Ouch! That’s Gotta’ Hurt Poem by Joe Rosochacki

C’mon guys its spring training!
Shelley Duncan about circumcise
Akinori Iwamuri.
Shelley’s spikes were as sharp as a Samurai Sword,
If not then a couple of Ginsu knives,
(it slices, it dices)
Not really, but it made a dramatic color commentary
What a surprise! (Anyone care for Sushi? Never mind.)
To nailed in groin by spikes worn by a Shelley.
It’s an election year so all things are possible.
“Bonsai” said Duncan,
As drove the spikes into Akinori Iwamuri tree that must’ve felt limp.
Duncan was ejected from the game,
Duncan was probably acting in retaliation,
But in elation.

(3-13-2008)

(Shelley Duncan's hard slide into second base with his spikes raised sparked a bench-clearing scrum that resulted in two players and two coaches being ejected during the second inning of Tampa Bay's 7-6 victory.

Duncan, who had hinted at the prospect of retaliating for the Rays' Elliot Johnson barreling over New York catcher Francisco Cervelli last Saturday, spiked second baseman Akinori Iwamura in the right thigh and was immediately tossed.)