Spring Training Rapture
Why the Astros Will Win The Pennant in Their Last NL Season
by Bill McCurdy
Nothing’s quite as fresh – as the first dawn of spring,
That only comes around – with the pitcher-catcher thing.
The first morn we hear the sound of – leather popping hard,
We know what’s coming next – and we’re racing to the yard.
Just to watch the team show up – old and new alike,
To kibbutz with each other – on whom we see and hike.
Just to watch the easy hits – and strike outs when they come,
Knowing that the books they build – will end baseball for some.
It never takes us long to reach – our op-eds on the season,
And how we’ll finish first or last – for every dad gum reason.
But then we spot the super-stud – trying some bunt-squeezin!’
Wonder where it goes from here – run in place while wheezin?’
Hope wins out against all odds – until the games all count.
And spring is made for wishing! – Let reality take late route!
It’ll find us soon enough, old friend – in August, it’s about,
Spreading fate and destiny – the way these things play out.
So grab your cup of kindness, kid – and hover into spring,
It’s time to see the best you can – of what the year may bring.
Don’t fall into the ugly rut – of picking doom and gloom,
Until we play the best for keeps – there’s lots of pennant room.
The Pecan Park Eagle 
February 19, 2012 at 2:33 pm |
finally spring season,,,bring it on
February 19, 2012 at 5:07 pm |
Maybe Linsanity will hit the Astros , and they win the pennant in the last NL season
February 19, 2012 at 5:25 pm |
Patrick:
Maybe the Astros will be reLINtless in their final grasp for the brass ring in the NL. Until reality is tested, all things are possible, even trips back in time to see Ruth hit his 60th home run in 1927.
Dad gum reality. It sure puts the lid on a lot of fun ideas, hopes, and dreams. Let’s let reality be today – and for a while. It’s spring, by the baseball clock. And the Astros have a dead even statistical chance with everyone else to win the 2012 NL pennant – unless you’re a bookie, of course, and see the odds on winning for each eligible team in differing crooked probability numbers..
February 19, 2012 at 5:51 pm |
Last years playoff games proved the reality thing ,that all things are possible