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Cubs Haiku Friday

?

After Indy, there's
A need for peace and quiet
So I'm suggesting

A BCB day,
Today, where everyone will
Post baseball thoughts in

Haiku only. Use
The traditional format
For it, that is, write

Five syllables, then
Seven in the second line,
then five 'gain. See how

Easy it is? So try
It yourself, think of baseball
Thoughts you can express

In traditional
Japanese haiku format.
I will be the first:

Hendry tried. Really,
He did. But no teams wanted
Milton, so he stays.

(With a hat tip to
Chicago Sports In Haiku,
The best site for this.)

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Comments

I am so tired
Of all these Milton rumors.
My head will asplode.

Baseball haiku too
Needs something of the season
Spring training, come soon!

Jim Hendry lost in
the trade of Milton Bradley
on the gullible.

Milton is still here
Despite Jim Hendry’s efforts
I think I need beer

let me get this straight
five syllables then seven
then five and your done

Good haiku

Wrong use of the word “you’re”

FAIL

Pesky homonyms
They can all be quite tricky
Don’t be defensive

Hendry’s spendthrift ways
Now are coming home to roost
Let’s hope Cubs don’t suck

Dude, that was a haiku!

Hundred sixty two
games in ball season. Win lots
without Bradley here

bradley hendry lou
too much ado much ado
one thousand posts? phew!

I will not join in
i have better things to do
than write in haiku

you will not write one
in a box nor will you write
one for Jake Q. Fox?

Even if I could
I can’t imagine I would
write in such a way

Would it be too lame
If it promoted Dawson
for the Hall of Fame?

if that is the case
I think I could get on board
The Hawk deserves it.

This is really dumb
I would rather eat yard waste
Nice offseason, James

Ernie Banks now asks….
Cubs? Hen? In two thousand ten
And lay a big egg?

The cubs are not doomed
chance will play a larger role
than one guy in right

Tinker to Evers
To Chance baseballs sad story
of Cubs past glory

MB still in Chi
How could things have gone awry?
GETITDONE JIM! LIND!

Hendry met GMs
Results were not to be found
Depression sets in

Sandberg got the job
New path to Wrigley is paved
Champs in ’11

Haikus are rigid
And DADA Nihilistic
Cute kitten picture

Several months pass
Milton will still be a Cub
BCB ire grows

De do do do, De
Da da da. That’s all I have
to say to you…all.

I had such high hopes
We’d finally see the day
Milton was traded

You may yet see that
Do not think this is over
Hendry still works hard

You may well be right
Hendry works hard you say? So
Do washing machines

that's funny :)

Working hard and some
Success are not always hand
In hand my friend Al

Thanks for your kind words
This whole thread is like one long
Fantastic voyage

Do not let Bradley
Fully occupy your minds
Between now and spring

Too late for that dude
Cub fans are in some bad moods
At least the hawks rule

Still cold in Indy
Why is Milton still a Cub
Please make a trade, Jim

Winter Meetings over
To Al, Jessica and all
Happy Hanukkah

Dang it. Too many syllables

over = done

You could have written

Dang it, too many
Syllables causes error
in haiku. Over = done.

Your point is taken
You have too many at end
Thanks for the effort

the equal sign was
not intended to be part
of the word count. There.

“In haiku over”
Is already five good sir
Done makes six, a pity

Sheesh. Now, I see it.
Embarrassing is the word
For what I did there.

Al, you really seem
to have a problem counting
one, two, three, four, five

Reason is quite clear
He works at Channel Seven
Will not count to Five

However, notice
That Badger’s reply to my
Mistake is wrong too

And so it does seem,
the patrons of BCB
cannot count to five

Five is the number
Your enemy is naughty
He shall thus snuff it

You are quite correct
I did not want to promote
Your rival station

The error is in
The post made at the time of
Ten Oh One Ay Em

More caution needed
When posting a haiku here
Preview is my friend

See how easy it
Is to have an entire talk
Using just this format

Indeed it can be
I hope you got the humor
Seven versus Five

No Harden for Cubs
Bradley still hangin’ around
How can Cubs improve?

Miles is sent away
Patton not filling a spot
is the sun shining?

This is not funny
Are you Tiger Woods honey?
If yes, make money

Back to our Cub mess
I still hold out for progress
115 days—yes!

Your Woods haiku is
One of the best I have seen
It made me laugh. Good!

Snowy white the fields
Echos cheers faded away
Anticipation

Haikus are stupid
Why am I wasting my time?
Bradley traded yet?

Can I do a limerick instead?

There once was a ballplayer named Bradley
Who alienated his team very badly
They tried to trade him away
The other teams said “no way”
Are we stuck with him? the fans feared sadly

A good suggestion
Perhaps we should revisit
On St. Patrick’s Day

Maybe I was subconsciously jumping ahead to when it's closer to spring.

Here’s something a little more seasonal.

The Four Main Food Groups
For elves: candy, candy canes,
Candy corns, syrup

awesome!

There once was a man from….
Oops, can’t post that one here!!!!

There was a right fielder from Nantucket...

who couldn’t catch balls with a bucket.
They’d bounce in the stands.
He’d shrug, hips with hands
and snarl: “What else you got?” Nothin’? Then #&%@##!*^#!

Dreams of warm weather
Baseball, hot dogs and some beers
It’s freezing outside

Bored and so cold
I sit at my desk waiting
For ivy, hope, pennants

Snow is on the ground
I miss my seat in left field
Hurry April twelfth

Snow and Milton
Make this off season tragic
Move on to eleven?

(Eleven refers to 2011)

Sheets, Cameron and Putz
Wait, strike Cameron from that list
Number 12, Part Deux

Winter meetings have passed Bradley is still here
Jim Hendry is working on it so never fear
us Cubsfan will take care of it we will just pay $8 a beer

BLou is a tool
Bleed Cubbie Blue is better
When he doesn’t post

Does Blue Mike’s new name
count one or two syllables
Haiku conundrum

I always thought of it as B Lou but I guess it could be Blew

Dammit Haiku Fail
B Lou or Blew you decide
Just Haiku reply

Jim, make the damn deal
Perhaps for Double Bubble
Or some Big League Chew

I admit I guess
I must be bored working “hard”
To post a ton of these

Yet here I remain
Typing away still about
Milton’s stupid face

Al, the fourth stanza
forgot to count syllables
last line, it has six

please, if you suggest
odd activities like this
at least do it right

You are correct, Hank
I must have miscounted when
I did that. Will fix.

Sheets? Young? Halladay? Milwood?
No Soup for you!
Byrd and Burrell instead.

this haiku is bad
terribly formed, i must say
please learn how to count

Not just seventeen,
5-7-5 in order!
Inexcusible!

just platoon milton
with fukudome in right
and be done with it

Fukudome fits
Perfectly in right field so
Don’t mess with that please

it makes perfect sense
to have milton face lefties
you neanderthal

The Cubs have already
Guys who can hit lefties and
Aren’t complete assholes

But Fukudome
isn’t a lefty masher
yet Milton sure is

Two words for you sir
Are all I need to prove you
are wrong: Reed Johnson

ignorance is bliss
johnson is a free agent
he is not a cub

But! Reed Johnson can
Easily return to the
North side. I hope so.

is it wrong that i
would like rocco baldelli
to platoon with fuld?

I think that’s fine
As long as he stays in line
And healthy is good

Had hope for oh nine
Struggled through: Now things look worse
My heart aches still. Sigh

Milton is still here
Opening day drawing near
Jim, get on the phone!!!!!!!

The troughs are staying
Thus I must ask the question
Why can’t Milton go?

Left over from yesterday...

i miss billy buck
and kong’s home runs (screw mike schmidt)
barry foote was fat

There once was a man
From Chicago who- oh wait…
Limericks don’t work.

Let us try something
Writing about Cubs in haiku
Soto needs to slim

Soto twenty pounds
slimmer is who I’d like to
mmm… mmm… mmm… (can’t say out loud).

think how you both can
get him to lose all those pounds
and then… just do it

Cub fans are so dumb
Cuz Milton Bradley is good
cant replace on-base

They could if they just
Put Fukudome leadoff
As they should have done

Look, what do you want
Me to do here? These guys need
To play good baseball.

All they need to do
Is hit run catch and throw well
World series could happen

Actually, it’s
“Look, what do you want me to
say?” Don’t mess with Lou.

Look, you can’t expect me
To remember everything
Word for word, cut slack?

consider slack cut
just joshing with the gospel
that is all things Lou

Derrek Lee is good
He should not get booed at home
And Theriot sucks

+1

Oh, I do agree
Indubitably you speak
Truth. Theriot sucks.

-1

who would you prefer
tejada, cabrera, greene
explain don’t complain

Double clutching throws
Bonehead baserunning mistakes
Indeed, Theriot sucks

Thank you Shanghai Badge
There’s nothing left to explain
Truth: Theriot sucks.

I’m glad everyone
Has decided to join me
Go Andres Blanco!

Theriot is meh
But things could be so much worse
Neifi Perez, son

Theriot led us
In hits and stolen bases
Riot does not suck

unfortunately

20 steals on the cubs
is like being tall ewok

Most of us would not
Mind him so much if he was
Playing second base

sure, you say that now
but first time he play second
choke on soup you will

Juan Pierre did same
Three years before; argument
Is weak at best. Sorry.

Fukudome-san
Continues cork-screw strike outs?
I really hope not

Soriano knee
Rami shoulder DLee neck
Injure them no more

Triangle building
Parking, batting cage, weight room
New Cubs clubhouse too!

Next year Cubs please hit
Ball very hard, like it is
Gatorade machine

oh whoops

This was my favorite, until I saw that it was 5-6-5.

Hmmmm…“as if it is Gatorade machine”?

no it is correct
very has two syllables
easy mistake though

whoops again

I don’t say very with two syllables. Must be my failed education.

Bad signings 2008
Bradley gate 2009
Bradley laughing at the bank

Let’s make this season
The perfect ’10 for Cubs fans
Good baseball, win out

The bromance between
Santoswoodenlegs and Dan
is hysterical

Haiku in English

I didn’t know haiku in English is such popular over there.
I like it in Japanese and also free-haiku which is not restricted in 17 letters (such as traditional Jazz vs free Jazz), lead by Santoka Taneda. It’s fun.

+18 for free jazz!

dragonsfanatic!
thank you much for sharing your
thoughts from overseas

thought lou was answer
underperforming payroll
shoulda hired joe

All of our problems
Would be gone if we’d acquired
Peavy and Roberts

i really love cheese
Gouda, Munster, Swiss and Block
cheese cheese cheese cheese cheese

The big newfound love
For cheese on this site is odd
Yet entertaining

The love of cheese is
Mine and mine alone i fear
Hope to start a trend!

Thats totally fine
Wanted to know origin
Of the cool topic

You don’t have to fear
I eat Parmesan, cheddar
wedge by wedge by wedge

"Throw him the cheese"
Haiku

Twent-ten check list:
Fukudome must bat well;
Bradley can’t implode.

This drives me crazy
They had to include ‘Year 3’
Now we’re stuck with him

Year three is almost
Almost as bad as “Year One”
Man that movie stinks

Sorry for the typo.

Let’s try again…

Twenty-ten check list:
Fukudome must bat well;
Bradley can’t implode.

All this Haikuing
Was really Dan’s idea
We have a soup club

10 mil a year to
bitch and moan and suck and rant
I’ll do that for half

When the season starts
If Milton is still a Cub
You’ll do it for free

True that santos legs
I’ll have to stick to min wage
Behind a desk. Sigh

Did this yesterday
Andrew J Stone is awesome
I really love soup club

tomato soup and
mozzarella cheese mmm mmm!
that’s Rum Tum Tiddy

Did this yesterday
Andrew J Stone is awesome
I really love soup club

Did you double-click
When you really ought to have
Clicked mouse button once?

One haiku above
Has a link in it, and the
other one does not.

Soup really really really sucks
Chili is the way to be
Warm and tasty too

Milton Bradley sucks
Get the hell out!” we are screaming
Can’t come to soup club

No soup for you sir
or should I say money waste?
Trade, release, or stay?

Al hates it when you
Write fanpost with small content
words words words words words

Many others, though
Seemed to enjoy this game
You could play along

I have been playing
Other posts above, with recs
Thought you’d find funny

Your humor is good
No worries; today’s haikus
Have provided fun

Your humor is good
No worries; today’s haikus
Have provided fun

Your humor is good
No worries; today’s haikus
Have provided fun

Your humor is good
No worries; today’s haikus
Have provided fun

Your humor is good
No worries; today’s haikus
Have provided fun

Quite original
Now you need two more verses
Seven then five each

Lilly tried to write
Haiku once, but writing hand
Smashed table, floor too.

Finals next week, boo
Thank god for BCB, Al
Cubs over grades

+10

School and work do suck
Combining both means no fun
Wish I could be Al

I wish the Cubs would

Go spend some of their money
And bring a great team

Back to the North Side.
Otherwise White Sox Fans will
Keep annoying us.

Maybe someday Jim
Lou, Crane and all the others
Will do what we say!

Is Crane really dumb?
He quite possibly could be.
Needs lobotomy.

Cubs fans wait to see.
The faithful want Milton gone.
Waiting for the day.

abuse

pay more for tickets, though nothing will be changing, lining toms pockets

Soto smoked that green
And everyone said “that’s whack”
Glad it wasn’t crack

he’ll have a new friend,
Burrell is said to do meth.
lo, a pipe they’ll share!

Meth is bad, m’kay?
As an Iowan, i’d know.
We all do it lots.

Meth in Iowa?
Sorry, we got it much worse.
I’m from Missouri

You may be from MO
But don’t meth with Iowa
Methamphetamines

Nice! Very punny
Methinks you earned the title
of methiest state

One Fly Ball

One out from wild card
Jenkins long fly ball to left
Where are you Brant Brown?

Brown lost ball in sun
Pat Hughes cries, “He dropped the Ball!”
“NOOOOOOOOOO!”, shouts Ron Santo

But there is good news!
Because of this Brown mistake
Cubs win wild card game

Gary Gaetti

Face like a rodent
Grandfathered batting helmet
Comes through in playoff

Rod Beck

A mean fu-man shu
51st save shuts the door
Joe Carter pop out

don’t forget Neifi
hit a homer for the Rockies
knocked giants out of playoffs

Yikes - syllable count fail

don’t forget Neifi
hit a homer for rockies
wild card to the cubs

Matt Murton

Irony runs thick
Need platoon mate in right field
For Fukudome

Reed to the rescue!
Johnson a free agent, but
Could return to Cubs

Murton to Japan
This seems to be master plan
Though I liked him

Now he’ll eat sushi
Instead of hot dogs before
Games vs Contreras

In two or three years
We’ll bid for his services
$10 Mill’ posting fee

trade wire alert:
Putz is a Chicagoan!
Hendry asleep; zzz

I saw the Putz story
He’ll fail in that launching pad
The Sox can have him

still: Jenks, Putz, Thornton
and Pena, Hudson—pooty goo…
Central’s best pen, no?

Scott Bullett

Obscure bench player
Carey said he was fast as
A bullet, can’t hit

Remember when Jim
signed players at hospitals?
Now they send us there.

To expand on this
Ballplayers make us go nuts
Now I take more pills

Part of me thinks that
We put this all on ourselves
Wouldn’t change for world

This Parisi guy

Another David Patton?
We all hope he’s not.

We won’t ever find out
If Lou only lets him pitch
Every 10th game.

Parisi won’t see
Beautiful Wrigley because
He’ll be in Iowa

Bleed Cubbie Blue
Keep checking for Bradley Trade
but only dumb poems

Ode to the Pirates

A salary floor
Would make teams like the Pirates
Rebuild like Royals

Ode to the Yankees

A salary cap
Would make teams like the Yankees
Outspend other farms

Jimbo

Big Jim’s on the road
Back from Indy nothing sold
Milt is still a Cub

Cubs Week In Review

At least we receive
A guy that the Nats sold us
Chisox let him go

seven ’leven news
locked in lease for thirteen years
big gulps for us all

thirteen years? if true
this may mean that hotel plan
is on back bruner

wouldn’t go that far
quite yet, but definitely
means they’ll be back

Studying

My lawschool finals
Are less fun than writing bad
Cubbie themed haikus

Bad Contracts

Al Soriano
90 Million left to pay
Thirty-eight when done

League Minimum Salaries to the Rescue

Hope for the future:
Castro, Vitters and Cashner
Jackson(s), Hak-Ju Lee

Or for the holidays

On Starlin, on Josh
On DJ, on Logan and
his buddy Hak-Ju

On Brett and Jay with
Our Chris Carpenter, and win
For Ryno today

That is kinda weak
But after the time I spent
I had to post it.

Just for the record
I liked your poem but
It’s Cris with no H

You are correct, Sir

My memory is failing
Too long since a game

Agreed my good sir
The snow will make fools of all
I want ivy and sun

Old school

Oh for the days of
Mike Proly, Scot Thomson, and
Miguel Dilone.

More old school

Back, Back, Back, Hey Hey
Kessinger’s boarding-house reach
Watch it!! Oh, brother!

just put me in right
i couldn’t hit quite as well
but town won’t hate me

Last year in Tucson
Diamondbacks, Rockies leaving
No more spring training

anyone remember
kerry’s behind-the-back catch?
that was just awesome

New poll is posted
Over on the right sidebar
About M B – go!

New Bruce Miles blog says
Cubs will offer arb to all
Except Neal Cotts

Except FOR Neal Cotts.

I guess that depends

on whether cotts’ first name is
multi-syllabic

Ignorance

Who is this Bradley?
I visit this site often
Never heard of him.

maybe phil bradley?
Macomb Illinois hitman
one mean Mizzou ’stache

Why not keep Bradley
If no other team wants him.
Let’s Go Cubs, Let’s Go.

How dare you say that
Sphincters clench BCB wide
Oh no you didn’t!

guys whats a haiku
seriously what is it
i am so confused

I'm so embarrassed

that I’m clicking on each post
Latrine is a Brewer

Latrine's a Brewer
We need to haiku

About our next potential
shortstop Hak- Ju

Lee’s from Korea
Plays loose now on defense
We hope that improves

He hits the ball well
Does well on the basepaths I’m
not sure that’s allowed

I’m getting sleepy
But figure someone might be
Done with Bradley stuff

Starlin looks good too
But I’m fraid he’s a tweener
Hak-Ju is all that

dont agree with this

i’ll say one final thing though
he’s a bag of chips

Hak-Ju is younger
With better plate discipline
And plus speed to boot!

but castro looks like mj

the young and black mj i mean
minus the afro

That's three fellas, let's get the bats going.

SUPER OT: Bulls Tickets

I’ve got a pair right behind the Bulls bench for tonight (as in… the game in one hour and 38 minutes) that i can’t use…

Section 102
Row 7
Seat 4

Free if you can pick up in the Gold Coast… just want them to get used.

Sorry to thread-jack, just wanted to get the word out.

The Bulls suck this year
But these seats are really good
Any takers here?

Vinny Del Negro
Has ruined the Bulls for me.
I just can’t watch it.

Crappy they are, yes
But last night, an OT win!
The Bulls, fun once more

Signs of Cubs future
Evermore questionable
Swing away, Merrill

Almost got it....

This is really good
To see how clever we are
Hey-Hey, Holy Mack

My weekend...

Haiku off topic
10 meter station ready
Hope to win contest

seriously guys
our offseason is so dull
thanks again milton

We are twice as bored
As a regular user
We’re going to make soup

Imminent danger
Stuck with Bradley one more year
Come on Rays, Please trade!

Pat's Bat

Pat against lefties
Tripple slash line happy joy
Replacement in 8th

Burrell's Glove

Burrell has no wheels
And his glove is made of lead
Wind will make things fun

Cubs Haiku Friday

Cubs Haiku Friday
it came to an end so soon.
Can’t wait for next year’s.

tis a shame its gone

finally understanding
this wierd haiku thing

Haiku Al

Go “Haiku Al,” go!
I will try to “orient”
Dump that Milton B!

The End

And so, in the end
the love you make is equal
to the love you send.

Lyric Haikus! Beastie Boys:

You think you can front?
What’cha, what’cha, what’cha want?
You can’t front on that.

It’s wintertime now.
The malls begin to fill up.
Happy holidays!

Lonely Christmas here
My parents will be out there
In Chicago. Sigh.

Five wins in a row!
The Packers will win Sunday.
Here we go, Green Bay!

More seriously,
Thanks, Al, for this nicer post.
I really like it!

I hate the Packers
But there is no doubt, really
That they’ll beat the Bears

I hate the Vikings
More than any other team
Sorry, Chilango

Question for you, Al.
What team do you hate the most
In the NFL?

The Packers, for sure
It may be the colors or
That they are cheeseheads

The above is with
Apologies to any
Wisconsinites here

I used to live there.
In the mid-1990s.
Should explain a lot.

And I tell you now.
This is just friendly banter.
I know you mean well.

Nevertheless, I
Always hope the Packers lose
Tomorrow, they won’t.

I do like the Bears
This may seem impossible.
But it is the truth.

For a good reason.
My mom is from Chicago.
She lived near Wrigley,

As a very young girl.
She never went to Wrigley
Not until ’04.

No offense taken
Jessica also roots for
The Green and the Gold

Cubby Bear Tavern
Home of a Packer Fan Club
Bears across street once

Never say never.
You could be surprised Al that
the Bears might win it!

Now the Lions, sad to
say- does not matter if they
win. Ford still owns them.

Surprised I will be
If the Jay Cutler led Bears
Defeat the Packers

Pat and Ron’s voices
Soothe me when the Cubs play bad
They make me smile

Winter is real tough
No AM 720
Spring is fantastic

I listen each day
113 more
’til the Cubs return

Hey, how do I read
The second line of your poem,
In the last stanza?

Should I be saying
One hundred-and-thirteen or
One hundred thirteen?

Thanks from Chicago Sports In Haiku

A big thanks to Al
For the h/t to our blog
We’re truly honored

I’ll have to find time
To read all these great haiku
Quite a collection

Thanks for stopping by!
I enjoy your site a lot
Refrigerator

Refrigerator
Refers to Munich weather?
Freezer, snowy cold

The game has happened
The Bears played with gutsy drive.
But the Packers won.

On to Pittsburgh now.
Where the Steelers have lost six
Here we go, Green Bay!

They may be better
Than I considered last month
Still not convinced yet

I told you the Pack
Would beat the Bears easily
Lovie must go. Now.

on a lighter note...

I’m ending my night
Reading BCB haikus
Dexter ending sucked

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