Mighty D

The Cream and Clear came to Field 3,
To give the Heads a game,
But done in by a Conehead inning,
They held their heads in shame.

The table was set in that Heady first;
Two out singles by D, Gerry, Randy and Heffe,
Another by Chopper and a double by Markley,
Then new Head Johnny and Gene and Joe and Chuck all hit
And it got worse;

When Sting made his second out
To end that brutal rout,
The damage had already been done;
The score was eight to one.

After that there was Joe dealing
Chuck diving and Randy leaping
The Conehead defense took over
And sent the youngsters reeling.

In our second t'was more of the same,
We added five more, Chopper's triple was to blame
And so it came to be that after two
We had thirteen, and they had nary a clue.

Sting got on track with a double to get to second base,
And up strode Mighty D, the batter's box his place.
The pitcher had no intention
To throw strikes to our hero, he had the crowd's attention
"Ball two, ball three" but there was more
Our man swung at air, "Strike two!"
He wanted to know what was in store

Now somewhere where the children play
Somewhere there the fans do say
That Mighty D was sure to have his way.

And now the pitcher holds the ball, and now he lets it go,
And now the air is shattered by the force of Mighty D's blow.

Oh, somewhere in this favored land the sun is shining bright;
The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light,
And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout;
But there is no joy in Coneville - Mighty D has struck out.

Last few lines reprinted and modified without the author's permission.

D did help put Cream and Clear away in the bottom of the fourth - in fact he got the double to plate two and put us up 15, and so end the game after Larry shut the door in the top of the fifth. Final score, 19-2.

Have a great holiday. See you in a week or so.