Tough times for a young team
pitches miss by ever so much, flatly
fly balls land just beyond outstretched
gloves, misjudged blunders run
faster than caught baserunners
batters take down the middle,
and ever fewer score in fizzled,
wilted games away from home
as remaining days dwindle
from months to weeks,
innings mount, seasons move,
bats clatter for the other team,
four or five outs given in the field
lead our boys away from first place
away from October games
back to our old baseball dreams
for newer, fresher arms, greater
acuities, preparedness, being
placed in slowed down moments
when youth plays young and old
both, on grass, in the field
and so on…