Haiku Preview: AL East …

Posted: March 4th, 2008 | Filed under: Baseball | 30 Comments »

Well, I want to thank the people over at Me And Pedro for asking me to do a Royals Haiku for their Web site. Now, I can’t stop thinking Haiku. Well, with that in my I now begin baseball previews with the American League East and Haikus. I’m thinking we’ll switch up our poetry form with each division — maybe I’ll do couplets for the American League Central, then maybe limericks for the American League West, maybe Cinquains for the National League East … we’ll see how it goes. I’m a bit concerned about doing epic poems for the National League Central. Not sure I have that many rhymes about Ronny Paulino.

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American League East

1. Boston Red Sox.

Schilling is blogging
Manny still being Manny
Papelbon dances

2. New York Yankees

A-Rod hits fifty
Jeter fielding arguments
Does Joba still rule?

3. Tampa Bay Rays

The Devil is gone
Who doesn’t like Scott Kazmir?
Things looking Upton.

4. Toronto Blue Jays

Scrappiness quotient
Skyrocketed with Eckstein
McGowan is key

5. Baltimore Orioles

Whither Earl Weaver
King of the three-run homer
Save Us Markakis

30 Comments on “Haiku Preview: AL East …”

  1. 1: Paul White said at 10:05 am on March 4th, 2008:

    Posnanski’s writing
    An oasis in my day
    Always makes me smile

  2. 2: Steve Buffum said at 10:12 am on March 4th, 2008:

    I like Scott Kazmir!
    Welcome to Birmingham, Scott!
    Your friend, James Andrews.

  3. 3: Tony B said at 10:21 am on March 4th, 2008:

    Boston or New York
    Don’t matter who wins the race
    Fans still obnoxious.

  4. 4: Chris said at 10:29 am on March 4th, 2008:

    Oh no! Here comes Joe
    Ian, Phil, Joba, look out
    Your arms will fall off

  5. 5: Drew said at 11:01 am on March 4th, 2008:

    I’m stuck in haiku
    Thanks a lot, Joe Posnanski
    There goes a day’s work

  6. 6: Eric in Madison said at 11:03 am on March 4th, 2008:

    Once proud Orioles
    haven’t flown for a decade
    Angelos must go

    Damn Yankee scion
    made off-season exciting
    please more Hank, we beg

    Schilling shoulder pain
    for 8 million, blogs, rehabs
    thanks for everything

    Rays look fresh, jejune?
    stadium like tomb for young
    dream of emergence

    Jays stuck in neutral
    need to start over or just
    take a shot right now?

  7. 7: Chris C. said at 12:09 pm on March 4th, 2008:

    Jays go for it now!
    Lots of vets, big contracts too!
    Oh wait, Yanks and Sox…

    Yanks and Sox at war
    For hearts and minds of U.S.
    Payroll means both lose

  8. 8: Mike said at 12:48 pm on March 4th, 2008:

    Steve… tremendous.

    Ellsbury, Lowrie
    15 for drew, lugo 9
    why, theo, why? sigh.

  9. 9: Tony B said at 12:58 pm on March 4th, 2008:

    Yanks and Sox on air
    All the time, even on the Ocho
    ESPN, stop.

  10. 10: Tony B said at 1:12 pm on March 4th, 2008:

    Yeah, I know its wrong
    Ocho has two syllables
    Sorry, sorry. Splash.

  11. 11: Mikey said at 1:29 pm on March 4th, 2008:

    When October comes
    Bronx fans asking: Where’s our ace?
    Pitching in Flushing

  12. 12: Tom said at 2:06 pm on March 4th, 2008:

    This blog does not suck
    Unlike Peter Angelos
    How I loathe that man

  13. 13: Dan said at 2:35 pm on March 4th, 2008:

    Forget the Haiku. I’m glad Joe picks the Sox to win the division but I’d be much happier with one of those “curiously long posts” explaining why.

    :(

  14. 14: Keith K. said at 2:36 pm on March 4th, 2008:

    Our park is a hole
    We have been lousy for years
    Name change should fix that

  15. 15: Tony B said at 3:01 pm on March 4th, 2008:

    Why Sox win East race?
    CCG guys Drew, Lugo,
    Pedroia, and Lowell.

    :)

    (Yeah, I need help now
    Answering coworkers notes
    In Haiku form too)

  16. 16: Keith K. said at 3:11 pm on March 4th, 2008:

    Why was “Devil” dropped?
    Nothing to do with Satan.
    “Rays” fits in haiku.

  17. 17: Johnny said at 3:11 pm on March 4th, 2008:

    Posnanski loves sports
    Always so optimistic
    Royals win it all!

  18. 18: Craig said at 3:37 pm on March 4th, 2008:

    Hank loves to mouth off
    If the young arms don’t perform
    Cashman will be canned

  19. 19: Mike said at 4:47 pm on March 4th, 2008:

    1. Boston
    Beckett wins Cy Young
    Matsuzaka is a flop
    Red Sox still repeat

    2. New York
    Joe Torre is gone
    Derek Jeter still rules short
    Joe Girardi smiles

    3. Toronto
    Vernon Wells rebounds
    Shaun Marcum has nasty stuff
    Jays are still in third

    4. Tampa Bay
    What’s wrong with Devil?
    Too young to compete in East
    J.P. Howell stinks

    5. Baltimore
    Nothing new this year
    Oops, we should have kept Bedard
    Looking up at East

  20. 20: JGaryW said at 6:52 pm on March 4th, 2008:

    Posnanski is dumb
    if he truly believes that
    the Rays beat the Jays

  21. 21: Justyo said at 7:22 pm on March 4th, 2008:

    Stitches spin and Pop!
    White ball screams until leather
    Snags with a soft pluck.

    (I love Spring Training!)

  22. 22: Joe said at 9:16 pm on March 4th, 2008:

    Only Dan’s comment
    Breaks the flow of blog haiku
    One stone in the pond

  23. 23: Aaron said at 9:59 pm on March 4th, 2008:

    Hits come in bunches.
    Makes Kazmir’s WHIP unseemly.
    Future arm blowout.

  24. 24: pirate fan said at 8:21 am on March 5th, 2008:

    Paulino = Stinkerino

    Run with it, Joe.

  25. 25: ajnrules said at 8:58 am on March 5th, 2008:

    Using poetry to
    Write your pre-season previews?
    That’s very noble.

    Why not try using
    Iambic pentameter
    For NL Central?

    Don’t like the Red Sox
    after the ALCS
    But they’ll dominate

  26. 26: Chuck said at 4:21 pm on March 5th, 2008:

    Haiku! What a thrill!
    Making my thoughts fit into
    Three ignoble lines.

    Yankees-Sox; who cares?
    I no longer want to watch
    Godzillas at war.

    Jays and Rays have hope,
    Maybe not this year, but soon;
    Orioles kaput.

  27. 27: Andy said at 4:20 pm on March 7th, 2008:

    Mike Sweeney is gone.
    El Capitan, no longer.
    He now wears white shoes.

  28. 28: larry said at 5:48 pm on March 15th, 2008:

    weather remains cold
    please become baseball season
    soon. no, now. please. please.

  29. 29: Spring Training in Blog, Part III « Daneeka’s Twins Ghost said at 12:04 pm on June 28th, 2008:

    [...] from Babes Love Baseball (Twins, Indians, White Sox, Royals, Tigers). If its good enough for Joe Posnanski, then I guess everyone loves a good preview in haiku, right? I guess [...]

  30. 30: Jim K. said at 11:09 am on August 4th, 2009:

    Reading Joe’s archive
    all comments are in haiku
    now that’s amazing!

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