Archive for April 2014

Donald Sterling In Haiku: Can The NBA Make The Clippers Worthless?

Donald Sterling In Haiku: Can The NBA Make The Clippers Worthless?
Banned for a lifetime But the racist will profit When he sells the team NBA Commissioner Adam Silver is rightfully being lauded for taking the most severe action that was within his power. L.A. Clippers owner, and “alleged” racist, Donald Sterling has been banned from the NBA for life, fined $2.5 million and may be... Read more »
By Ed Nickow,
April 30, 2014 at 1:42 pm • 

Blackhawks In Haiku: First Step Accomplished

Blackhawks In Haiku: First Step Accomplished
Four down, twelve to go The road to the Stanley Cup Has only begun It takes 16 post-season wins to accomplish One Goal. The Blackhawks notched win number 4 by dominating the St. Louis Blues in the third period of game 6 of their first round series, winning by a score of 5-1 The Blackhawks... Read more »
By Ed Nickow,
April 27, 2014 at 7:57 pm • 

Cubs In Haiku: Turning It Up To Eleven

Cubs In Haiku: Turning It Up To Eleven
Eleven series Going back to September Cubs have lost them all Going into Sunday’s game with the series tied at one game apiece, Cubs fans hoped for a victory that would give the team their first series win since they took 2-of-3 from the Reds in Cincinnati last September. They’d played 10 series since then... Read more »
By Ed Nickow,
April 21, 2014 at 9:56 am • 
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Cubs In Haiku: Travis Wood's Afternoon Turns Schlitty

Cubs In Haiku: Travis Wood's Afternoon Turns Schlitty
Travis Wood? Awsome Schlitter? Russell? Not so much Wood deserved a win Thursday’s Cubs game was a perfect example of why wins and losses are a terrible way to rate pitchers. Travis Wood was pulled after giving up a double to the first batter he faced in the 7th inning. In the first 6 innings... Read more »
By Ed Nickow,
April 10, 2014 at 7:03 pm • 

Cubs In Haiku: Not Perfect, But It's A Win

Cubs In Haiku: Not Perfect, But It's A Win
Rizzo gets it wrong It’s Hammel’s first Wrigley win Not first in NL On Cubs.com Carrie Muskat reported about a post-game conversation between Anthony Rizzo and Jason Hammel: Jason Hammel was looking forward to pitching at Wrigley Field since he signed with the Cubs in February … [He] had been to the ballpark as a... Read more »
By Ed Nickow,
April 10, 2014 at 12:04 pm • 

Cubs In Haiku: Cubs Figure Out WHEN To Get Hits

Cubs In Haiku: Cubs Figure Out WHEN To Get Hits
First 5 games, 8 runs 14 runs in next 2 games But only 1 win   2 Castro home runs Renteria ejected Much more fun to watch If the Cubs perform like they did on Sunday and Tuesday the season will at least hold the promise of some exciting baseball despite minuscule odds of finishing... Read more »
By Ed Nickow,
April 9, 2014 at 8:46 pm • 
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Cubs In Haiku: Offense Lets Down Samardzija Again

Cubs In Haiku: Offense Lets Down Samardzija Again
14 innings pitched 1.29 ERA 0 wins 1 loss The Cubs wasted another good pitching performance on Saturday leaving Jeff Samardzija to wait at least 1 more start for his first win of the season. The stats in the haiku are Samardzija’s, but it doesn’t get any better for the offense when you look at... Read more »
By Ed Nickow,
April 6, 2014 at 11:07 am • 

Cubs In Haiku: It Was So Cold, Cubs Fans Booed Ryne Sandberg

Cubs In Haiku: It Was So Cold, Cubs Fans Booed Ryne Sandberg
Cold day at Wrigley Cold bats in the Cubs lineup Cold slap in the face   One year ago I wrote a nearly identical haiku for a Cubs loss on a cold night in Pittsburgh. This one was more depressing because it happened at the Cubs home opener. Temperatures couldn’t have been much higher than... Read more »
By Ed Nickow,
April 4, 2014 at 11:12 pm • 

Opening Day In Haiku: Let The Party Begin

Opening Day In Haiku: Let The Party Begin
It’s that time again Loyal fans flock to Wrigley For Opening Day Perhaps in recognition that the product on the field might not be very good, the Cubs have been reminding us all winter that it’s going to be the “Party of The Century” at Wrigley Field. That’s because it’s been 100 years since the... Read more »
By Ed Nickow,
April 4, 2014 at 8:43 am • 
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Cubs In Haiku: Sweep Avoided In Just Nine Innings

Cubs In Haiku: Sweep Avoided In Just Nine Innings
Cubs keys to winning? Keep the game to nine innings Be the first to score The Cubs scored one run in each of the first three innings, including Mike Olt’s first big league homer. A terrific debut by Josh Hammel held the Pirates to just 1 run in 6-2/3 innings. Then the bullpen held on... Read more »
By Ed Nickow,
April 4, 2014 at 7:47 am •