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Wait Till Next Year

by Doug Fahrendorff

Twice
One Strike
From a World Series win
The Rangers
Fail to close out
The Cards
Was Bart Giamatti right
When he wrote
That baseball was designed
To break your heart
Or will Ranger fans find
Like the Dodgers in “55”
Or the Red Sox in “04”
Redemption is often
Only an October away

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Brewers Sweep Dodgers

by Tom Martin (@brew_haiku)

Game 48. #Brewers 3 #Dodgers 2

Battered team comes through
Ramirez provides the pop
Axford save streak on

49. #Brewers 2 #Dodgers 1

Michael Fiers the man!
First big-league start a winner
pitches seven strong

50. #Brewers 6 #Dodgers 3

Surprising winners
three straight versus league’s best team
rag-tag team comes through

51. #Brewers 6 #Dodgers 2

4 game sweep complete
Crew has newfound momentum
That’s why we play ’em

Tom Martin writes haiku for every single Brewer game. Follow him on Twitter @brew_haiku.

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Two Outta Three Ain’t Bad?

by James Finn Garner

Starlin Castro,
Count with me
How many Giants
Do you see?

One on third
One on first
Batter hits a grounder–
Do your worst!

Force at second
Not so bad–
No one reckoned
You can’t add

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The Ballad of Scott Podsednik (Sung to “I’m Movin’ On”)

By Joyce Heiser

Came out of high school, stayed in Texas awhile
Seems he just couldn’t make it all seem worthwhile
He’s movin’ on. He’s movin’ on.
Rangers said “So long son, go enjoy the sun”
He’s Marlin gone.

Minor leagues kept trading, kept cutting him loose
Never was the engine, just a little caboose
Seven years rolled on, they just moved on.
Finally majored a run in 2000 and 1
Would they keep him on?

Another year came and another deal too,
Milwaukee got him in 2002,
He still moved on, he was there and gone.
Led the league in base steals, tried to keep it real,
But they moved him on.

Chicago was home for a few good years
Got a World Series ring, a girl with bunny ears,
He’s carryin’ on, maybe he’ll stay on.
But another year came, and another ball game,
He packed and was gone.

Up in the mountains, till 2009,
Back to bat that year in the White Sox line,
Another movin’ on, another hometown gone.
Even though he had fans, Chicago had other plans
And they let him move on.

One year with the Royals, still stealing some base,
Let him go to the Dodgers, problems slowing his pace.
Trouble movin’ on, released and on his own.
Try up North, play the West, half-a-year at best
So he’s movin’ on.

Finally landed in Philly, more like Lackawanna
Scranton doesn’t really sound like baseball nirvana.
Will he be movin’ on?  Sing that travelin’ song?
Thirteen teams, eighteen years, Hard to change your gears
And keep movin’ on.