PLAY BALL!
From out of the closets once again
Come a bat, a ball, a glove
As youngsters from both far and wide
Warm up for the game I love
Practice is about to begin
For those who like to score
And if you judge by anxiousness
A great season is in store
They're cracking bats and chewing gum
My sons of the sultry swat
They're eager boys who've left their toys
To show us what they've got
It'll be a strikeout here, a homerun there
Lots of cheers and heartaches too
But they will've grown into little men
Before the season's through
For baseball's quite a game, you see
It's life before your eyes
It teaches those who raise their gloves
To reach gamely for the prize
Around the bases they will run
Footloose and fancy free
And I have yet but one regret
It's them instead of me
(Written in April, 1981)
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