Sunday, October 12, 2008

Red Sox, Rays 10.11.08


1
   If the Sox win,
I'll wake my dad —
   otherwise I'll sleep.


2
   You got no place
in this lineup, Kotsay —
   Camel hard pack.


3
   Not far from Boston
I pull for the Red Sox —
   there's nothing wrong with me.

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Wednesday, September 10, 2008

635


Shannon or Hughes
I don't know —
Monsanto Ron Santo

Thursday, September 4, 2008

Fine


   I ripped
myself in two last night —
   Cardinals out of this thing

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Friday, August 29, 2008

Baseball Haiku 11-15


11
Whatever he does,
he can’t walk him here —
oh, God, he hit him…


12
Ray and I
call him Joe Table —
José Mesa.


13
Who cares how much
money he makes—
All-Star shortstop.


14
No need to
finish the inning—
walk-off homer.


15
“On the run, on the run:
he can’t get it—!”
Batter waved on toward home…

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Sunday, August 24, 2008

In a Can


Albert digs in —
   do you hear
the ice cream man?

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Saturday, August 23, 2008

Sunday


Baseball
all day long —
interspersed with rain.

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Friday, August 22, 2008

Baseball Haiku 6-10


6
I’d take out a loan
to get at those nachos —
yes to jalapeños.


7
Out-of-town scoreboard
illuminates the moon —
pennant race deepens.


8
Only one of these teams
will see October —
nighthawks catch flies under lights.


9
Oh, why couldn’t we
have scored some runs earlier —
closer warming.


10
Father and son speechless
at a game in June.
Pitcher comes up lame again.

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Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Monday Night Baseball


1
Steve Phillips
     has come a long way —
C.C. at one twenty-six.

2
Desperate for a game,
     I cheer the Astros
late at Miller.

3
Everything's gone final —
     might as well
go to bed.

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Monday, August 18, 2008

Baseball Haiku 1-5



1
Complete games
aren’t what they used to be—
bullpens exploding.


2
Pitcher wipes his brow,
sun peaks out from clouds—
there goes the runner!


3
It’s lonely on the bench
when you’re pitching well—
no-hitter brewing.


4
Ash tree gave its life
for a thousand home runs—
Hall of Fame material.


5
It’s past my bedtime
but I’ll listen all night—
extra innings.

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Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Player-manager


1
Player-manager
   doesn't need a sign
to steal second.

2
Player-manager
   chides himself
for swinging on 3-0.

3
Called strike three —
   if only player-manager
could argue balls and strikes.

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Friday, August 8, 2008

Cub/Card Haiku


1
Now this game's
starting to feel like
Cubs vs Cards.

               (after Hughes)


2
Even though I'm home alone,
the sound of the game
in every room.


3
Izturis breaks for home
but Looper misses the pitch.
Suicide indeed.

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Thursday, July 31, 2008

Who's this Guy?


She says Stavinoha
looks like a cross between
Miles and Suppan.

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Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Revelation


Cub fans swarm Miller
like first-place locusts —
this is the Apocalypse.

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Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Nervous Laughter


Pat and Ron
joking about Jimmy Gobble —
close game in Phoenix.

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Monday, July 28, 2008

Untitled

    by Dustin Block


The roof is open-
The Sausages are ready-
Bring on the Cubbies


More Brew Crew haiku here.

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