BATTERS: Spring Training Questions, ARI-MIA
Feb 21 2012
Fantasy owners have a lot of reasons to be glad spring training is here. There’s all the poetic stuff, like the famous James Earl Jones speech in Field of Dreams, and this poem, “Renewal,” by “Baseball Poetess” J-Mag Guthrie:
So we begin to practice all our drills,
Preparing minds and bodies to play ball.
Refining and remastering our skills,
In hopes that we’ll be champions, come fall.
No time like now to get things underway.
Good fortune favors those whose hearts are sure.
The will, it’s said, will always find a way,
Remaining strong, till victory’s secure.
Aspiring to upset our rival teams,
Indelibly we plan to leave our mark.
Not resting till we realize our dreams,
Ignited by an incandescent spark.
Nor would we idly...
Almost!
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