Jim Yerman Baseball Poems

May we be blessed to acknowledge all the wonders in our life
that have, for us, thus far accrued…
and to begin each day with a word of thanks…
and thoughts of gratitude.
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His father loved baseball…he watched his favorite team religiously…
"It's a lot like life." He'd say. "Come and watch a game with me."

"When it's your turn to bat, " he' said, "when you step up to the plate…
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BASEBALL

Walking by an empty stadium I was reminded the other day
of when we took our children to the ball park to watch grown men at play.
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A FATHER, HIS CHILDREN AND BASEBALL

A father remembers years ago taking his children to the ballpark on a bright and sunny day.
They sat together in the stands and watched grown men at play.
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My father loved his baseball, he said, "One day you will see,
how baseball is a lot like life…come…sit…and watch with me."

He said, "When it's your turn to bat…you do not know your fate."
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