by James Finn Garner
When the ‘Stros went to Chavez Ravine,
L.A. homies got nasty and mean
Inflatable cans
Fistfights in the stands
Apropos, I s’pose, in 2018.
Bryant, Baez and Rizzo
by Hilary Barta
An infield that played like a dream
Three winners that made a great team
Now last-minute trades
But the past never fades
They’ll live out their days in esteem.
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Tech No!
by Hilary Barta
Imagine if baseball installs
Machinery making the calls
An umpire inhuman
With robot acumen…
Who’ll argue the strikes and the balls?
How to Get into Bardball
by James Finn Garner
While Bardball can’t salute all the greats
Playing now, it’s not up to debate:
To be esteemed in our verse
You could do a lot worse
Than smash a foul up in your dates.
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Get a Grip
by the Brewer Haiku-er (@brewer_haiku)
The MLB wants to ban sticky stuff
But pitchers? “We just want to grip enough!”
The umps will investigate
Every Spider Tack hiding place
And come down on the sticky men tough.
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