One For The Moms

Pink bat day again

Who else's card could I post?

Word to your mother

Closer Haiku

Thayer the slayer

Yet again another save

Quite a few to go

Haikuesday: A Birthday Poem For Adrian Gonzalez

 Oh, look at the date

Happy birthday, Adrian

I liked Edgar more

Jeff Suppan Haiku

This one goes out to Electric Friar, who suggested I do a haiku after I tweeted that I was going to dig around for an old Jeff Suppan card. I had to clean the card up a little bit since he was pictured as a Brewer.

Haikuesday: Peavy & Hoyt

Padres and White Sox

Each won a Cy then faded
LaMarr Hoyt and Jake

CYku

Unemployed no more
Chris Young got signed yesterday
He's back with the Mets

Blummer

What a great pelo

That hat hides glorious locks

He can play ball, too

Peavy Trade Haiku

Yeah, we won that trade

Clay Dick has disappointed

But he's way cheaper

Haikuesday: Wally

We got him for Bip
Worked out pretty well for us
Wally was beloved

Haikuesday: Bob Tewksbury

How was his control?
Legen- wait for it- dary
Better than Maddux

Haiku Time: Gary Sheffield

Five hundred home runs
But overlooked and reviled
No chance at the hall

Mustache Monday: Mike Maddux

His brother shaved his
But Mike's a mustache lifer
He's still rockin' it

Greg Vaughn's '98 In Haikus

Mustache Monday: More Mack

More Mack already?
A mere three short weeks have passed
But that 'stache deserves it

Tuesday's Tony Gwynn: Not This Again

Today's Tony Gwynn
Is a Two thousand and four
Donruss Team Heroes



When I got up today, I started trying to think of something to write about Tony Gwynn since it's Tuesday. As soon as I checked out twitter, my heart dropped. The cancer showed back up and he went under the knife again. There isn't much I can say other than that I hope it's gone for good this time and that he can get back to 100% and doing the things he loves in no time. Well, that and fuck cancer.

Haiku Time: Garry Templeton

Garry Templeton
Yuma Panthers manager
That was too easy

Happy Birthday, Ollie Brown!

Ollie Brown was first
No Padres came before him
Today he'll eat some cake

Happy 68th birthday to Ollie Brown! Ollie was, as most know, the first player selected in the '68 NL Expansion Draft. With the second pick, the Expos took Manny Mota. There are a lot of interesting names among the list of expansion teams' first player, few of which panned out very well. The same year, the Royals and Pilots took Roger Nelson and Don Mincher, respectively. They would both be forgettable had Jim Bouton never written Ball Four. Notable first picks include Ruppert Jones by the Mariners in '76. He would go on to be an All Star in their inaugural season and again with the Padres in '82. In '92, the Rockies took David Nied but he is not the franchise's first player as they signed free agent first baseman Andres Galarraga the day before. Original D-Ray Tony Saunders is probably best known for breaking his arm while throwing a pitch in '99. He never played in the Majors again.

Black History Month

Black History Month
It's twenty nine days this year
That's still not enough

Tuesday's Tony Gwynn: Haikuesday

He played the right way
No drugs, just videotape
Dude's got a statue

Greene & Red (Merry Christmas!)

Oh, that Khalil Greene
His wrists ran red with his blood
That's Christmassy, right?