Friday, May 2, 2014

Game 30 (W 7-4)

His bat knocks in three
Nicasio breezes through seven
Mets go quietly...

Thursday, May 1, 2014

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Game 28 (W 5-4)

Stubbs hit gets the love
But Martin's sixth saves the game
Leaves based loaded....

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Monday, April 28, 2014

Sunday, April 27, 2014

Game 25 (L 3-6)

Chances? Swung and missed
Bases full - CarGo, Tulo
Strike outs kill rally

Saturday, April 26, 2014

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Game 23 (L 10-12)

Know it's a long day?
Backup catcher goes deep twice
Wins it with Grand Slam...

Game 22 (W 2-1)

Rox steal formula
Success in West? Good pitching
Even tames Coors Field...

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Monday, April 21, 2014

Game 20 (L 9-10)

Four hour pitching duel
Humidor laid eggs today
Balls were just hopping....

Sunday, April 20, 2014

Saturday, April 19, 2014

Friday, April 18, 2014

Game 17 (W 3-1)

Rox find some key hits
Hiding in their suitcases
Just in time, trip done!

Thursday, April 17, 2014

Game 16 (L 2-4)

Starter still struggles
de la Rosa can't find groove
Sounds like a pop song...

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Game 15 (W 3-2)

Rox reverse the trend
Timely hits and good bullpen
If only that easy...

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Game 14 (L 4-5)

You're not seeing things
Same score, but different team
Rox lose by wild pitch

Sunday, April 13, 2014

Saturday, April 12, 2014

Game 11 (L 5-6)

Night started so well...
CarGo splashes a home run
Then Giant Grand Slam :(

Thursday, April 10, 2014

Game 10 (W 10-4)

Big thanks to @TroyRenck |
Nice send off by Rox with win |
And vote Walker...please?

Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Game 9 (L 3-15)

White Sox have lift off
With six homers, nineteen hits
Star multiplier!

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Monday, April 7, 2014

Sunday, April 6, 2014

Saturday, April 5, 2014

Thursday, April 3, 2014

Game 4 (L 5-8):

Started promising
Cuddy homers, strong starter
Bullpen spoils the fun

Game 3 (W 6-5)

Monkey off their back
Rox grab first win of season
First one the toughest!

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Game 2 (L 3-4)

Anderson's debut
Gets loss but gets his first hit
Two months and no wins...

Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Sunday, June 16, 2013

Saturday, June 15, 2013

Game 68 (L 7-8)

Rox need to bear down
Tulo out with broken rib
Bats good, bullpen not

Friday, June 14, 2013

Game 67 (L 1-5)

It happens in threes
Injury bug bites big three
No comment on balks...

Thursday, June 13, 2013

Game 66 (L 1-5)

Rox lose twice last night
Lets go speedy EY J
Great person...spark plug

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Saturday, June 8, 2013

Game 64 (W 8-7)

He's Mister Walk Off
Single in tenth assures split
Dex keeps us winning

Game 63 (W 4-2)

Francis at the end?
Offense doesn't help his case
Triple A has arms

Friday, June 7, 2013

Game 62 (W 10-9)

Nolan's walk off win
Walt wipes brow, curses Coors Field
No safe six run leads!

Thursday, June 6, 2013

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Monday, June 3, 2013

Sunday, June 2, 2013

Game 56 (W 7-6)

Tonight Rox strike back
Dex goes clutch with game winner
A nice bounce back win

Friday, May 31, 2013

Game 55 (L 5-7)

Rox...how you pain me
Helton ties it in the ninth
Bullpen then loses...

Thursday, May 30, 2013

Game 54 (L 5-7)

That didn't happen
Just swept by baseball's worst team
Walt's honeymoon over.

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Game 53 (L 3-6)

Chatwood thanks bullpen
Wastes ten strikeout outing
And Tulo's dingers

Game 52 (W 2-1)

Mister Clutch comes through
Tulo's double scores winner
Whew Rox split series

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Game 51 (L 2-3)

Quirky scheduling
Minor league stop in Houston
Embarrassing loss...

Sunday, May 26, 2013

Saturday, May 25, 2013

Game 49 (L 5-6)

Giants remind Rox
We are still World Champions
Inside park walk off....

Friday, May 24, 2013

Game 48 (W 5-0)

Rox win in San Fran
Rare, it's first win in ten tries
Be Giant Slayers!

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Game 47 (W 4-1)

Five and two home stand
Rox now among West leaders
Might not be a fluke!

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Game 46 (W 5-4)

Tenth inning walk off
Old catcher greets former Rox
Thanks him with single

Monday, May 20, 2013

Sunday, May 19, 2013

Game 44 (W 5-0)

Rox make a statement
Takes series, shows some Chutzpah
Next week play for first!

Saturday, May 18, 2013

Friday, May 17, 2013

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Game 41 (L 6-8)

Home away from home
Giants like the taste of Coors
Rox owned in own yard

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Monday, May 13, 2013

Game 38 (L 1-9)

Last year's team showed up
Poor pitching, lack of offense
So much for April...

Sunday, May 12, 2013

Game 37 (W 8-2)

Bat meets the Baseball
Long lost friendship rekindled
Rox hit, score, and win!

Saturday, May 11, 2013

Game 36 (L 0-3)

Almost a replay
But this time Rox get two hits
Good thing Dante's bald

Friday, May 10, 2013

Thursday, May 9, 2013

Game 34 (L 1-3)

Rox get Spring soaking
Yanks has beens know how to win
Season grind is on....

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Game 33 (L 2-3)

Yanks and Umps win one
Steal tight game, winner in ninth
Rox miss Tulo's bat...

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Game 32 (W 2-0)

Not your Daddy's Yanks
Journeyman, aged veterans
Envy Cargo's swing?

Sunday, May 5, 2013

Game 31 (L 3-8)

Interleague, woo hoo
Outman's socks outrageous
@RaysJoeMaddon wins!

Saturday, May 4, 2013

Game 30 (W 9-3)

Nolan hits grand slam
The Force is strong with this one
Darth gets here next week...

Friday, May 3, 2013

Game 29 (L 4-7)

Interleague show offs
Rox impress Rays with useless...
Bunts and gimme Outs!

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Game 28 (W 7-3)

Win a LA series?
May 1st and Rox in first place?
Magic bought wrong team...

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Game 27 (L 2-6)

Dodgers find their groove
Ryu goes Gangnam style
Strike outs twelve, quiets Rox

Monday, April 29, 2013

Sunday, April 28, 2013

Saturday, April 27, 2013

Game 24 (L 2-3)

Rox base running gaffes
First inning four walks, no runs
Yup curse of the gnome

Friday, April 26, 2013

Thursday, April 25, 2013

Game 22 (L 2-3)

Too warm, Rox can't hit
Leave ten men with scoring chance
Typical road loss...

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Game 19 (L 3-4)

Twenty-three degrees?
Rox wondering where Spring went
Hope to thaw by June!

Sunday, April 21, 2013

Game 18 (L 4-5)

Bullpen not perfect
Late inning meltdown ends streak
Next up Braves, real test

Saturday, April 20, 2013

Game 17 (W 4-3)

A tense ninth inning
Bases loaded, 'Court hangs tough
Those counting, that's EIGHT!

Friday, April 19, 2013

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Game 15 (W 11-3)

Swagger back at Coors Field?
Dorothy said "no place like home"
Click the purple shoes...

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Game 14 (W 9-8)

A night for snowmen
Jack Frost nipping at their bats
Rox walk off to warmth...

Game 13 (W 8-4)

Snow globe baseball game
On a day made for hockey
CarGo brought his stick

Sunday, April 14, 2013

Saturday, April 13, 2013

Game 11 (W 9-5)

Rox's Baby Bull roars
Four hits, home run, prevents steals
Catch the fever fans...

Friday, April 12, 2013

Game 10 (W 7-5)

Dex - Blake Street Bomber?
Goes deep twice, hits game winner
Dante's Mullet speaks...

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Monday, April 8, 2013

Game 7 (L 2-4)

One missed pitch location...
Leads to a three run homer
But CarGo goes Splash!

Sunday, April 7, 2013

Game 6 (W 9-1)

Rox earn their first sweep
First place after their first week?
Baseball is whacky!

Saturday, April 6, 2013

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Monday, April 1, 2013

Sunday, March 31, 2013

2013 Opening Day

Like Christmas morning
A fresh scorebook, new stat sheets
Ump says, "Play Ball!"

Friday, March 29, 2013

Rox 2013 Preview

Tempered Excitement
 Starting Pitching a problem
New Year but same story...

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Archive Haiku - 4/26/95

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

Thursday, November 8, 2012

New Manager

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

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Gold Glove Winner

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

Sunday, October 7, 2012

Pre Hot Stove

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

Thursday, October 4, 2012

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Game 161 (L 3-5)

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

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Sunday, September 30, 2012

Saturday, September 29, 2012

Game 158 (L 0-3)

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

Friday, September 28, 2012

Thursday, September 27, 2012

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...

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Game 154 (W 10-5)

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

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Game 152 (L 7-10)

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

Saturday, September 22, 2012

Friday, September 21, 2012

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Game 149 (L 2-9)

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

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Game 146 (L 1-2)

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

Monday, September 17, 2012

Game 145 (L 11-12)

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

Sunday, September 16, 2012

Friday, September 14, 2012

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Monday, September 10, 2012

Sunday, September 9, 2012

Friday, September 7, 2012

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Game 136 (L 0-1)

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

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Game 135 (L 0-1)

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

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Monday, September 3, 2012

Game 133 (L 1-6)

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

Sunday, September 2, 2012

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

Friday, August 31, 2012

Game 130 (L 4-5)

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

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Game 129 (L 8-10)

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

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Game 128 (W 8-4)

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

Monday, August 27, 2012

Sunday, August 26, 2012

Game 126 (L 0-5)

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

Saturday, August 25, 2012

Game 125 (W 4-3)

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

Friday, August 24, 2012

Game 124 (L 3-5)

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

Thursday, August 23, 2012

Game 123 (W 1-0)

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

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Game 122 (W 5-2)

Big Lights, Big City
Rox become King Kong in Queens
Swat homers, win games

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Game 121 (W 6-2)

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

Monday, August 20, 2012

Sunday, August 19, 2012

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

Saturday, August 18, 2012

Game 117 (L 5-6)

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

Friday, August 17, 2012

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

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

Sunday, August 12, 2012

Game 112 (L 6-9)

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

Saturday, August 11, 2012

Friday, August 10, 2012

Game 110 (W 3-0)

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

Thursday, August 9, 2012

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Sunday, August 5, 2012

Saturday, August 4, 2012

Game 105 (L 6-11)

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

Friday, August 3, 2012

Thursday, August 2, 2012

Game 103 (W 8-2)

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

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Game 102 (L 6-9)

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

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Game 101 (L 6-11)

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

Monday, July 30, 2012

Game 100 (L 2-7)

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

Saturday, July 28, 2012

Game 99 (L 7-9)

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

Friday, July 27, 2012

Game 98 (L 0-3)

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



Thursday, July 26, 2012

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Game 95 (L 3-6)

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

Sunday, July 22, 2012

Game 94 (L 2-3)

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

Saturday, July 21, 2012

Friday, July 20, 2012

Game 92 (L 5-9)

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

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Game 91 (L 6-9)

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

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

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!

Sunday, July 15, 2012

Saturday, July 14, 2012

Friday, July 13, 2012

Sunday, July 8, 2012

Game 85 (W 4-3)

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

Saturday, July 7, 2012

Friday, July 6, 2012

Game 83 (W 5-1)

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

Thursday, July 5, 2012

Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Game 81 (L1-4)

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

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Game 80 (W 3-2)

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

Monday, July 2, 2012

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!

Sunday, July 1, 2012

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

Saturday, June 30, 2012

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!

Thursday, June 28, 2012

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Game 74 (L 5-11)

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

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Game 73 (L 5-12)

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

Monday, June 25, 2012

Game 72 (W 4-2)


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

Sunday, June 24, 2012

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...

Saturday, June 23, 2012

Game 69 (L 1-4)

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

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Game 66 (L 2-7)

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

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Saturday, June 16, 2012

Game 64 (L 1-4)

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

Friday, June 15, 2012

Game 63 (W 12-4)

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

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Game 62 (L 2-8)

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

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Game 61 (L 8-10)

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

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Game 60 (L 5-8)

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

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Saturday, June 9, 2012

Friday, June 8, 2012

Thursday, June 7, 2012

Game 56 (L 1-6)

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

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Game 55 (L 0-10)

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

Monday, June 4, 2012

Game 54 (W 4-0)

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

Sunday, June 3, 2012

Game 53 (W 3-2)

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

Saturday, June 2, 2012

Friday, June 1, 2012

Game 51 (W 13-3)

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

Thursday, May 31, 2012

Game 50 (W 11-5)

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

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Monday, May 28, 2012

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

Sunday, May 27, 2012

Game 46 (L 5-7)

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

Saturday, May 26, 2012

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

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Game 43 (W 8-4)

Positive Thinking
Fan mojo wills Rox to win
or just good pitching!

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Game 42 (L 6-7)

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

Monday, May 21, 2012

Game 41 (L 4-7)

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

Sunday, May 20, 2012

Game 40 (L 4-6)

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

Saturday, May 19, 2012

Friday, May 18, 2012

Game 38 (L 0-4)

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

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Game 37 (L 7-9)


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

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Game 36 (W 6-1)

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

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Game 35 (W 5-4)

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

Monday, May 14, 2012

Game 34 (L 2-3)

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

Sunday, May 13, 2012

Saturday, May 12, 2012

Game 32 (L 1-2)

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

Friday, May 11, 2012

Game 31 (L 3-7)

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

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

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...

Sunday, May 6, 2012

Game 27 (L 2-7)

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

Saturday, May 5, 2012

Game 26 (L 9-13)

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

Friday, May 4, 2012

Game 25 (L 8-9)

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

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Game 23 (L 6-7)

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

Monday, April 30, 2012

Sunday, April 29, 2012

Game 21 (L 5-6)

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

Saturday, April 28, 2012

Game 20 (L 5-7)

Bike DLs Guthrie
Moscoso called up, gets start
Responds with flat tire...

Friday, April 27, 2012

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

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

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Sunday, April 22, 2012

Saturday, April 21, 2012

Game 14 (L 4-9)

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

Friday, April 20, 2012

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

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Monday, April 16, 2012

Game 10 (L 1-6)

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

Sunday, April 15, 2012

Game 9 (L 2-5)

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

Saturday, April 14, 2012

Friday, April 13, 2012

Game 7 (W 7-6)

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

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Game 6 (L 2-4)

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

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Monday, April 9, 2012

Sunday, April 8, 2012

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

Friday, April 6, 2012

Game 1 (W 5-3)

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

Thursday, April 5, 2012

1 Day Until Opening Day


What Rox need to win?
One word only - good Pitching
One more time - Pitching!

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

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!

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

3 Days Until Opening Day


What Rox need to win?
Old Man Helton renaissance
One more playoff push?

Monday, April 2, 2012

Sunday, April 1, 2012

5 Days Until Opening Day


What Rox need to win?
Who will play the hot corner?
Can Nelson step up?

Saturday, March 31, 2012

6 Days Until Opening Day

What Rox need to win?
Swing that bat CarGo, catch flies
Stay away from walls!

Friday, March 30, 2012

7 Days Until Opening Day

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

Thursday, March 29, 2012

8 Days Until Opening day


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

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

9 Days Until Opening Day


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

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

10 Days Till Opening Day

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

Monday, March 19, 2012

18 Days till Opening Day

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


Monday, March 5, 2012

32 Days to Opening Day

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

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Jason Varitek

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

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Leap Day

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

Monday, February 27, 2012

39 Days - Opening Day

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

Monday, February 20, 2012

Boys are Back in Town...

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

Sunday, February 19, 2012

Tim Wakefield

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

Monday, February 13, 2012

One Week to Go!

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

Monday, February 6, 2012

Trades Continue...

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


Monday, January 30, 2012

Hello Spring, Can You Hear Me?

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

Monday, January 23, 2012

Welcome Marco

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

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Jamie Moyer - Really?

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


Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Haiku or Not?



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                    s                  a
                a                            l  l , crowd cheers!
Bat hits b                        wall

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

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





Monday, January 9, 2012

Is it Spring Yet?

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

Sunday, January 8, 2012

Press

The Haiku got some press
Nice to have recognition
Just keep them coming!

Sunday, January 1, 2012

Welcome 2012


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

Sunday, December 25, 2011

On the 1st Day of RoXmas...

All this fan wants is...
To be busy next October
No pears, just playoffs!

Saturday, December 24, 2011

On the 2nd Day of RoXmas...

Way to the playoffs? Dominate the N.L. West This is war, no doves...

Friday, December 23, 2011

On the 3rd Day of RoXmas...

L'amour de baseball Rox Le baseball est une grande Trois poules françaises ;)

Thursday, December 22, 2011

On the 4th Day of RoXmas...


Hot Stove for the birds
Give me Spring with real baseballs
Season unwraps soon




Wednesday, December 21, 2011

On the 5th Day of RoXmas...

Just make the playoff
Second season, quest for Ring
Don't need five, just one

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

On the 6th Day of RoXmas...

Dex needs to step up
Can't lay an egg this summer
 Catalyst for offense...

Monday, December 19, 2011

Sunday, December 18, 2011

On the 8th Day of RoXmas...

Yankees get the maids
Rox want to be working class
Who's accountable?

Saturday, December 17, 2011

Friday, December 16, 2011

Thursday, December 15, 2011

On the 11th Day of RoXmas...

What is a Piper?
Rox need pitching, not piping
Young guns stepping up....

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

On the 12th Day of RoXmas...

Forget the Drummers
How about a third baseman?
Wiggy out, who's in...

Monday, December 12, 2011

Can Tebow Play Baseball?


Wow, Rox change it up
Lot of new faces come Spring Time
Can we sign Tebow?

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Thanksgiving

This Rox fan gives thanks
I might whine and moan a bit...
But we have baseball!

Monday, November 21, 2011

Hot Stove

Rox Hot Stove Sputters
It's Infielders sticker shock
Youngsters get ready!

Monday, November 14, 2011

Tulo's Hardware

Tulo gets hardware
Golden glove, silver slugger
Prefers a new ring...

Saturday, November 5, 2011

Break Time Over

Slight chill in the air?
Time to start up that Hot Stove
The sweepstakes begin!

Friday, October 28, 2011

Thursday, October 27, 2011

World Series Game 6 (Cardinals Win 10-9)

The squirrel lives to fight
Scores twice with two outs, two strikes
Walk off Freese the deal!

Monday, October 24, 2011

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Game 160 (L 1-3)

Rox can't solve G-men
Chacin strong but offense weak
Bats dull from outburst

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Game 159 (W 19-3)

Millwood wins, has help
Rox manage twenty-five hits
A new team record

Saturday, September 24, 2011

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Game 156 (L 6-9)

Look on the bright side
Rox young players getting bats
Lots of losses too ;(

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Game 155 (L 0-4)

At a loss for words
Out of ways to spin losses
Win one for haikus!

Here's to Aaron Cook
Cookie takes one more nibble
Ten years in Purple...

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Game 154 (L 1-2)

Rox had their chances
LoDo magic just not there
Strikeout ends comeback...

Game 153 (L 2-8)


Here we go again
Baseball gods just piling on
And manage one hit &@!?

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Saturday, September 17, 2011

Game 151 (L 5-6)

Think Rox could win one
Big crowds, young hungry talent
Same old losing Street...

Friday, September 16, 2011

Game 150 (L 1-9)

A Giant whooping
Rox rooks get six of nine hits
New guys at least care...

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Game 149 (L 5-8)

Rookies show their age
Growing pains lead to three runs
Pandas do cycle!

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Game 148 (W 6-2)


Rox score a six pack
Millwood picks up the bar tab
Brew up a nice win!

Game 147 (L 1-2)


Extras aren't our friend
Rox can't find hit when needed
But Playoff teams do...

Sunday, September 11, 2011

Game 146 (W 4-1)

Pomeranz gets win
No Tulo, CarGo, Helton...
Rox future looks bright?

Saturday, September 10, 2011

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Monday, September 5, 2011

Sunday, September 4, 2011

Game 140 (L 2-7)

Can't close out Padres
Dex gets his fifteenth triple
Table set, that's it

Saturday, September 3, 2011

Game 139 (W 5-4)

Return of Spilly
Class clown, the royal jester
White wins, welcome back

Friday, September 2, 2011

Game 138 (W 3-0)

He's got triple speed
Go Dex Go, fourteen so far
Rox staff gets shut out

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Game 137 (L 2-4)

Ho hum series sweep 
What is it about road trips? 
Dinger should travel...

Game 136 (L 4-9)

Waving the white flag
Rox are just embarrassing
Show some heart and pride

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Game 135 (L 1-5)

Rox - Dead Men Walking
Playoff hopes now slim to none
D-Backs head of class

Sunday, August 28, 2011

Saturday, August 27, 2011

Game 132 (L 1-6)

Too bad, no redo
One inning sinks playoff hopes
Farfetched, like balk calls

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Monday, August 22, 2011

Sunday, August 21, 2011

Game 128 (W 5-3)

Smith breaks Sunday's curse
Millwood gets his first Rox win
Good Series winner!

Saturday, August 20, 2011

Friday, August 19, 2011

Game 126 (L 2-8)

It's Anti-Hammel
Never know what you're getting
Just like our Team Rox!

Ichiro

His wand is his bat
Pulls base hits out of his hat
More like a Ninja

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Game 125 (W 12-5)

Wish this was the norm
Rox bust out the bats tonight
So much potential...

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Monday, August 15, 2011

Sunday, August 14, 2011

Saturday, August 13, 2011

Friday, August 12, 2011

Game 120 (L 1-6)

Beat by bouncing balls /
Groundballs lead to five run sixth /
Red birds stay grounded

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Game 119 (L 1-2)

A complete game loss
Third time its happened this year
Eat some Lucky Charms!

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Game 118 (L 2-3)

New pitcher steps in
Millwood gives Rox strong seven
Chance in ninth thrown out!

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Game 117 (W 3-2)

Call him, "Second Half"
Dex's hit drives in winning run
Esmil gets his sixth win

Monday, August 8, 2011

Sunday, August 7, 2011

Saturday, August 6, 2011

Game 114 (W 15-7)

This one goes to Juan
Bats bust out, Chacin gets win
How 'bout Sunday win?

Game 113 (L 3-5)

Scenes you hate to see
Line drives back to the pitcher
Rox lose on tough night

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Game 111 (L 6-8)

Phillies sweep the Rox
High school pitchers come home and
Get win and a save...

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Game 110 (L 0-5)

The Ubaldo Blues
Rox falling fast, need some hope
Hope left for Cleveland...

Monday, August 1, 2011

Sunday, July 31, 2011

Saturday, July 30, 2011

Friday, July 29, 2011

Game 106 (W 3-2)

Three Matts get two outs
Relief hold win for Hammel
Balk scores winning run

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Game 104 (L 2-3)

What is wrong with Rox?
Pressure of expectations?
Another lost year....

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Game 103 (L 5-8)

Look on the bright side
At least our Rox aren't bankrupt
Dodgers still beat us...

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Saturday, July 23, 2011

Game 101 (L 3-12)

Behind the eight ball
Hammel spots 'Backs seven runs
Rox didn't have chance...

Friday, July 22, 2011

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Game 99 (L 6-9)

Back and forth battle
Rox lose lead late in relief
Footnote, Dex steals home!

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Monday, July 18, 2011

Game 96 (L 4-7)

Curse of David Nied
Stealing Braves future pitcher
Rox keep sufferin'

Sunday, July 17, 2011

Game 95 (L 3-4)

Opportunities....
Third base black hole, big bats flat
Cook tried, defense failed

Game 94 (L 7-8)

Umpire blows the call
Rox blow their cool and get tossed
Street's pitching just blows

Saturday, July 16, 2011

Game 93 (W 4-0)

Home swagger is back?
Fowler returns, the wife smiles
Rox shutout Brewers

Friday, July 15, 2011

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Monday, July 11, 2011

Home Run Derby - 2011

Red Sox and Yankees
Baseball's lasting rivalry
Home Run hitting too

No contest really
Father pitching to his son
Essence of basebll

Cano don't you know?
Yank wins it, thanks to all Dads
For Backyard BP!

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Saturday, July 9, 2011

Friday, July 8, 2011

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Game 87 (L 1-9)

I'm from Atlanta
Years past switched allegiances
Think I've cursed our Rox...

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Monday, July 4, 2011

Game 85 (L 1-4)

Injury bug bites
Tough road trip before the Break
Season in balance

Sunday, July 3, 2011

Game 84 (L 8-16)

CarGo versus the Wall?
Newton proved this long ago
Get well, Rox need you!

Saturday, July 2, 2011

Game 83 (W 9-6)

Good old fashion Coors
You return like an old friend
Ellis turns back clock...

Friday, July 1, 2011

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Game 80 (L 2-3)

No luck Jimenez
Four hitter, no decision
Train wreck Street gets loss

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Game 79 (W 3-2)

Year's first walk off win
Wig hits, Tulo keeps running
Lucky thirteen win!

Monday, June 27, 2011

Game 78 (L 3-7)

Another day game
Except CarGo, team looks beat
Need good All Star push

Sunday, June 26, 2011

Game 77 (L 4-6)

No hitter through four
Yanks then solve Nicasio
Too many ghosts today...

Saturday, June 25, 2011

Game 76 (L 3-8)

Hey, Every game counts!
This ain't Little League, Tracy
Need to play to win...

Friday, June 24, 2011

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Game 73 (W 4-3)

A "I can't watch game"
Eighth inning tie, Street's triple
Thank you Mister Smith

Monday, June 20, 2011

Sunday, June 19, 2011

Saturday, June 18, 2011

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Game 67 (W 6-3)

Fourteen Padres K
Rox pull offense out of hat
Question: Brothers Bat?

Monday, June 13, 2011

Game 66 (L 1-3)

Coors Field magic gone?
Padres rookie allows one
Blake Street Bombers weep

Sunday, June 12, 2011

Game 65 (L 8-10)

Hitting and Pitching
World Series teams do both well
Rox do one each game!

Saturday, June 11, 2011

Friday, June 10, 2011

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Game 62 (W 9-7)

There's no place like home
Rox click their heels, score nine runs
Ain't Cali no more!

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Monday, June 6, 2011

Game 59 (W 3-0)

San Diego Shutout
Bullpen bends but doesn't break
Two triples help win

Sunday, June 5, 2011

Game 58 (L 1-2)

Rox like teenage boys
Family haiku, won't go there
But you get the point

Game 57 (W 2-1)

Confidence booster
Win small ball game in San Fran
Tough, gritty well played!

Game 57 - Inning By Inning

Inning 1: Rox on Fox today / Wearing purple, no Helton / Go three up, three down

Inning 2: Tulo down on strikes / Wiggy groundouts,Spilly out / Chacin scrambling

Inning 3: Nelson gets first hit / Phantom tag ends double play / Chacin laboring

Inning 4: CarGo rips single / Then gets thrown out at second / Still zero zero

Inning 5: Error scores Tulo / Leave two on but get the lead / Pickoff ends the threat

Inning 6: EY gets single / Bunted to second then scores / Giants close to one

Inning 7: Stretch time in San Fran / Wiggy singles but stranded / One, two, three Linstrom

Inning 8: Smith stranded on Third / Will missed run come back to bite? / Betancourt holds'em

Inning 9: Big breath, Street in game / Giant bats looking for win / Breathe again, Rox win

Saturday, June 4, 2011

Game 56 (L 1-3)

Short lived excitement
Rox fail to find that key hit
No longer a trend...

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Game 54 (L 2-8)

These are imposters
Real Rox off world saving Earth
Excuse I believe...

Monday, May 30, 2011

Game 53 (L 1-7)

Rox sing road trip blues
Dodger blue owns Rox at home
Hollywood horrors

Game 52 (L 3-4)

One run - Ninety Feet
Rox that close to tying game
Outcome the same - Loss

Sunday, May 29, 2011

Game 51 (W 15-4)

Junior our Spark Plug 
E.Y. leads off - hits, no K's 
Save runs for later?


Nicasio's Debut
Iannetta goes deep twice
Rox score 15 times!

Saturday, May 28, 2011

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Game 49 (L 3-6)

Can it get much worse?
Rox struggles - no end in sight
Frustrations mounting!

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Sunday, May 22, 2011

Friday, May 20, 2011

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Game 41 (L 1-2)

Playoff atmosphere
Base hit, bunt, wild pitch, sac fly
The one run difference

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Monday, May 16, 2011

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Saturday, May 14, 2011

Game 37 (L 7-9)

Offense and Pitching
Parts not working together
Rox blow six run lead

Ninth inning homer
Old Friend Hawpe not so friendly
He hits game winner

Friday, May 13, 2011

Thursday, May 12, 2011

Game 35 (L 9-5)

Hat trick for Beltran
Met's slugger hits 3 dingers
U-Ball just not right.

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Game 34 (L 3-4)

Where did the runs go?
Rox should break the Humidor
Coors Field needs fireworks!

Monday, May 9, 2011

Game 33 (W 2-1)

Rox find home again
Iannetta plates both runs
Bullpen slams the door!

Fear the Fu Manchu
'Netta loves some home cooking
Steal at your own risk....

Sunday, May 8, 2011

Saturday, May 7, 2011

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Game 27 (L 4-3)

Rox Achilles heel
D-Backs bite stings will to win
Homerun blocks comeback...

Sunday, May 1, 2011

Game 26 (L 8-4)

Rox can't win at home?
Hurdle seemed to find some wins
Too bad wrong dugout!

Saturday, April 30, 2011

Friday, April 29, 2011

Game 24 (L 0-3)

Snowing at my Game...
Steeler field goal beats Broncos
(Shrug) April Baseball!

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Game 23 (W 4-3)

Todd turns back the clock
Two dingers top the Ivy
Rox Star keeps rockin'

Monday, April 25, 2011

Game 22 (W 5-3)

Weather fit for Bears
Cubbies commit four errors
Bats frozen but win!

Sunday, April 24, 2011

Game 21 (L 3-6)

Pitching duel at first
Offenses then come alive
Rox bullpen falters...

Saturday, April 23, 2011

Game 20 (W 3-1)

Small ball type of night
Sacrifice scores winning run
Hammel toughs out win!

Friday, April 22, 2011

Game 19 (L 1-4)

Rox manage one hit
Ball plays tricks in humid air
Tough night all around

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Monday, April 18, 2011

Game 16 (L 1-8)

They are still the Champs
Good old fashion butt kicking
April leads mean zilch...

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Saturday, April 16, 2011

Game 14 (L 3-8)

Rox can't win them all
Sure Tulo would disagree
Time to start new streak...

Friday, April 15, 2011

Game 13 (W 5-0)

Chacin throws shut out
'Netta hits grand slam triple?
Best record in baseball

Thursday, April 14, 2011

Game 12 (W 9-4)

Rox get the brooms out
Tulo sweeps away the Mets
Ruth's ghost in the house?

Game 11 (W 6-5)

Olde Tyme Double Bill
Bottom ninth, bases loaded
Lindstrom - Nerves of Steel

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Game 10 (W 5-4)

Start spreading the news
Best Rox start in history
Thanks to Tulo's Blast!

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Saturday, April 9, 2011

Game 6 (L 3-4)

Extra inning fail
Rox scoreless for thirteen frames
Chances there, hits not!

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Game 4 (W 7-5)

Early season sweep
Homers hit, bullpen solid
First Rox road trip looms...

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Sunday, April 3, 2011

Game 3 - Snowout

No Haiku Today
Game postponed because of snow
That's Colorado!

Saturday, April 2, 2011

Game 2 (W 3-1)

Proof that defense wins
Back to back to back web gems
Street sweats out the save...

Friday, April 1, 2011

Game 1 (L 6-7)

Doh! Rox lose by one...
Team forgets their Spring Focus
Score runner from Third!!!!!

Notes:  Rox loss 30 of 58 games last year by one run.  Iannetta was on third with one out in bottom of fourth and was left stranded...

Opening Day

It's April, No Foolin'
Scorebook, fresh beer, brat in hand
Hooray Baseball's here!

Thursday, March 31, 2011

T-Minus 1 Day

Paint the town Purple
Make it Summer of the Rox
Bring me Roxtober!

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

T-Minus 2 Days

Once a pinch hitter...
Mister Smith goes to right field
Now lets hit Lefties

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

T-Minus 3 Days

Year of sexy Dex?
Climbs outfield walls, catches flies...
Call him Spider-man

Monday, March 28, 2011

Sunday, March 27, 2011

Saturday, March 26, 2011

T-Minus 6 Days

Third base question marks
Will Stewart's offense awake?
If not, Ty's bat will