Brewer Haiku

by Doug Fahrendorff

The Brewer bullpen
Silencing opponents’ bats
A pleasant surprise

Expectations high
Wildcard will not satisfy
Rabid Brewer fans

Listening to Uek
“Get up, get outta here, gone!”
Summer and baseball

Published 7/14/09

July 14th, 2009

Ode to a Large Prince

By Stuart Shea

Prince Fielder,
Prince Fielder,
I think that you’re cool.

If you did a jackknife,
You’d empty the pool.

Published 7/8/09

July 9th, 2009

T-Bow, 2008

by Doug Fahrendorff

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Removed from the game
To a chorus of boos
After walking in two runs
He sits alone
In the dugout
Cap pulled low
Expressionless
Watching the inning unfold.
Two years before
It had seemed easy
Fastballs painting the corners
Sliders snapping under opponents’ bats.
Sadly
Fans have short memories.

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Posted 4/23/09

April 23rd, 2009