tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-247949602011-11-27T18:09:45.026-06:00Strictly haikus and strictly baseball.Paul Whitenoreply@blogger.comBlogger271100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24794960.post-1145460509155501032006-04-19T10:24:00.000-05:002006-04-19T10:30:01.553-05:00<div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Dying quail, tweener,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Texas leaguer, duck snort, gork.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Synonyms of hits.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24794960-114546050915550103?l=baseballhaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Whitenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24794960.post-1145460199743047542006-04-19T10:20:00.000-05:002006-04-19T10:23:19.743-05:00<div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Blurred ash bats hum</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Rawhide whistles past my ear</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">These sounds bring me peace</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24794960-114546019974304754?l=baseballhaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Whitenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24794960.post-1145459392700140992006-04-19T10:07:00.002-05:002006-04-19T10:15:45.413-05:00<div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I don't take steroids.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">My head was always this big.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">See my baseball card?</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24794960-114545939270014099?l=baseballhaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Whitenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24794960.post-1144074228550969002006-04-03T09:22:00.000-05:002006-04-03T09:23:48.560-05:00<div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Ah, Opening Day</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">A Spring of Hope Stirs Within</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Each Tired Baseball Heart</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24794960-114407422855096900?l=baseballhaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Whitenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24794960.post-1143418675437108472006-02-23T18:17:00.000-06:002006-03-26T18:17:55.436-06:00<div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Come spring time I wait,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Just to hear three lovely words.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Pitchers and catchers.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24794960-114341867543710847?l=baseballhaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Whitenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24794960.post-1143430789141294552005-08-02T21:38:00.000-05:002006-03-26T21:40:37.533-06:00<div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Every July,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Young fans do not understand</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Why their heroes leave.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24794960-114343078914129455?l=baseballhaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Whitenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24794960.post-1143430881833625302005-07-12T21:40:00.000-05:002006-03-26T21:42:12.580-06:00<div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">A soaring baseball</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Knows not why people cheer it.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">It is deep and gone.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24794960-114343088183362530?l=baseballhaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Whitenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24794960.post-1143430920752043402005-06-13T21:41:00.000-05:002006-03-26T21:42:00.753-06:00<div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Muddy baseball fields</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Drown the hopes of all involved.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">No ballgame today.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24794960-114343092075204340?l=baseballhaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Whitenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24794960.post-1143430996353094132005-02-22T21:42:00.000-06:002006-03-26T21:43:16.356-06:00<div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">The parents write checks.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">The coach searches for sponsors.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">The players just play.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24794960-114343099635309413?l=baseballhaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Whitenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24794960.post-1143431074307006752004-11-22T21:43:00.000-06:002006-03-26T21:44:34.306-06:00<div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Too long we waited.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Many died before they saw</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">The Sox as World Champs.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24794960-114343107430700675?l=baseballhaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Whitenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24794960.post-1143431113233412012004-09-08T21:44:00.000-05:002006-03-26T21:45:35.526-06:00<div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Since smacking A-Rod,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">The Sox have been unconscious.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Thirty-one and ten.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24794960-114343111323341201?l=baseballhaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Whitenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24794960.post-1143431206098608532004-08-22T21:45:00.000-05:002006-03-26T21:46:46.100-06:00<div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Red Sox Nation knows,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Nomar was our Achilles.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">And we were Nomar's.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24794960-114343120609860853?l=baseballhaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Whitenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24794960.post-1143431254744465352004-07-22T21:46:00.000-05:002006-03-26T21:47:34.743-06:00<div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I hate the Yankees.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Like good people all over,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I hate the Yankees.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24794960-114343125474446535?l=baseballhaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Whitenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24794960.post-1143431310366988042004-06-27T21:47:00.000-05:002006-03-26T21:48:30.366-06:00<div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Interleague ballgames</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Manufactured rivalries</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Line owners' pockets.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24794960-114343131036698804?l=baseballhaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Whitenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24794960.post-1145459988479148312004-04-19T10:16:00.000-05:002006-04-19T10:19:48.500-05:00<div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">In his flaw he found</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">A flawless delivery</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:130%;">Dan Quisenberry</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24794960-114545998847914831?l=baseballhaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Whitenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24794960.post-1143431358413924982004-01-08T21:48:00.000-06:002006-03-26T21:49:18.413-06:00<div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Clemens retired?</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Nope, it is just another</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Roger Dodger lie.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24794960-114343135841392498?l=baseballhaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Whitenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24794960.post-1143431398248978162003-04-29T21:49:00.000-05:002006-03-26T21:49:58.250-06:00<div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Royals win again.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">As the victories pile up,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">KC fans can smile.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24794960-114343139824897816?l=baseballhaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Whitenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24794960.post-1143431444567925252003-02-24T21:50:00.000-06:002006-03-26T21:50:44.566-06:00<div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Steve Bechler is gone.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Ephedra's latest victim.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">The next is his child.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24794960-114343144456792525?l=baseballhaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Whitenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24794960.post-1143431484361065762002-12-16T21:50:00.000-06:002006-03-26T21:51:32.520-06:00<div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">I wish I was there.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">In those cheesy Nashville lights.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Wheeling and dealing.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24794960-114343148436106576?l=baseballhaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Whitenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24794960.post-1143431550595006462002-11-04T21:51:00.000-06:002006-03-26T21:52:30.596-06:00<div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">The Angels did it.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">He may no longer be here,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">But Gene Autry sings.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24794960-114343155059500646?l=baseballhaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Whitenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24794960.post-1143431593924904772002-09-13T21:52:00.000-05:002006-03-26T21:53:13.926-06:00<div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">It seems so fitting.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">The year we finally don't strike,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">The Angels get hot.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24794960-114343159392490477?l=baseballhaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Whitenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24794960.post-1143431649461447902002-08-20T21:53:00.000-05:002006-03-26T21:54:09.463-06:00<div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Filthy rich players.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Billionaire club owners.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">What a crock of shit.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24794960-114343164946144790?l=baseballhaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Whitenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24794960.post-1143431718285373922002-07-13T21:54:00.000-05:002006-03-26T21:55:18.286-06:00<div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">The face of evil</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Has finally been revealed.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Ted Williams' son.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24794960-114343171828537392?l=baseballhaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Whitenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24794960.post-1143431765128715392002-05-17T21:55:00.000-05:002006-03-26T21:56:25.683-06:00<div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Tell me, David Glass,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Why should we cheer when your team</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Exchanges Tonys?</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24794960-114343176512871539?l=baseballhaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Whitenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24794960.post-1143431872945329652002-03-13T21:57:00.000-06:002006-03-26T21:57:52.946-06:00<div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Selig does not care</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">About fans like you and me.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">He just wants our cash.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24794960-114343187294532965?l=baseballhaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Whitenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24794960.post-1143431826124766762002-03-13T21:56:00.000-06:002006-03-26T21:57:06.126-06:00<div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Nomar and Pedro.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Manny, Trot, Jason, Johnny.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Gentlemen, play ball.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24794960-114343182612476676?l=baseballhaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Whitenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24794960.post-1143431925378457362002-02-26T21:57:00.000-06:002006-03-26T21:58:45.380-06:00<div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Florida sunshine</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">And Arizona cactus</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:130%;">Welcome our Springtime.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/24794960-114343192537845736?l=baseballhaiku.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Paul Whitenoreply@blogger.com0