Once Upon A Time In The East

New York has lost too many soldiers.

Their names are legend;

Yankee Stadium, Polo Grounds,  Ebbets Field, Shea Stadium.

New ballparks with sponsors names will need our indulgence.

Baseball is what they did before going to work.

Washington to Cincinnati, Boston to St. Louis,

Those were long train trips.

Duke rented an apartment in Brooklyn.

Such a beautiful swing.

Though he’d just as soon draw a walk.

Mays and Mantle made Duke appear less,

But none are his equal on today’s rosters.

After the traditional fall loss to the Yankees

Brooklyn would mourn,

And a couple of people would be shot.

We took the World Series seriously.

The Dodgers’ move to LA,

Was a catastrophe of epic proportions,

At least in Brooklyn, possibly Staten Island.

O’Malley had done the unthinkable.

No close fence for the Dukster,

400 feet to the right field LA Coliseum  wall.

Ebbets Field became apartments,

Imagine the Packers leaving Green Bay.