Outfield
July / August, 2012
Early, when I was still playing in my age and skill cohort, I still enjoyed playing outfield, I wrote the following contemplation about the position:
This year it’s all the same,
I continue playing this beautiful game.
Green, green grass,
in my hand, the color of brass,
with the red, red sand;
Bordering their land.
It may not always be so exciting,
It may not always be so grand.
But yet this job I'm loving,
And yet I love our land.
A storm is coming,
I can hear the wind,
Stand my pose, to take it in.
Caught the storm, in my hand of brass,
Right here in our land of grass
A hero for a moment,
A moment of my fame,
And though the storm is over,
Another one will rain.
So I prepare myself,
For another hit.
A hit, that could be fatal,
Here comes the pitch...
man… all I ever wanted to do was play baseball…