beer

dedicated to Jingu Stadium

“Matsuoka really hit a home run,

it’s not my fault!”

That devilish

          beer-vending boy said.

5/16/1981

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Translation by Kody NOKOLO

charlie manuel

dedicated to Charlie Manuel

Charlie Manuel

in the middle of a mine field with a falling hand grenade

he takes like

the fly balls

          he took from right field.

6/28/1981

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Translation by Kody NOKOLO

oil sardine

Wow ump,

where were you lookin’;

I ate canned sardines yesterday, but they

were damn better than you.

4/10/1981

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Translation by Kody NOKOLO

squeeze

“Between third base and home base,”

Osugi explained after the game,

“Is something like the Northern Tropic,

and that

is what stopped my feet.”

9/2/1981

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Translation by Kody NOKOLO

star wars

A long time ago

in a galaxy far, far away

the Yakult Swallows won a game, I think……

3/24/1986

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Translation by Kody NOKOLO