Willard Nixon spent nine years upon the Red Sox hill.
Turned out it was only Yankees that the righty’d kill.

Dave Concepcion played nineteen years for Reds at short.
He was a cog in the Machine that one time ruled the sport.

Joe Charboneau played great his rookie year, then disappeared.
He still ranks high upon the list of Baseball’s All Time Weird.

Shawn Abner was picked number one in nineteen eighty-four.
Eleven homers later, he was closing baseball’s door.