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"TILL THE LAST MAN IS OUT."
Good fortune may take you along for a day,
But Fortune is fickle; don't bank on her strong.
"Fast work on the bases" in every scrappy fray,
With "team work and hitting," will take you along.
You can't help your errors, but cut out "dumb plays,"
For those are the miscues that put you to rout;
"Stand up to the plate" and remember always:
"The game's never lost till the last man is out."
But Fortune is fickle; don't bank on her strong.
"Fast work on the bases" in every scrappy fray,
With "team work and hitting," will take you along.
You can't help your errors, but cut out "dumb plays,"
For those are the miscues that put you to rout;
"Stand up to the plate" and remember always:
"The game's never lost till the last man is out."
L'Envoi.
When you ponder it over, they're both much the same,
For life, just like baseball, is shrouded in doubt;
And the point in them both is to "play out the game,"
And never give up till "the last man is out."
For life, just like baseball, is shrouded in doubt;
And the point in them both is to "play out the game,"
And never give up till "the last man is out."
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