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A Limerick About Our Starting Left Fielder

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There once was a ballplayer from Pitt

He stayed humble, strikeout or hit.

He tried his best,

Didn't complain on trips West.

And charmed reporters with his wit.

The Tigers' guy played all in a stitch.

He handled second, left, or could pitch!

His coaches adored him,

The bench never bored him,

His career went on without a hitch.

Fans love this ballplayer, yes, it's true.

He's a favorite of many, maybe even you.

I'm not in that class

Due to the fact that alas

His average was two twenty-two.

Now Dirks is gone, he hurt his back.

In left field, there's a dire lack.

It's the ballplayers time

To be worth all those dimes

That into him the Tigers pack.

The season is approaching soon

The player will be ready next Monday afternoon

But we won't see him

Batting third on Jim's whim

Unless Ausmus is a loon.

We can sit and wonder away

If he can hit starting more than on Sunday.

But this I tell you

Of homers he'll have two

Because we see Masterson twice by May.

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