Field of Dreams

If money still happens to be
the sad currency by which we
value things like time,
performance, art, and
play

then my dream becomes a wish
within the confines of this world.

There might one day be a kind of
dry spiderweb material
spun on a grander human scale --
quite capable of withstanding
immense pressure and push and pull --
while remaining invisible
to the distracted human eye.

The web would work like backstop nets
to protect the fans now sitting
extremely close to the playing.

Foul territory diminished,
fan interference abolished,
no room for fat cops to stand 'round
cuz all the kids be getting closer:
the best seats in the house are saved
for the unaccompanied youth.

Now we can leave those deep outfield
walls and monsters right where they are.
My stadium is intimate
yet spacious and wild with nature.

There are no ads, no anthems, nor
flags or military symbols.
No corporate insignias
and no lucrative boob-tube deals.

Scoreboard? Sure
Jumbotron? Nah

Welcome to the ballpark

What a Week for Wilson Ramos

¡Accent on the O!

Los Nacionales beisból trackings

What a week for Wilson Ramos,

who was kidnapped

by Colombians

before gametime in
Aragua

Whisked away 

to the mountains of 

Carabobo.

An elderly couple

provided food and water

while he waited

and he must've wondered

"¿Qué es ésta weá?"

He'd been taken

at gunpoint

and they wanted some

dinero

Or perhaps
to capture a catcher
to hit cleanup on
La Selección
de béisbol
de Colombia

 Baseball
is the most popular sport
en Venezuela

A

15 minute

shootout

to rescue Wilson

in an airlift operation

tuvo éxito

Baseball
is the not most popular sport
en Colombia

Wilson Ramos
was naturally
relieved
It was a
final feliz

His friend

Miguel Cabrera

was the first to call

his sister
with the 

buena noticia

She did not believe him

Sure! 

Just call the 

Venezuelan
Ministro del
Poder Popular para
las Relaciones
Interiores
y
Justicia

And it was so

Eleven Colombians

have been arrested

of whom only 6
showed their
máscaras faciales

The papers didn't say
if they played
béisbol
nor
beisból

The papers did say

his abductors

were linked to
"grupos de secuestro"

But c'mon, Colombia

Gotta 
kidnap somebody better
than Wilson Ramos
no?

The very next day

Ramos finished a distant 

fourth

for
the
NL 

RoY

What a week for Wilson Ramos

Moons Over My Manny

Dreaded slugger of epic might
Joyful jester who kept it light
Did some drugs
Jacked some dingers
Peed on rugs
The smile that lingers

 

...he swings!

He rips the fucking cover off the ball

It bajooms of the left-centerfield wall.

RBI Double