Appearing in one of the earliest issues of the Stars and Stripes, it was decided to mark the historic occasion of the American arrival on the World War One front line with the always reliable baseball comparison. Printed beneath a headline that clearly implied that the war itself was actually “the World Series” sat one of the worst poems to ever appear on the front page of any newspaper:
“The Boches claim the Umpire is a sidin’ with their nine
But we are not the boobs to fall for such a phony line;
We know the game is fair and square, decision on the level;
The only boost the Kaiser gets is from his pal the Devil…”
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