Can't Hit, Some Field A shortstop sunk deep in a slump Avoided the label of chump By keeping his eye On a Texas League fly Which he snagged at the top of its hump.   Agent of His Own Undoing An athlete with ponderous glands Was furtively shifting his hands, Disgusting himself By adjusting himself In front of the left field stands. –EFQ

JERRY DORBIN lives in Santa Fé, New Mexico, and writes light verse. His account of a 730-foot home run appeared in the Winter issue of EFQ.

© 2001 Jerry Dorbin

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