John Miller, head coach of the Brussels Kangaroos and a reporter for a major American newspaper, is chronicling his team’s 2008 season in a column that will appear every Monday on mister-baseball.com. It is the first of several Mister-Baseball Blogs this year.
Olympics Special: An anti-ode to the IOC for removing baseball from the Olympics program starting in 2012
The head goes Pong and Ping
When you think about Beijing
How the fat lady is making her last call
For Abner Doubleday’s baseball
Why is no handball, fencing or luge
Considered a second-plage stooge?
No it has to be our diamonds of courses
Not badminton, kayak or the bleeping horses
What’s wrong with balls and bats, what can one do?
Was it really too hard to get rid of taekwondo?
Tell Mr. Jacques Rogge the Belgian Nelly
The world wants sliders and dingers on televised telly
So root for the Dutch, the Cubans and Team USA
Then watch your Olympic Committee for other sports pay
Come on, who wants their kid winning
At handball, shooting or synchronized swimming?
So get drunk, get up and go hurling
And prep for 2010 Olympic curling
(J.M.)