"Baseball Player"

When I was a kid, I liked the Los Angeles Dodgers for the simple reason that my dad liked them. My favorite player was catcher Steve Yeager, and for a while I entertained the idea that I would be a Major League baseball catcher, so I could be more like him. But baseball and I were never on the same team. I was the most unathletic child ever, and one of the very few boys in my school who never joined Little League. A stronger influence than baseball was at work: music! Even more than I wanted to be Steve Yeager, I wanted to be David Cassidy. Unfortunately, teen idol-dom and I were never on the same team either.

Baseball Player

© 1995 Brian Hutzell

Could’ve been a baseball player

Would've been fun

Totally different

Than what I’ve done

Something physical to make me sweat

The American pastime

How cool can you get?

Could’ve been a baseball player

Could’ve been a baseball player

Could’ve been a baseball player

Could’ve been almost anything

Could’ve been a dentist

Like a certain elf

Doing something important for people’s health

Maybe a misfit

Misunderstood

Full of surprises

And the rewards are good

Could’ve been a dentist

Could’ve been a dentist

Could’ve been a dentist

Could’ve been almost anything

I made a choice--travelled a different road

That has made all the difference

I found a voice--live by a private code

That has made all the difference

Could’ve been an architect or a veterinarian

A famous novelist or a librarian

Could've been a superstar

Could’ve been somebody

Could’ve been a...