Dodgers vs Blue Jays

As the gladiators battled it out on the field
I sat in my room with Laurence Perrine’s
Literature: Structure, Sound, and Sense
And came across The Old-Fashioned Pitcher
By George E. Phair. I thought old-fashioned
Players indeed! Heroes they were on that field
As long as they played for their team,
For their name and not for any wager.
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