Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Happy Holidays

Twenty-ten, Year of Purple

Could this be the year?

Post Winter Meetings

Roster taking shape

Iannetta in the fold

No new shiny toys...

Winter Meetings

The Hot Stove heats up

Deals, trades, and signings oh my

Christmas comes early

HOF Ballot

He's El Gran Gato

Played the corner with quickness

First Blake Street Bomber

Thanks for the memories Andres Galarraga...good luck on the HOF vote!

Hockey Haiku - Game 27

Duchene's first home goal

Anderson's thirty-four saves

Avs lose in shoot out

NL MVP

Tulo captures fifth

Great season, real fire plug

Can he get respect?

Box Score Haiku - The Book

Here is the link to this year's book, Box Score Haiku - 2009 Colorado Rockies Season in Poetry. Besides game-by-game haiku's there is also some interesting stats that I threw into the mix. Obviously I would appreciate if you bought a book but you may also download a pdf of the book for free. Read it and pass it along. If you found some value in it, then donate to my kid's college fund!

Manager of the Year

Congrats to Tracy
Wins Manager of the Year
Give me an encore!

Hot Stove League

Teams dreams spring anew

Hot Stove League rumors alight

Free Agents smile!

Season Finale

The Yankees Win, The....

Godzilla flattens Philly

No Phillie repeat

World Series

The World Series starts

Wish it was purple pinstripes

Rox in twenty-ten!

Tribute

Thanks Jeff Kingery /
You were my Rox summer voice /
"it ain't coming back"

Game 4 NLDS

Rox go down fighting
Blown save leaves a sour taste
Next year's foundation

Game 3 NLDS

Frigid Fall evening
Well played chess match, Rox came close
Needed one more hit...

(or Umpire's right call ;-0 )

NLDS Pause

Snow, snow everywhere

Game 3 is now on Sunday

I won't freeze tonight ;-)

Game 2 NLDS

Whew, breathing again
Rox survive sixth inning scare
Leave Philly for good!

Game 1 NLDS

Smack in face, wake up
Playoff baseball is for keeps
Rox go quietly

or

A bad beginning
U-Ball falters sixth inning
Rox offense quiet

Game 162

A meaningless game

Next stop, playoffs in Philly

Nice season, thanks Rox

Game 161

The wild card it is
Luck runs out in the Seventh
Next time is for keeps

Game 160

That's one, two to go
Whew felt like playoff baseball
Rox bend but don't break

Game 159

Hey,Hey Playoff bound
The chef Cooked up a clincher
Must be Rox-tober

Game 158

Wacky, windy night
Wild pitch runs and homers
Eight Rox arms help win

Game 157

That was a huge win
Iannetta saves the day
Let's forget the ninth...

Game 156

Ace de la Rosa
Quiet sixteen victories
Double play saves Street

Game 155

Rox lack one big hit
Umps strange strike zone didn't help
Cards clinch the Central

Game 154

Rox needed this one
Yorvit's hits walk off sac fly
A sigh of relief...

Game 153

Padres make us sweat
Rox aren't making it easy
What will be, will be

Game 152

Mood swings with the Rox
No fun when Marquis struggles
Make me happy, win

Game 151

Wet seesaw battle
Pesky Padres don't forget
Smith caught the ball!

Game 150

Trip finally ends

Wrap up Wild Card at home?

Make the Dodgers sweat...

Game 149

That is more like it!

Offense returns, Rox on top

Keep it up CarGo

Game 148

Chips are down, who blinks?

Rox bluffing isn't working

Who's ace in the hole?

Off Day

Time to catch our breath
The final fifteen game push
Playoff hopes looming...

Game 147

Betancourt's HUGE save
Palms were a sweatin' Rox win
Could define season

Game 146

Confidence lacking
Someone needs to carry team
Wild card is still ours!

Game145

A Giant spanking
Wild card race not over
Sleeping bats wake up

Game 144

Long day at Petco

Marquis' second half struggles

Giant (!) series next

Game 143

Yorvit ties the game
Late inning magic runs dry
Rox just won't give up

Game 142

What is there to say?
Yorvit gets pinch hit double
Rox truly steal one!

Game 141

Nine and one home stand
A series sweep, Rox beat Reds
Road trip hurdle next

Game 140 Inning By Inning

At the game last night decided to keep score (to my wife's chagrin) and decided I'd do a haiku an inning...

Inning 1
Reds strike with double
Hammel pitches through unscathed
Rox strand two runners

Inning 2
Reds down in order
Pitchers get into their zone
Reds error squashed

Inning 3
Hammel looking good
EY and CarGo single
Rox get two runs in

Inning 4
Nice play by Barmes
Diving stop prevents a hit
Rox down in order

Inning 5
Hammel gets fifth K
Dominanting performance
Rox go quietly

Inning 6
Reds three up, three down
Nice diving catch by Atkins
DP end Rox threat

Inning 7
Hammel gets eighth K
Great start for this young pitcher
He almost homers!

Inning 8
Uh-Oh, wheels fall off
Three doubles later, game tied
Daley throws great pitch

Inning 9
Home run gives Reds lead
Rox respond, load the bases
Smith singles, scores two

Game 140

Riveting, must see
Nerve racking, scoreboard watching
Smith wins it in ninth!

Game 139

Remember Senior?
Old Mile High, first hit homer...
Now it's Junior's turn!

Game 138

Rox rally to win
Stewart's homer gets the lead
Morales seals save

Game 137

Sensational Smith
He smashes and stomps those snakes
Rox settle for sweep

Game 136

It's September Seth
See Seth score, see Seth homer
See Contreras win

Game 135

Smith's four hits, lead way
The bullpen finds their mojo
Giambi the Great

Game 134

Pitchers were dismal
Thumped by sixteen hit barrage
Still a series win...

Game 133

The Great Giambi
His mighty bat, tree stump arms
Dispatch foes with hits

Game 132

Whew Rox find the switch
Run scoring machine back on
Helton leads the way

Off Day

Take a deep breath, breathe

Off day then September push

Focus, think playoffs!

Game 131

That wasn't much fun!
Rox swept away in San Fran
Day off, back at it.

Game 130

Anti-Rox are back
Record falls back to the mean?
Just play good baseball!

Game 129

Lincecum's revenge
Shutout at McCovey's Cove
Where'd the mojo go?

Game 128

Dodgers whipping boys
Rox can't score, chances galore
Giant roadtrip next...

Game 127

Emotions run dry
No magic tonight at Coors
Stretch run approaches

Game 126

Mister Fantastic
Extra inning heroics
Tulo thumps LA

Game 125

A late night affair
Grand slam daggers the Giants
Spilly the hero

Game 124

Smith's second deck shot
U-Ball bests Cy Young winner
Rox need some respect!

Game 123

Rox wake from slumber
An old tyme Coors Field slugfest
Twelve win for Rosa

Game 122

A bad homecoming
Rox fall with a Giant thud
Cookie might be hurt...

Game 121

The expected sweep

This is what a good team does

No stars, good baseball

Game 120

Barmes Home Run King?
Three home runs in last three games...
Marquis gets fourteenth

Game 119

Home run for the lead
Another for insurance
When will Street implode?

Game 118

Rox find some sunshine
Escapes with a victory
An ugly series!

Game 117

Florida heat Cooks
Rox pitching melts in Second
Fish hunt Wild Card

Game 116

Late runs not enough
Expansion brothers get win
The Fish don't get hooked

Game 115

Hits, runs aplenty
Batting second, the sweet spot
Barmes loves homers

Game 114

Eight strong for U-Ball
He throws a three hit shut out
Rox needed this win!

Game 113

Chacin's big league start

Rox's defense turns to swiss cheese

I want a redo!

Game 112

Saw my first Cycle!

Troy makes history again

In Tulo we trust

Game 111

Bats bust out today

The Toddfather leads the way

Eject the Cubs too...

Game 110

Marquis keeps it close

Bradley steals one from Tulo

Rox lose a close one

Game 109

It's Wrigley Field West

'Netta's homer cinches it

U-Ball wins his ninth

Game 108

Rox welcome pitcher
Newly acquired Lee wins
Road trip ends even

Game 107 in Comic Strip Format

For those of you who are visual animals or

Game 107

No brotherly love
Rox shutout by a rookie
Homer happy Phils

Game 106

Old man and young guns
Moyer throws batting practice
Don't forget Atkins!

Game 105

Three game sweep of Reds
Triple by Dex ensures win
Road trip looking good

Game 104

The Mighty U-Ball
Ninety-nine on radar gun
Rox future stopper

Game 103

Back to back in eighth
Red's pitchers give away wins!
Rox sigh of relief

Game 102

New York rarity
Rox salvage one win at least
Rotten Big Apple

Game 101

Rare doubleheader
Mets revive blank Rox again
Rain out rest no help

Game 100

Don't fall apart now

Offense swoons, shut out occurs

Wake up this ain't Shea!

Game 99

Shea's curse continues

So much for retooled bullpen

Rox should beat these Mets...

Game 98

His sinker Cooking

Groundouts galore, win series

Ten game roadtrip starts

Game 97

Get on Tulo's back Triple short of the cycle Rox need that hero!

Game 96

Gotta swing to hit
A Giant disappointment
No heroes tonight

Game 95

Todd’s new milestone
Gets his five hundredth double
And winning homer

An evil series
Rox glad they could steal two wins
Giant weekend here

Game 94

Rox snake bit again
Still mad from N.L. Series
Bullpen still needs work

Game 93

A sloppy end game
Win is a win, Rox on top
Our Rox, proud to be

A world series chance?
Why not, man walked on the moon...
Rox getting closer

Game 92

No late night finish!
Marquis the Magnificent
Takes charge, takes series

Game 91

An offensive lull
Scary moment in seventh
Pinch homer dooms Rox

Game 90

Haven't skipped a beat
Barmes homer pounds the drum
Street's dominant save

Game 89

Second half good start
Litter box like second home
Rox bats keep scoring

All Star Game

A.L. wins again
No Marquis and Hawpe hitless
Rox will host Game Three...

or

A.L. wins again
Hawpe's hit becomes a footnote
Rox will host Game Three...

Game 88

Great All Star send off
Hawpe's double scores winning run
Like first half come back

Game 87

Where is the offense?
Marquis can't win number twelve
Braves just own the Rox

Game 86

Not much pop tonight
Bats could have used the lightning
Blah night at ballpark

Game 85

Rox unsung hero
Atkins finds the line, scores two
Coors Field magic back?

Game 84

Sweep those pesky Nats
Tulo's monster stroke is back
Wild Card hunt is on

Game 83

A see-saw battle
Nats beat themselves with errors
Rox will take the gift
(Embree's no pitch win)

Game 82

Blink and you missed it
Marquis shows his All Star stuff
One run just enough

Game 81

Rox at halfway point
Old losing habits come back
Just can't beat bad teams

Game 80

Shades of Bullpens past
Big inning dooms Rox chances
Fireworks fizzle

Game 79

It's good to be home
Best pitchers in the N.L.?
Who cares, they just win

Game 78

Heartbreak for Hammel
Pitches eight strong, no support
Dodgers still own Rox

Game 77

Complete game shutout
Marquis wins tenth, leads the league
Exclamation point!

Game 76

Unlucky thirteen
The Dodgers have our number
A Wild Card Future

Game 75

Rox Cook something up
Revenge is dish best served cold
Street serves, Matt simmers

Game 74

No comeback for you...
Rox keep winning, A's losing
Take that Holliday

Special Edition Game 76 - Cleveland Indians

Ohio Battle
Better when it was the Jake
Tribe not a good team

Game 73

Rox pass with an A
No need for a Holliday
Atkins finds his stroke

Special Edition Game 73 - Pittsburgh Pirates

The Grays and Monarchs
Old school baseball in Pittsburgh
Bucs win with homers

Game 72

Marquis beaten up
Can't seem to win in SoCal
Next stop...Holliday

Game 71

Tight game, defense fails
Spoils Tulo's foul pole smash
Old friend gets the save

Game 70

The Cali roadtrip
Birthday boy Hawpe hits homer
Rox spank the Angels

Game 69

Brooms a bit tired
Tracy sweeps his former team
Revenge ain't it sweet

Game 68

You can't stop the Rox
Helton wins it in the Ninth
All hail the Rox Star

Game 67

A business like win
Hawpe's hitting, Marquis pitching
A winning record!

Game 66

Rox back to even

Series win over the Rays

Pirates next on deck

Game 65

Back to winning ways
Rays get Cooked, Tulo homers
Bullpen impressive

Game 64

Pitching collapses
The Rays take batting practice
Winning streak over...

Game 63

Rox fans are speechless
Tornadoes can't slow them down
Lets devil some Rays...

Game 62

Wow ten in a row
Sacrifice flies win the game
Dare to get brooms out?

Game 61

See U-Ball swing bunt
See U-Ball pitch complete game
See U-Ball smile

Game 60

Two sweeps in a row
The Greatest Road Trip Ever
Where's the wins at home?

Game 59

Lucky seven wins
Homers and doubles score runs
Pitching keeps rollin'

Game 58

Shades of oh-seven?
Six in a row with CarGo...
Good pitching helps too

Game 57

Marquis dominates
Rox first sweep of a series
Bring on the Brewers

Game 56

Who replaced our Roxs?
I like version two point oh
Need to find some brooms...

Game 55

Boo Yeah, On Fire
Stewart hits two souvenirs
Cook swats the Cardinals

Game 54

A nine run seventh!

de la Rosa gets first win!

Road exclamation!

Game 53

A frustration win

Atkins finds stroke, hurts ball, twice

Can it continue?

Game 52

This is not much fun...

Pitching error dooms the Rox

Four game losing streak

Game 51

U-Ball grounds Astros

But offense can't score enough

Pen loses again...

Game 50

Roller coaster Cook
Astros blast off on the Rox
Long road trip ahead

Game 49

No Padre sweeping
Need to dominate at home
Find that Coors magic

Game 48

Exciting comeback
Atkins bats one in then scores
Team has some passion

Game 47

A new era starts
The Roxs shutout the Padres
New manager wins!

Off Day Blues

Big inning buzz saws
Ten games under five hundred
The end of Gen R?

Game 46

The bases loaded
So close, winning run on base
Ground out squashes chance

Game 45

Burnt Cookie at Coors
Dodgers own the N.L. West
Roxs need some fire!

Game 44

Lakers or Dodgers

They both love Colorado

So much for Manny

Home away from home

Old fashion hit fest at Coors

L.A. clobbers Rox

Game 43

Hammel secures win

Helton finds fountain of youth

A rare series win

Game 42

Marquis grits it out
Helton roars back, gets homer
A seesaw winner

Game 41

First interleague game
Tigers roar, Rox slide again
Rookie pitcher wins

Game 40

Cookie's complete game
Helton hits huge grand slam blast
When it rains it pours

Game 39

An ugly series

Braves pummeling Rox pitchers

Can we come home now?

Game 38

Salute to Helton
Two thousand hits and counting
A forever Rox

Game 37

Marquis finds his groove
Helton still one hit away
He will take the win

Game 36

Seventh inning curse
Nine hits, two errors, ten runs
The Roxs walk the plank...

Game 35

The Cookie Crumbles
No fireworks in the ninth
Helton needs a hit!

Game 34

Spilly's great defense
Hawpe's blast in the ninth inning
Great way to start trip

Game 33

Win stolen at home
Roxs strike out on the home stand
On the road to wins?

Game 32

Bested by Hampton
Crazy inconsistency
Which team will show up?

Game 31

Hurdle on the ropes
Rox respond with great outing
U-Ball grounds Astros

Game 30

A rare one run win

Tulo homers, Cook gets win

Pink bats win for Mom

Game 29

A pitching battle
Twelve strikeouts and lousy loss
Yup, that's the Rox luck

Game 28

Star Trek opening
Totally missed the Rox's game
Geek didn't miss much

Game 27

Got consistency?
Rox's regress, Marquis gets rocked
Next series, fish fry!

Game 26

Jimenez superb
Heltonesque at the plate too
Great night at the park

Game 25

Good defense tonight
Tight game at the Litterbox
Lose by one again!

Game 24

Iannetta's Slam
I hate late night west coast games
Works for Rox, a win!

Game 23

Extra inning game

Giants throw a three hitter

Corpas suffers loss

Game 22

Spilly's two homers

Marquis pitching performance

Rox even series

Game 21

Wet night in San Fran

Big Unit, U-Ball duel

Rally comes up short

Game 20

Cook finds his sinker
Offense continues to hit
Strong April finish

Game 19

Claw their way to lead
Bullpen lets it slip away
Rox missing Fuentes

Game 18

Good start to the week

See Dex hit, see Dex run fast

Hope Hawpe is OK

Game 17

Can we clone Marquis?
Put the brooms away, we won
Frustration plays out

Game 16

Why Apodaca
Why do you still have a job?
Something needs to change...

Game 15

Stopperless bullpen
Barmes homer gave us hope
Still can't beat L.A.

Game 14

Seventh inning woes
Tough loss, good starting pitching
Next stop home Cookin'

Game 13

The Mighty Helton
Actions speak louder than words
Too bad he can't pitch

Game 12

Road trip woes are back
Another chilly April
Less strikeouts might help

Game 11

Hurdle watch begins

Series sweep by the Dodgers

Rox just not clicking

Game 10

The same old story

Offense too little too late

Bullpen the weak link

Game 9

Bullpen collapses
Four run seventh is enough
Ruins Hawpe's homer

Game 8

Rox on winning side
Marquis shows up former team
Next stop, Manny World

So Long Harry

Voice of the Phillies
An unmistakable call
Here's to "Outta here"

Game 7

One hit, twelve strikouts
Cold weather ices offense
Walks beat Rox pitchers

Game 6

A rainy Sunday
Rox jump to lead, Phil crawl back
Bullpen coughs it up

Game 5

The offense quiets
Pitching comes back down to earth
Phil's bats awaken

Game 4

Masterful Marquis
At the plate and on the mound
Rox feed the fever

Game 3

Afternoon baseball
Fowler hits first pitch homer
Morales six strong

Rox take the Series
Feels good to beat the D-Backs
Our next stop, Coors Field

Game 2

U-Ball's three hitter
Tulo's homer is enough
Street gets his first save

Game 1

New season, fresh start
Slugfest in Arizona
Rox snake bit again

New Season

Like Christmas Morning

Presents wrapped and shiny new

Expectations thrill

Preseason Baseball - Done at Last

Last preseason game
Sunny, hot day in Vegas
Smith sets momentum

Denver Post Haiku of the Week

Baseball

Red seams, white leather
Crack of the bat, smacking mitt
Purple row of seats...

WBC

World Baseball Classic

Iannetta's hit keys win

Go....U.S.A!

Preseason Baseball

Gloves are on today
Season's opening chapter
Bring on the D-Backs

Pitchers and Catchers Report

Possibilities
Catchers and Pitchers Report
Spring Time has Arrived