(With apologies to F. Scott Fitzgerald and The Great Gatsby. All italics honor Dansby Swanson’s 11-RBI day, topping Billy Williams’ nine ribbies and Ron Santo’s 10.)
“So Dansby beat on,
homers against the current,
borne back ceaselessly over life’s warning track.”
“The Mets pitcher looked around Swanson wildly,
as if the past were lurking here
in the shadow of his house, Citi Field,
just out of reach of his hand.”
“Dansby had that familiar conviction
that life was beginning over
again with the grandest of slams.”