Salute To the Black Baseball Stars of My Youth
Salute To The Black Baseball Stars of My Youth
Stretch, Stargell, Clemente, and Mays
Damn all them black ballplayers never cease to amaze
Keep folks in stands simply dazed and glazed
Stretch McCovey was a pitcher’s nightmare
Especially when Stretch decided to stare
Willie Stargell could hit baseballs still seated in chairs
Roberto Clemente played left field with such flair
Willie Mays in the batter’s box gave opposing manager’s a scare
The Dodgers had the Davis’s Tommie and Willie
Along with Maury they ran the bases making opponents looking quite silly
Aaron, Robinson, Brock, and Alou
Those cats could hit baseballs even when down with the flu
Hell Lou Brock would even run out his shoe
Fastest cat I knew his speed could even cook his team’s evening stew
Hank Aaron sure enough made man of pitchers feeling blue
Frank Robinson was the team’s winning glue
The Alou brothers Felipe, Matty and Jesus
Played the game hard didn’t need tainted juice
Put them in the outfield let them simply be let loose
Gibson, Banks, Oliva and Carew
Each of these players lead teams to a successful breakthrough
Bob Gibson was mean his pitches made hitters look obscene
Didn’t he strike out nineteen damn he was a pitching machine
Ernie Banks was legend he’s still playing 2 while in heaven
His jersey number was two times seven
Tony Oliva’s hitting was majestic
Tony O made pitcher’s seem domestic
Rod Carew was his teammate
Now these two surely made the Twins quite vested
You see these two together opposing teams were indeed tested
Marichal, Morgan, Jenkins, and Flood
Growing up these players as young child
Watching them play made us all smile
Maybe that’s why we didn’t run buck wild
Learning to love baseball as a schoolchild.
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