104. A to Z?

"Line-Up for Yesterday" is a poem published in Sport magazine in January 1949. It pays tribute to the baseball greats in alphabetical order. The poet also mentions his own fanaticism for the game under “I”. The following is a sampling from his A to Z list.

A is for Alex, The great Alexander; More Goose eggs he pitched, Than a popular gander.

B is for Bresnahan Back of the plate; The Cubs were his love, and McGraw his hate.

C is for Cobb, Who grew spikes and not corn, And made all the basemen, Wish they weren't born.

D is for Dean, The grammatical Diz, When they asked, Who's the tops? Said correctly, I is.

E is for Evers, His jaw in advance; Never afraid, To Tinker with Chance.

F is for Fordham, And Frankie and Frisch; I wish he were back, With the Giants, I wish.

G is for Gehrig, The Pride of the Stadium; His record pure gold, His courage, pure radium.

H is for Hornsby; When pitching to Rog, The pitcher would pitch, Then the pitcher would dodge.

I is for Me, Not a hard-hitting man, But an outstanding all-time, Incurable fan.

J is for Johnson, The Big Train in his prime, Was so fast he could throw, Three strikes at a time.

Who is the great poet?