An Ogden Nash Baseball Limerick! Talk about bringing a bunch of writing themes together for one post! This will be great review...

Letter	Player	Verse
A	Grover Cleveland Alexander	A is for Alex The great Alexander; More Goose eggs he pitched Than a popular gander.
B	Roger Bresnahan	B is for Bresnahan Back of the plate; The Cubs were his love, and McGraw his hate.
C	Ty Cobb	C is for Cobb Who grew spikes and not corn, And made all the basemen Wish they weren't born.
D	Jerome "Dizzy" Dean	D is for Dean, The grammatical Diz, When they asked, Who's the tops? Said correctly, I is.
E	Johnny Evers	E is for Evers, His jaw in advance; Never afraid To Tinker with Chance.
F	Frankie "Fordham" Frisch	F is for Fordham And Frankie and Frisch; I wish he were back With the Giants, I wish.
G	Lou Gehrig	G is for Gehrig, The Pride of the Stadium; His record pure gold, His courage, pure radium.
H	Rogers Hornsby	H is for Hornsby; When pitching to Rog, The pitcher would pitch, Then the pitcher would dodge.
I	Nash, the author	I is for Me, Not a hard-hitting man, But an outstanding all-time Incurable fan.
J	Walter Johnson	J is for Johnson The Big Train in his prime Was so fast he could throw Three strikes at a time.
K	Willie Keeler	K is for Keeler, As fresh as green paint, The fastest and mostest To hit where they ain't.
L	Nap Lajoie	L is for Lajoie Whom Clevelanders love, Napoleon himself, With glue in his glove.
M	Christy Mathewson	M is for Matty, Who carried a charm In the form of an extra brain in his arm.
N	Louis "Bobo" Newsom	N is for Newsom, Bobo's favorite kin. You ask how he's here, He talked himself in.
O	Mel Ott	O is for Ott Of the restless right foot. When he leaned on the pellet, The pellet stayed put.
P	Eddie Plank	P is for Plank, The arm of the A's; When he tangled with Matty Games lasted for days.
Q	Connie Mack	Q is for Don Quixote Cornelius Mack; Neither Yankees nor years Can halt his attack.
R	Babe Ruth	R is for Ruth. To tell you the truth, There's just no more to be said, Just R is for Ruth.
S	Tris Speaker	S is for Speaker, Swift center-field tender, When the ball saw him coming, It yelled, "I surrender."
T	Bill Terry	T is for Terry The Giant from Memphis Whose .400 average You can't overemphis.
U	Carl Hubbell	U would be 'Ubell if Carl were a cockney; We say Hubbell and Baseball Like Football and Rockne.
V	Charles "Dazzy" Vance	V is for Vance The Dodger's very own Dazzy; None of his rivals Could throw as fast as he.
W	Honus Wagner	W is for Wagner, The bowlegged beauty; Short was closed to all traffic With Honus on duty.
X	Jimmie Foxx	X is the first of two x's in Foxx Who was right behind Ruth with his powerful soxx.
Y	Cy Young	Y is for Young The magnificent Cy; People battled against him, But I never knew why.
Z	Zenith	Z is for Zenith The summit of fame. These men are up there. These men are the game.