Gotta Love Baseball

Land of the Braves

I stayed up all night watching
Little Big League on HBO.
I loved how an 11 year-old kid
Could own and manage the Minnesota Twins –
Made me want to visit the Midwest:

Maybe I could take over the Cleveland Indians,
And stride out proudly over Jacobs Field,
Taking them all the way to the pennant,
With plucky players like Willie Mays Hayes
And Bull Durham…

I was mixing movies in my mind, trying
To create a baseball-tinged dreamland.
I was told if I built it, they would come,
That if I came to America I would find
The place that I loved every summer,
Where eating apple pies & ice cream
And knocking back Coca-Cola each day
Doesn’t lead to diabetes.