"I am a fan. I have not always been. / But I could not point to the moment when / I became more than just a rider on / A bandwagon whose station is long gone."
"We cheer for hits that make their hitters dash / Around the diamond, or that with a splash / Allow the batters access to each base. / Hits are surprises; outs are commonplace."
"The winners we see, we in time forget. / But we remember some, like those who set / The records that we know cannot be beat. / Most do through victory, some through defeat."
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