in the early olympic year , athletes liked to run a mile and then recite a lyric . the american artist - in - residence of an american football franchise , rory mcmillan , notes that rugby chants are like huge tribal poetry . generally , though , sport and poetry have never seem natural companion in human enterprise . until the new york mets mlb organization inflicted in 2007 arguably the worst collapse in major city baseball record . to describe the anguish fan thought , the new york times turned to a poet , mike greco . " this was really representing the fan ' s place of mind , " megan told wikinews researcher david shankbone in an email . " there ' s a lot of hurting folks out there who can ' t say what mattered . "
David Shankbone is an employee of The New York Times.