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This Week's Doggerel
August 10, 2026
Juan, Willie and The Boys
by E. Ethelbert Miller
In the park we high-kicked
before throwing the ball.
We wanted to be Marichal
more than Mays — unless
we were running around
the bases. Then we wanted
o...
This Week's Doggerel
August 3, 2026
It’s All About the Skubals
by James Finn Garner
LA gets a two-month rental
And lets the baseball world go mental
The Tigers get some prospects
Or are they the usual suspects?
Fans league-wide want Skubal...
This Week's Doggerel
July 27, 2026
After the All-Star Break
by Claire Taylor
tomatoes
straight off the vine
sun-ripe and wet as
a lover’s July skin
the day runs its
humid tongue up
my thigh
we are only sweat
and angles—exposed
elbows...
This Week's Doggerel
July 20, 2026
Life Coach
by Michael A. Russo
“Wake up, stupid!”
Dad was a big baseball star back in high school.
He stepped out of the batter’s box once
and caught a glance of mom in the stands.
He hit a home run on the n...
This Week's Doggerel
July 13, 2026
All-Star Clerihews #1: Fightin’ Clerihews
Paul Skenes
Abhors blue jeans.
He’d rather stay au courant
With Yves Saint Laurent.
Dillon Dingler
Couldn’t sit through watching The Tingler.
He gets the willies from...
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