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Pennant Stretch Brewer Haiku

by The Brewer Haiku-er (@brew_haiku on Twitter)

150. Cardinals 5, Brewers 2
Red Birds best the Crew
3 hits just won’t get it done
Against this hot club.

 151. Cardinals 2, Brewers 1
Woodford v. Woodruff
Both pitchers strong out of gate
Cardinal is stronger.

Crew close but still lose
Can’t slow the Red Birds down much
As they win 10th straight.

152. Cardinals 10, Brewers 2
So Jace on the mound
And Omar playing second?
This cannot be good…

It’s unfortunate
Timing to take a nosedive
Now comes the hard part.

 

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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.

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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.

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Advice about Bob Gibson

by Henry Aaron

Don’t dig in against Bob Gibson, he’ll knock you down.
He’d knock down his own grandmother if she dared to challenge him.
Don’t stare at him, don’t smile at him, don’t talk to him.
He doesn’t like it.

If you happen to hit a home run,
don’t run too slow,
don’t run too fast.
If you happen to want to celebrate,
get in the tunnel first.
And if he hits you, don’t charge the mound,
because he’s a Gold Glove boxer.

I’m like, damn, what about my seventeen-game hitting streak?
That was the night it ended.