Spahn and....

[Melville]

Sain and pray for rain.
Or.....
Sonny Gary and Liberatore and after them there's nothing more...

[swatski]

Sain and pray for rain.
Or.....
Sonny Gary and Liberatore and after them there's nothing more...

Great thought but have to be more succinct.
Gray and Liberatore and nothing more.

[illiniriles]

Mwlvilles's version has a much better poetic flow

[scoutyjones2]

Darkness there, and nothing more

[sikeston bulldog2]

After them, there’s nothing more. The cold north wind, blows through the door.

[Melville]

Mwlvilles's version has a much better poetic flow

Correct.
The meter and the iamb are what make a rhyme work.
"Sonny Gray and Liberatore (7 syllables)
and
After them there's nothing more (7 syllable)"
Additionally, when pronouncing the syllables "tore" and "more", they are held in place a moment longer than the one which precedes each, which creates the emphasis.
Same is true of Spahn and Sain...and...pray for rain".
Same construction.

[jcgmoi]

Not the same construction and also too wordy.

Gray and Matt and then fall flat.

This fits the original. More realistic too, although if Liberatore doesn't pick it up I'll have to offer another line. How about 'Gray and no way'?

[Melville]

Not the same construction and also too wordy.

Gray and Matt and then fall flat.

This fits the original. More realistic too, although if Liberatore doesn't pick it up I'll have to offer another line. How about 'Gray and no way'?

Actually, the original was:
"First we’ll use Spahn
then we’ll use Sain
Then an off day
followed by rain"
Broadcasters misquoted it so often over the decades that is it now better known in its truncated form.
My STL version is much truer to the actual original.

[imetsatchelpaige]

The sun is bright
The team is floundering
They hurt my eyes

[rockondlouie]

Sain and pray for rain.
Or.....
Sonny Gary and Liberatore and after them there's nothing more...

How about Gray alone since the rest have blown?


Pallante last 8 GS:
5.40 ERA

Libby last 8 GS:
6.15 ERA

Fedde last 8 GS:
6.44 ERA

Mikolas last 8 GS:
6.70 ERA