TRY, TRY AGAIN

You used to be a pitcher but you found the strike zone
As elusive as a fish you reach for as it swims away:
Try another way!
You are a natural right-handed hitter but the company
You keep as you swing and miss is south of the Mendoza Line:
Try another way!
You charge balls beat into the ground and your heart
Pounds as you bend, reach and come up empty-handed:
Try another way!
You want to steal a base to show your value and you plan it
Out and wait for the off-speed pitch but you are always out:
Try another way!
You know the batter is a sucker for a pitch high and in
But when you try, the ball goes sailing to the backstop:
Try another way!
You are a good right fielder with a great jump and a
Rifle throwing arm that Colavito would be jealous of
But your accuracy makes one question your sobriety:
Try another way!
Baseball is a game of on-the-fly adjustments and
Analyses and observations and goals to reach and
Determination and exoneration and if you can’t see that:
Try another game!