Encore Poem for October

First published here last month...

Just so it's said...

Teixiera is a god to me,
He needs to be the MVP.
But if he wins no Series ring,
He won't have won a goddamm thing.

This could be Jeter's finest year,
Best season in his great career.
But if he gains no Series ring,
It will not mean a goddamm thing.

I still recall Scott Brosius' clout,
To save us from our final out.
But we then took no Series ring.
It did not mean a goddamm thing.

We've shut down Papi, J.D. Drew,
Defeated Lester, Beckett, too,
But if there is no Series ring,
Those wins weren't worth a goddamm thing.

So hear now, loudly, autumn's call,
Which beckons to us, every fall:
"IF YOU DON'T WIN THAT SERIES RING,
"DON'T BOTHER COMING BACK NEXT SPRING!"