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

This entry was posted on Tuesday, March 4th, 2008 at 9:49 am.
Categories: Baseball.

29 Comments, Comment or Ping

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

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

  3. Tony B

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

  4. Chris

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

  5. Drew

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

  6. Eric in Madison

    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. Chris C.

    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. Mike

    Steve… tremendous.

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

  9. Tony B

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

  10. Tony B

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

  11. Mikey

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

  12. Tom

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

  13. Dan

    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. Keith K.

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

  15. Tony B

    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. Keith K.

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

  17. Johnny

    Posnanski loves sports
    Always so optimistic
    Royals win it all!

  18. Craig

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

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

  21. Justyo

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

    (I love Spring Training!)

  22. Joe

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

  23. Aaron

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

  24. pirate fan

    Paulino = Stinkerino

    Run with it, Joe.

  25. ajnrules

    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. Chuck

    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. Andy

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

  28. larry

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

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