Juan Olivarez Baseball Poems

Don't sit on that couch,
Get out to a baseball game.
Why do you want to be a grouch,
The life you lead is much too tame.
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Baseball has alway ruled my heart,
And It has done so from the start.
To hear the umpire cry 'play ball',
A towering blast over the wall,
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The ritual is repeated every spring,
On diamonds of vibrant green.
It's a mystical, magical, wonderful thing,
The most wonderful thing, you've ever seen.
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