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Defense, with the bases loaded

Posted by olabner on July 18, 2015July 22, 2015

There were three standing still

And one who carried a bat.

One man threw a ball from a hill

Another man threw it back.

Four men stood waiting to make a catch

Casting long shadows on infield grass.

And three others stood still further out

In front of the warning track.

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