By Hilary Barta
Will the Cubs and the Brewers end tied?
Will these teams in a playoff collide?
The long season entire
Coming down to the wire?
Who will win? I won’t know–I’ll have died.
Diamond Diamante
by Doug Fahrendorff
Yelich
Confident, laid-back
Electrifying, galvanizing, hitting
Most valuable player, veteran leader
Exciting, running, fielding
Explosive, dependable
Cain
National League Fatigue
by Hilary Barta
Dear Cubbies, forestall the suspense
Just club that ball over the fence
And win the division…
If not, I envision
A Wild Card brawl far too intense.
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Haiku
by Doug Fahrendorff
Pre-All-Star Blues
Pirates sweep Brewers
First five-game sweep in twelve years
Crew needing reset
Post-All-Star Blues
Hader unhappy
Seven-year-old Twitter posts
Negative picture
All-Star Clerihews 2: Clerihewer
Javier Baez,
Everyone says,
Is El Mago
de Chicago.
Jose Altuve
Likes his granola bars chewy
But has no affection
For other confections.
Nick Markakis
Started a fracas
When he suggested Atlanta might try to reach
And name a street for something other than a peach.
Christian Yelich
Would like to squelich
Any rumors that he
Doesn’t like playing in Milwaukee.