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This Week's Doggerel
May 18, 2026
Rollicking Subway Series
by Dr. Rajesh C. Oza
Is there anything that connects
my hometown like a Subway Series?
Game 1: Cubs Win 10-5;
North Siders feel they’ll own
The 2026 Crosstown Classic,
The Windy Cit...
This Week's Doggerel
May 11, 2026
Buddin Agonistes
by Dan Valenti
The grounder headed for the hole,
but all of a sudden
there came Don Buddin.
He planted, he threw
and Mantle headed back to the pew.
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May 12, 2026
L...
This Week's Doggerel
May 4, 2026
Baseball
by Neil Philip Young
(After an account by John Brenkus)
A great pitcher can hurl a fastball toward a batter
. at well over 100 miles per hour.
At the moment he releases the ball he will be 55 feet from...
This Week's Doggerel
April 27, 2026
FHABTO
by Dr. Rajesh C. Oza
Are five heads
Better than one?
The SF Giants must think so,
Supporting Tony Vitello
With four former managers—
None, like him, Joe Collegers.
Baseball big heads that Tony can...
This Week's Doggerel
Welcome to all the new subscribers who’ve followed us after our mention in Craig Calcaterra’s newsletter, Cup of Coffee. Many poems were submitted too, which we will publish in the coming weeks. Bardball is entering its 19th season as the s...
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