Archive Haiku - 4/26/95

A titanic blast!
Bichette walk-off clinches win
Text book hitting coach...

New Manager

We welcome Walt Weiss
Rox reach back to move forward
Good luck you'll need it!

Gold Glove Winner

CarGo It starts with defense
Something for Rox to build on
Congrats, go for three!

Pre Hot Stove

Tracy the fall guy?
Hardly, Rox classiest man
Team takes a step back...

Game 162 (W 2-1)

Rox finish with win
Thankfully fans can move on
Gotta be better...

Game 161 (L 3-5)

It's almost over
Night's terror - one out from win
Three run blast ends it....

Game 160 (W 7-5)

Rox win at something
Don't lose triple digits!
Small victories count?

Game 159 (L 1-7)

Least Rox scored a run
Can't find a win in LA
Mercy rule maybe?

Game 158 (L 0-3)

Worse season ever
And worse fan slogan ever
Yeah, Year of the Fan! (sarcasm

Game 157 (L 0-8)

Back to losing ways
Blanked and scoreless in LA
Ties franchise losses

Game 156 (W 7-5)

Rox finish the sweep
Close out year at home with win
Future is present

Game 155 (W 6-0)

Holy Cow - Rox Win
Final push - three in a row
Fighting one hundred...

Game 154 (W 10-5)

Rain saves our bullpen
Mother Nature helps with win
Or maybe ten runs...

Game 153 (W 4-2)

Call me a bad fan
I'm rooting for one hundred
Owner might catch clue...

Game 152 (L 7-10)

Rox almost won one!
Of course I left when winning
Then our bullpen choked...

Game 151 (L 7-8)

Rox ain't proud to be
Lose their ninety-third game
Yikes this is ugly

Game 150 (L 5-15)

Hits just keep coming
For every team except us
Joy baseball dying..

Game 149 (L 2-9)

Giants should thank us
Division title a breeze
Rox should share honor...

Game 148 (L 1-7)

This nightmare over?
Rox lost ninety games so far
It's embarrassing...

Game 147 (L3-6)

Rox dismal season...
Bright spot? Wilin's home run show
Ties Helton's record!

Game 146 (L 1-2)

Ballpark of Horrors
Anti-Coors, place of lost runs
Place Rox lose a lot!

Game 145 (L 11-12)

Petco ain't Coors Field
Except teams, baseball forgot
Scored twenty-three runs!

Game 144 (L 3-4)

Rox handcuffed at plate
Rookie hurler quiets bats
Unlike Pomeranz...

Game 143 (W 7-4)

A road hit parade
CarGo leads the way with four
Twenty / Twenty man!

Game 142 (L 3-8)

Twenty years ago
Rox still dream but I found one
Like Wilin's homer

Game 141 (L 8-9)

A wild rainy night
Pitcher's homer makes difference
Giant's sail to win

Game 140 (W 6-5)

Nothing comes easy
Tracy gets tossed, White homers?
September Baseball!

Game 139 (L 4-7)

Rox defense blows up
Commit more errors than runs
Defense wins games too...

Game 138 (L 2-3)

Rain delay double

Cargo bobbles, Phillies win

Tough ninth inning lose

Game 137 (L 2-3)

Unforgiving game
One pitch, play make difference
So goes Rox season...

Game 136 (L 0-1)

Find new ways to lose
Braves' runner scores from third base
On pass ball to mound!

Game 135 (L 0-1)

A pitching duel?
Strange game this thing called baseball
Shame there's no offens

Game 134 (W 6-0)

Rox quiet the Chop
They finally beat the Braves
Playoff spoilers!

Game 133 (L 1-6)

Rox House of Horrors
Hotlanta own us this year
Twelve strikeouts thumping!

Game 132 (W 11-10)

A Coors Field special
No lead safe, pitcher's lose face
Rox outhit? Who cares!

Game 131 (W 9-1)

View of crystal ball?
Colving raking, Dex homers
Chacin a'dealing

Game 130 (L 4-5)

Rox still in cellar
And Padres lead by nine games
Long season it's been...

Game 129 (L 8-10)

A wild one at Coors
Rox come up just few runs short
Too bad, prefer sweeps

Game 128 (W 8-4)

New look Dodgers? Blah
Rox don't care, keep your money
We'll just keep winning

Game 127 (W 10-0)

New Evil Empire
Spend cash, Rox whip you for free 
Hollywood mirage...

Game 126 (L 0-5)

Rain shortened ball game
Not that it really mattered
Rox offense asleep!

Game 125 (W 4-3)

Young ones hear the call
Provide bleacher souvenirs
Rox sneak past Cubbies

Game 124 (L 3-5)

A win in Rox sights
Bullpen eighth inning meltdown
Stops win streak at five

Game 123 (W 1-0)

The sweep is complete
Rox roll over dying Mets
The Kids are alright!

Game 122 (W 5-2)

Big Lights, Big City

Rox become King Kong in Queens

Swat homers, win games

Game 121 (W 6-2)

A breath of fresh air
Chacin returns, looking good
Rox winners again!

Game 120 (W 3-1)

Knuckleball be damned
Rox take bite of Big Apple
Colvin the biggest

Game 119 (W 3-2)

A Coors pitching duel?
Pacheco goes deep for lead
Bullpen holds for win

Game 118 (L 5-6)

Rox become footnote
Stanton's parking lot home run
Rox battle but lose

Game 117 (L 5-6)

Rox can't get fifth straight
Stanton hits to Arvada
Purple luck runs out?

Game 116 (W 5-3)

Go ahead triple
Rutledge, a monster first year
Wait till Tulo's back!

Game 115 (W 7-6)

Rox far from perfect
But two run, walk off double
Equals Series sweep!

Game 114 (W 8-6)

Our Rox show some life
Return to home winning ways
Good pitching sure helps!

Game 113 (W 9-6)

Home field advantage?
Rox find their home hitting stride
Help Francis to win

Game 112 (L 6-9)

Five run eighth kills Rox
So close to Series winner
Would have been epic!

Game 111 (L 3-9)

Just like Alcatraz
Rox don't ever leave with wins
It's the anti-Coors

Game 110 (W 3-0)

Rox get third shutout
Winning West Coast swing so far
Against top two teams!

Game 109 (L 4-6)

EY starts off fast
Lead off inside the parker
But Rox can't earn sweep

Game 108 (W 3-1)

Two wins in a row?
Hollywood special effects?
Give me more sequels!

Game 107 (W 2-0)

That's blipping crazy
Tracy goes full Hollywood
Ejected but win!

Game 106 (L 3-8)

I have perfect fix
Put the whole team on DL
Save on garbage bags...

Game 105 (L 6-11)

Baseball lost its fun?
Hard to have fun when you lose
Next year find pitching! (Please!

Game 104 (L 4-16)

Colossal beat down
Giants unleash a fury
Sixteen hit thumping...

Game 103 (W 8-2)

Hey guess what Rox fans...
Avoid sweep, gets home win, and
Rutledge goes deep too!

Game 102 (L 6-9)

Bullpen arms tired
Starter's pitch count taking toll
Front Office mess too

Game 101 (L 6-11)

Oh what might have been
Had our Rox signed Holliday
Would we lose hundred?

Game 100 (L 2-7)

Just embarrassing
All nine Rox lose track of outs
Respect the game please!

Game 99 (L 7-9)

Reds home run derby
Rox just can't hold any leads
Wish crowd size could pitch

Game 98 (L 0-3)

Olympic moment? 
Hardly our Rox get shut out
Rox striving for lead!

Game 97 (W 4-2)

Starter gets a win?
Relief corp night off, sort of...
Francis - ace retread

Game 96 (L 2-6)

Nothing more to write
Rox bad, pitching bad, blah blah
Ad infinitum...

Game 95 (L 3-6)

Uniform name changes
Pitching results stay the same
Not much more to say

Game 94 (L 2-3)

Lineup of future?
Hope they grow up really fast
Losing makes you old...

Game 93 (W 8-6)

Late game, fell asleep
Pacheco big time at bat
Rox win in extras

Game 92 (L 5-9)

Cellar dweller fight Rox can't pitch at Petco too Road to one hundred!

Game 91 (L 6-9)

Rox bust out to lead
Although this year, no lead safe
Rox lose game, series!

Game 90 (L 2-6)

Find new ways to lose
Bases loaded twice, no runs
Now it's comical... 

Game 89 (W 5-4)

Nervous Ninth Inning
Delay leads to home run tie
Dex sac fly wins it!

Game 88 (L 1-5)

Phillies series win
O'Dowd, good pitchers can win
Maybe we need some...

Game 87 (L 5-8)

Make it interesting Rox go down fighting, but lose Gotta love effort...

Game 86 (W 6-2)

Like a new season?
Fresh faces, a rookie starts...
Rutledge impressive

Game 85 (W 4-3)

Nice comeback by Rox
Thankfully first half over
Let's build for next year!

Game 84 (L 1-4)

Rox losses mount
Incomplete games just the norm
Consistency lacking...

Game 83 (W 5-1)

Beat baseball's elite
Colvin dons cape, hits homers
Helps Pomeranz win ‪

Game 82 (L 2-6)

Colvin the highlight
One positive for the year
Who else can step up

Game 81 (L1-4)

Rox reach half way point
On pace for hundred losses
Can't get any worse? ‪

Game 80 (W 3-2)

Francis pitches gem
Bullpen hangs on, makes us sweat
Colvin's shot enough!

Game 79 (L 3-9)

The Red Birds take flight
Walks, sac flies, errors trump Rox
Another long night...

Game 103 (W 8-2)

Hey guess what Rox fans...
Avoid sweep, gets home win, and
Rutledge goes deep too!

Game 78 (L 0-2)

Ughhh, it's come to this
Series loss, lowly Padres
But CarGo's a Star!

Game 102 (L 6-9)

Bullpen arms tired
Starter's pitch count taking toll
Front Office mess too

Game 102 (L 6-9)

Bullpen arms tired
Starter's pitch count taking toll
Front Office mess too

Game 77 (L 4-8)

Rox homer curse strikes
Guthrie victimized again
O'Dowd's worse trade yet?

Game 76 (W 10-2)

Rox aren't the worse team
Division foes just as bad
Rox starter gets win!

Game 75 (W 11-10)

Seven runs not safe...
Colvin kept bashing, Rox win
Thanks Ottavino!

Game 74 (L 5-11)

Coors welcomes Rookie
Cabrera outmatched, outgunned 
Welcome to Bigs, Kid

Game 73 (L 5-12)

Little League scorebook
Nats score early and often
Nice job Rox pitching...

Game 72 (W 4-2)

Holy Cow - Harry said
Thermometer says hundred!
Rox turn hot at home...

Game 71 (L 2-4)

Rox road trip over
They win one in each city
Interleague failure...

Game 70 (W 11-7)

It's a Slurpee Score
Rox take big lead, watch it shrink
No lead safe this year...

Game 69 (L 1-4)

Chances - Rox strand ten
Oswalt - Nine wins against Rox
Losses - Keep mounting.

Game 68 (W 4-1)

Oh my God, a win...
Haiku fails me, what to say?
Victory build on

Game 67 (L 6-7)

Rox can't catch a break
Playing like the Bad News Bears
We'll get our revenge!

Game 66 (L 2-7)

New town, same result
Phillies' ace shows how it's done
Allows two, goes eight!

Game 65 (L 0-5)

The Tigers take two
Rox glad to motor away
Season an Edsel!

Game 64 (L 1-4)

Short lived excitement
No left overs from last night
Bats silent again...

Game 63 (W 12-4)

Rox finally win one
Frustration let loose in tenth
Eight runs assures win!

Game 62 (L 2-8)

A's rub salt in wound
Rox get whooped and swept at home
Bright side? Tough road trip!

Game 61 (L 8-10)

A punch in the gut
Losing in ninth, heartbreaking
The fan in me cries...

Game 60 (L 5-8)

Interleague nightmare
Rox Starters, an epic fail
Third deck blast proves it!

Game 59 (L 8-10)

Umpires botch call
Can't overcome bad pitching
Rox are swept again

Game 58 (L 5-11)

Rox seen this before
Five runs, five homers, and lose
Welcome back Francis

Game 57 (L 2-7)

One man wrecking crew
Angels Hunter knocks in six
A.L. loving Coors

Game 56 (L 1-6)

Compare and contrast
Rox versus D-Backs pitchers
Which team can win now?

Game 55 (L 0-10)

That's sixteen strikeouts
Hard to win when batters whiff
Anything but sweet...

Game 54 (W 4-0)

Young stars shine tonight
Friedrich, bullpen throw shutout
Rox Rollin', maybe?

Game 53 (W 3-2)

Rox win big boy game
Solid pitching, timely hits
White earned win today

Game 52 (L 2-6)

Rox offense slows down
They collect only six hits
Potential is there!

Game 51 (W 13-3)

Comic Book Offense
Vrooom, Whoosh, Boom, Whack, and Ka-Pow
Rox bats bring the noise

Game 50 (W 11-5)

Rox dust off those brooms
Sweep Astros back to Houston
CarGo's in Orbit!

Game 49 (W 13-5)

Go Go Go-nzalez
CarGo goes deep for hat trick
End of May looks good...

Game 48 (W 7-6)

Guess Dex still belongs
Felt right at home leading off
Spark to Ignite Rox?

Game 47 (W 9-7)

Pacheco comes through
Bloop single breaks tie, scores two
Takes first in twin bill

Game 46 (L 5-7)

Five hits, five homers
Any other team that's win
This year is maddening....

Game 45 (L 3-10)

Bad defense, bad team?
Starters struggle, fielders tight
Offense just asleep...

Game 44 (W 6-3)

Gosh, two in a row
A bounce back win for Friedrich
Go for Trifecta

Game 43 (W 8-4)

Positive Thinking

Fan mojo wills Rox to win

or just good pitching!

Game 42 (L 6-7)

Rox need our good vibes Tomorrow please think, "Rox Win" We'll flatten this rut

Game 41 (L 4-7)

Bat meets slow fastball
Ball soon meets video board
Stanton's slam beats Rox...

Game 40 (L 4-6)

Denver - a great town
Home to awesome baseball fans
Who deserve better!

Game 39 (L 3-10)

Is this Rox bottom?
Ineptitude is shocking
Something has to give....

Game 38 (L 0-4)

Rox get some pitching
Of course bats took the night off
Manage just two hits....

Game 37 (L 7-9)

Bee swarm, snake come back
Bullpen ugly sight to see
Wacky day at Coors...

Game 36 (W 6-1)

It's good to be home
Gramps dealing, sprinting to first
Young punks stare in awe!

Game 35 (W 5-4)

Click your heels, Marco
Blast propels Rox home with Win
Something to build on?

Game 34 (L 2-3)

This one stings a lot
Friedrich goes seven, K's ten
Rox still can't win one!

Game 33 (L 5-11)

LA disaster
No angels rooting for us
For Rox or Nuggets!

Game 32 (L 1-2)

Road trips and Rox wins?
Not mutually exclusive...
Rox aren't this awful

Game 31 (L 3-7)

Chavez Ravine curse?
Dreaded Lefty strikes again
Dodgers are for real...

Game 30 (W 6-2)

Friedrich wins debut
Solid outing from first rounder
Rox need positives!

Game 29 (L 1-3)

Rox lose more than game
Man who brought baseball passes
Big thanks McMorris

Game 28 (L 2-3)

Change of scenery?
Nope Rox manage just five hits
Struggles continue...

Game 27 (L 2-7)

Braves sweep the Series
Rox pitching just plain awful
Summer discontent!

Game 26 (L 9-13)

Fasten your seatbelts
Deep breath, hold on, a wild ride
Just like the 90s...

Game 25 (L 8-9)

Braves spot Rox five runs
They stomp back, smash Rox pitching
Win in extra frames

Game 24 (W 8-5)

Rox team Yoda says
For fence home run you must swing
The Dodgers you beat

Game 23 (L 6-7)

I applaud the Rox
Least they have some fight in them
They go down swinging...

Game 22 (W 6-2)

Late inning drama

Bases full, mighty Kemp up

Esmil deals...breath...whiff!

Game 21 (L 5-6)

Almost only counts...
In horseshoes, hand grenades, and
Game tying homers

Game 20 (L 5-7)

Bike DLs Guthrie

Moscoso called up, gets start

Responds with flat tire...

Game 19 (W 18-9)

Rox lost the memo
Year of the Pitcher? Not here
CarGo's bat proves it

Game 18 (L 1-5)

Sunshine 1, Rox 0
Missed ball opens the flood gates
Split doubleheader

Game 17 (W 2-1)

Rox no hit through six
Just three hits but two sac flys
Small ball works for win

Game 16 (L 4-5)

Bummer, hate to lose
Especially in Pittsburgh
When CarGo goes deep...

Game 15 (W 4-1)

Rox take the series
Guthrie pitches like an ace
A rare Sunday win

Game 14 (L 4-9)

Nothing much to say
Rox anything but perfect
Three fifty for Todd...(homers)

Game 13 (W 4-3)

A good road trip start
Giambi hits, EY runs
Betancourt shuts door!

Fenway's 100th Birthday

Baseball's Cathedral
Pesky's Pole, the Green Monstah
It's a time machine

Game 12 (W 8-4)

Nicasio wins

Eight months since a broken neck

Amazing Pitcher!

Game 11 (W 5-3)

Baseball History
Moyer is oldest winner
Pitcher for the ages...

Game 10 (L 1-6)

Playing from behind
Recipe for disaster
Eight times this season!
(Beware of Doubles...)

Game 9 (L 2-5)

Eighth inning drama
Bases loaded down by three
Sweep not meant to be...

Game 8 (W 8-7)

38 years young
Smile and joy of a walk off
Helton's our Rox Star!

Game 7 (W 7-6)

Friday the Thirteenth
Helton's bat sliced up D-Backs
Double drops them cold

Game 6 (L 2-4)

Rox make Giants squirm
Late inning rally falls short
Moyer still winless

Game 5 (W 17-8)

Nothing to see here
Football game broke out at Coors
Broken humidor

Game 4 (L 0-7)

Nightmare at Coors Field
Four hit, shutout by Zito
Giant butt kicking

Game 3 (L 2-3)

Skipper lost that one
Wastes Nicasio's good start
Play to win, always!

Game 2 (L 3-7)

Look on the bright side
 Rox weren't winning all their games
Youth trumps age tonight

Game 1 (W 5-3)

Haiku's back for more...
Tulo goes real deep, hits rails
Guthrie's an ace, wins!

1 Day Until Opening Day

What Rox need to win?

One word only - good Pitching

One more time - Pitching!

MLB Opening Day

World Series Champs St Louis Open the 2012 Campaign in Miami tonight as the new look Marlins open their new cathedral.  Yeah fresh baseball!

Sound of the bat
Cracks open Springtime
It rains baseballs

2 Days Until Opening Day

What Rox need to win?

Who will step up this summer...

Go Rosario!

3 Days Until Opening Day

What Rox need to win?

Old Man Helton renaissance

One more playoff push?

4 Days Until Opening Day

What Rox need to win?

Cuddyer do the Right thing?

Key to new offense!

5 Days Until Opening Day

What Rox need to win?

Who will play the hot corner?

Can Nelson step up?

6 Days Until Opening Day

What Rox need to win?

Swing that bat CarGo, catch flies

Stay away from walls!

7 Days Until Opening Day

What Rox need to win?
Oh Dex how you confound me
Good season?  Big Bucks!

8 Days Until Opening day

What Rox need to win?
A stable second baseman
Marco find your stroke!

9 Days Until Opening Day

What Rox need to win?
Tulo taking the next step
It is his team now...

10 Days Till Opening Day

What Rox need to win?
Find source of Fountain of Youth
Year of the Trainer!

18 Days till Opening Day

Spring Training's too long
Give me games and stats that count
Spring's here, play real ball!

32 Days to Opening Day

Fifth starter try outs
Fourth outfielder, relievers
Spring games mean something

Jason Varitek

A captain's Captain
Red Sox's soul, a champion
A-Rod punch good too!

Leap Day

Free baseball today
The leap day gives us more time
Watching game we love!

39 Days - Opening Day

Batting practice shots
Healthy Rox unleash fury
Baseballs take cover...

Boys are Back in Town...

No more talk, action
Turn the Hot Stove off, play ball
Spring has sprung, thank God!

Tim Wakefield

Confounded the Braves
Red Sox savior, just because
His knuckleball danced...

Gary Carter

Kid played the right way
Trademark hustle and grit
"Still a Kid at Heart"

One Week to Go!

Send Winter packing
Bust out the shorts and lotion
Baseball coming soon!

Trades Continue...

The Rox keep dealing
Trade for Orioles Guthrie
An innings eater!

Hello Spring, Can You Hear Me?

Where art thou Baseball?
Dreary winter, no color
Give me green diamonds

Welcome Marco

Rox got a scooter
Scutaro by name, but plays
A mean second base

Jamie Moyer - Really?

Forty-nine years young...
Rox decide old is new, new?
Makes us all feel young

Haiku or Not?

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Bat hits b                        wall

Goodbye Mister Smith

Thank you Mister Smith
Despite management, you played
True professional!

Some of his memorable moments....

August 23, 2009
September 5, 2009
September 9, 2009
April 25, 2010
June 21, 2011

Is it Spring Yet?

Looks like Blake at third...
Can Tebow play at second?
No hall for Walker...

Press

The Haiku got some press

Nice to have recognition

Just keep them coming!

Welcome 2012

Happy New Rox Year
Roxtober magic awaits?
Coors faithful hope so!