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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE OFFICIAL SCORER, by WILLIAM A. PHELON
First Line: He sits down in the press-box, knowing well
Last Line: Is general derision and the razz!
Subject(s): Anger; Baseball; Labor & Laborers; Sports; Work; Workers
First Line: He sits down in the press-box, knowing well
Last Line: Is general derision and the razz!
Subject(s): Anger; Baseball; Labor & Laborers; Sports; Work; Workers
HE SITS down in the press-box, knowing well
That everybody is his deadliest foe—
Maybe he has a friend outside the park,
But, in that big enclosure—no, no, no!
He says, "An error," and the other scribes
Receive his ruling with loud tomcat yowls,
While, on the field, the players dance with rage,
Emitting sundry fierce and hideous howls!
He says, "A hit," and rude guffaws are heard,
From every other writer in the box,
And the sarcastic pitcher hints he should
Be locked up with a hammer, cracking rocks!
Compared to him, the very umpires know
Applause and happiness, while all he has,
Beside a few small coins for extra work,
Is general derision and the razz!
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