museum”
Officers/Chief Petty Officers that day lost to the Crew, 13-10.
Reposted by Jim Koenigsberger (@jimfrombaseball on Twitter)
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