Baseball is fun
in the sun.
My number is three.
My mom and dad love it
when I throw a strike out

spree.

I throw that curve.

To the s l I d e r.

To the slurve.

I throw that
strike 1,
strike 2,
and strike 3.
That’s me.

Mark Abate
Honorable Mention 5th and 6th Grades
LA Writes! 2008
R.J. Vial Elementary
Paradis, LA
used with permission of LA Writes!