Purity and progress

There was no time limit,
But in those days darkness was the clock.
It wasn’t until night ball that the game might never stop.

Virility

Men in old days didn’t talk about sex.
They talked about baseball.
Had lots of kids.
The meaning of it all.

Old time players drank.
They didn’t take steroids.
Proud and hungover,
They inspired men and boys.

Santa Anna died.
Custer bit the dust.
National League banned blacks –
It could have set Americans on track.
Shown our duty to be just.

Violent and defiant,
The case against Ty.
A Teddy Bear who loved to swear.
Babe the storybook guy.

Ruth didn’t let little kids stay shoved to the back.
He urged them forward.
Wrote them his autograph.

Cobb looked upon baseball as work.
To Ruth it was pride and joy.
Ty was considered a jerk.
Babe never lost his boy.

May we glory in Ruth’s power.
Swing for the fences in life.
Have the manliness to cower.
When we see our neglected wife.

Ruth eclipsed Cobb’s sun.
Today’s America had begun.

Cobb envied Ruth’s swing.
Poetry in motion that made Babe king.

Alone on the farm
A depressing wait.
Babe on the road
Up late celebrate
Doing irreparable harm.