All-Star Clerihews 2: The Avenging Trail

Shohei Ohtani
Crushes balls unlike any
And pitches like a mystery–
Face it, folks, we’re watching history.

Josh Hader
Might bring his waders
Along on the All-Star break
And do some fishing on a cool Colorado lake.

Jesse Winker
Tends to lay off the sinkers
But he can go nuts
For a well-made cronut.

J.T. Realmuto’s
Favorite might be Pluto
Among cartoon dogs, but he
Identifies the most with Muttley.

Milwaukee Makes Hay

by The Brewer Haiku-er (@brew_haiku)

Game 63. Brewers 7, Pirates 4
It’s a tight ballgame
Then Bucs can’t find the strike zone
And gift us 3 runs.

Game 64. Brewers 7, Pirates 4
Crew down 4 – nothing
Then put up 5 in the 4th
To put Pirates down.

Game 65. Brewers 5, Pirates 2
Winning continues
Crew sweep the Bucs outta town
Now back to the Reds.

The Brewer Haiku-er documents every Brewer game of the season in haiku on Twitter. Other Twitter haiku mavens are @MarinerBasho, @dodgershaiku1, @CardinalHaiku, and @TheCubsinHaiku. Follow them all and give ’em some high-five-seven-fives.

Final Score

by Jim Siergey

They were all about winning
Tom, Lou, Bob, Whitey and Joe
But they reached the last inning
of Life’s quid pro quo.

Reader’s Indigestion

by James Finn Garner

Per Redlegs ace Trevor Bauer,
Cubs’ chirping proved them wallflowers.
Does Trevor not know
The team’s trying to grow
Through “It Pays to Increase Your Word Power”?