Brew Crew Haiku

Game 10: Brewers 6 Cubs 5

2011-04-10T18:52:00.000-07:00

Summer sun pours in
McGehee's pinch in eighth saves nine
Winning recipe

~scander03

Game 144 - Brewers: 7 Cubs: 4

2009-09-18T05:43:00.000-07:00

Lopez and Gerut
Contribute large in this win
Give Melvin credit
-dz

Game 143 - Brewers: 9 Cubs: 5

2009-09-18T05:32:00.000-07:00

Looper can't blow lead
Although he tried really hard
Escobar real deal
-dz

Game 142- Brewers: 7 Cubs: 13

2009-09-18T05:23:00.000-07:00

Crew pitchers bring leash
Give Cubs long walks in the park
Brewers are Cubs bitch
-dz

Game 141 - Brewers: 0 Cubs: 2

2009-09-18T05:21:00.000-07:00

Suppan was super
Only problem here was that
Dempster superer
-dz

Game 140 Brewers 5 Diamondbacks 3

2009-09-14T09:00:00.000-07:00

Future's foreshadow:
did he really make that play?
Escobar happens.
~Scott

Game 139: Brewers 9 Diamondbacks 2

2009-09-14T08:58:00.000-07:00

Fluttering, looping
and twisting in the night sky -
changeup baffles bats
~Scott

Game 138 - Brewers 6 Diamondbacks 3

2009-09-12T05:47:00.000-07:00

In valley of sun
Crew bats rise from the ashes
Bullpen makes it stand
-dz

Game 137: Brewers 1, Cardinals 5

2009-09-09T20:50:00.000-07:00

Radio today
Which Brewer should be traded:
Braun or Fielder?
-db

Lovable losers
Extra loss, minus the love
Anyone still care?
-db

Game 136: Brewers 3, Cardinals 4

2009-09-09T07:20:00.000-07:00

Labor Day passes
But Holliday sticks around
Hoffman needs a break
-db

Six under, but hope!
20 over possible
with 26 left
-db

Game 135: Brewers 0, Cardinals 3

2009-09-07T19:41:00.000-07:00

99 pitches
One hit, no runs - blown away
Summer's scattered seeds
-db

Game 134: Brewers 2, Giants 2 (12 innings)

2009-09-06T19:36:00.000-07:00

Bowling Fielder
Knocks over wobbily pins
Only Prince standing
-db

Photo/Matt Schilder

Game 133: Brewers 2, Giants 3

2009-09-05T19:30:00.000-07:00

Brewers ace a jack
Gallardo's reality
He's not good enough
-db

Game 132: Brewers 2, Giants 3

2009-09-04T19:26:00.000-07:00

Soup's half-game no-no
Not enough for full-game win
Season's oft-told tale
-db

Game 131: Brewers 4, Cardinals 3

2009-09-03T19:09:00.000-07:00

Parra shows some pride
McGehee is a baller
Hoffman is Hoffman
-db

Game 130: Brewers 3, Cardinals 10

2009-09-02T19:06:00.000-07:00

Head to horizon
Sweet, sweet mercy approaches
32 to go
-db

Game 129: Brewers 6, Cardinals 7

2009-09-01T19:00:00.000-07:00

Loops hangs with old team
Casey out-Pujols Pujols
And still not enough
-db

Game 128: Brewers 4, Pirates 1

2009-08-30T18:57:00.000-07:00

No matter how bad
There's always a step lower
The Pittsburgh Pirates
-db

Game 127: Brewers 7, Pirates 3

2009-08-29T18:52:00.000-07:00

Holding the lead late
Overcomes middling collapse.
On the cusp of streak.
-db

Game 126: Brewers 8, Pirates 6

2009-08-28T18:47:00.000-07:00

Big lead slips away
Parra nearly ruins day
Crew wins anyway
-db

Game 125: Reds 8 Brewers 5

2009-08-28T08:30:00.000-07:00

Your '09 Brewers:
Winner's mistress, loser's bride -
honeymoon's over.

~Scott

Game 124 - Brewers: 3 Reds: 4 (10 innings)

2009-08-27T03:36:00.000-07:00

Loss overshadowed
By piece of breath taking news--
Kevin Barker lives!
-dz

Game 123 - Brewers: 6 Reds: 8 (13 innings)

2009-08-27T03:33:00.000-07:00

Blue collar Suppan
always punches out at 5
despite salary

Everybody knows
Coffey grounds third time around
make for a weak Brew
~Scott

Valiant comeback
Has Miller Park rocking out
Just another loss
-dz

Game 122 - Brewers: 7 Nationals: 1

2009-08-25T04:42:00.000-07:00

Couple of home runs
Four shut out innings from pen
Team owed Yo this one
-dz

Game 121: Nationals 8, Brewers 3

2009-08-23T19:29:00.001-07:00

the type of car wreck
that's too difficult to watch
but you have to see

eager Prince hacking
nine pitches in four at-bats
four walks yesterday
~Scott

Pre-season promise
'Cubs class of the division'
Love to pass them up
-db

Game 120: Brewers 11, Nationals 9

2009-08-23T19:25:00.000-07:00

Head down Cameron
struck out in final at-bat
wanted five good ones
~SA

Up eight, then tied up
Burns strives forth, but can't reach fourth
Send down is the low down
-db

Game 119: Brewers 7, Nationals 3

2009-08-22T09:28:00.001-07:00

This odd sensation
Happy after checking score
Forgotten winning
-db

Game 118: Brewers 1, Pirates 3

2009-08-20T03:54:00.000-07:00

Swept by lowly Bucs
Clear the players really don't
Give a flying $#&%
-dz

Pirates beat Brewers
Junior college beat Pirates
Where's that leave the crew?
-db

Game 117: Brewers 2, Pirates 5

2009-08-19T04:33:00.000-07:00

What to write today
About Crew bottoming out?
Can they sink lower?
-dz

Melvin's bumbling
Leads to August stumbling
Fans left mumbling
-db

Game 116: Pirates 9, Brewers 5

2009-08-17T20:04:00.000-07:00

Cash in your chips, Doug
you have five second baseman
and you need an ace
~Scott

Game 115: Astros 8 Brewers 5

2009-08-17T12:38:00.000-07:00

Fielder and Braun
make Roy Oswalt look silly
but that's about it.

Baseball baffler:
When does slider have no slide?
When thrown by Weathers
~Scott

Game 114: Brewers 6, Astros 2

2009-08-16T05:21:00.000-07:00

Six runs, no home runs
Great pitching from pen and Burns
Some real signs of hope
-dz

Game 113: Brewers 11, Astros 2

2009-08-15T10:49:00.000-07:00

Two game winning streak
Wandy caught with his pants down
never recovered.
~Scott

Game 112: Brewers 12, Padres 9

2009-08-14T05:55:00.000-07:00

There's nowhere to hide
when summer casts long shadows
and you're the shadow
~Scott

Long bombs move Brewers
Two and a half behind Cubs--
Something to root for
-dz

Game 111: Brewers 5, Padres 6

2009-08-13T10:52:00.000-07:00

Death of a season
Can't fire bases loaded walks
Hope springs in Green Bay
-db

Game 110: Brewers 6, Padres 13

2009-08-12T04:24:00.000-07:00

Baseball's worst offense
Devours Looper and pen
While Crew fans starving
-dz

Game 109: Brewers 0, Astros 2

2009-08-12T04:21:00.000-07:00

Crew's lazy Sunday
Finishes their vacation
Now come home to work
-dz

Game 108: Brewers 12, Astros 5

2009-08-09T05:44:00.001-07:00

Forget the twelve runs
Big story is Smith and Burns
Pitch shutout innings
-dz

Hardy Hall Gerut
cannot hit to save their life -
all three are in there.
~Scott

Game 107: Brewers 3, Astros 6

2009-08-08T06:48:00.000-07:00

Kendall's shot wasted
By sagging middle relief
Weekend looks ugly
-dz

Game 106: Brewers 4, Dodgers 1

2009-08-06T06:25:00.001-07:00

Brewers win series
Outscored 23-14
Day-to-day baseball
-db

Game 105: Brewers 4, Dodgers 17

2009-08-05T06:36:00.000-07:00

run. run. run. run. run.
run. run. run. run. run. run. run.
run. run. run. run. run.
~Scott

Melvin dug a hole
Pitching staff left staring up
Crew six feet under
-db

Forget the pitcher
Prince charges the locker room
Enjoy the time off
-db

Last check before bed
Down5-3, Brewers closing
Rude awakening
-db

Game 104 Brewers: 6 Dodgers: 5

2009-08-04T04:43:00.001-07:00

Rocking swivel hips
shoulders curl in, eyes squint
Manny's a dead man
~Scott

Braun launches a bomb
Hoffman struggles but closes
I slept through it all
-dz

Parra for the course
Parra-chutes to the rescue
Parra-mount success
-db

Game 103: Brewers 6 Padres 1

2009-08-02T19:47:00.000-07:00

Weeks Hart Hall Hardy
not on the field today
Who knew in April?
~Scott

Game 102: Brewers 2, Padres 4

2009-08-02T05:56:00.000-07:00

Couple of home runs
Burns fills in admirably
Still ends in a loss
-db

Another series
Another two of three lost
Dragging on and on
-db

Game 101: Brewers 7, Padres 11

2009-08-01T10:17:00.000-07:00

win now means win now
when it does not mean win now
it looks like tonight
~Scott

Call him the savior
Top secret ace in the hole
Chris Capuano
-db

7-1 lead
Falls to 10 unanswered runs
Admit: It's over
-db

Gerut for Junior
Claudio Vargas returns
Failure: Doug Melvin
-db

Trading Deadline

2009-07-31T10:49:00.000-07:00

Brewers on the cheap
trotting out value Vargas
baserunners half price
~Scott

Claudio Vargas?
Hell, why not also go get
Johhny Estrada?
-dz

Dear V. Rottino,
Will miss you come September
When you don't get called
-dz

Game 100 Brewers: 7 Nationals 3

2009-07-31T10:47:00.000-07:00

Gallardo mows Nats
Counsell and Fielder go deep
Team turns Hall light off
-dz

New murderer's row
Braun, Fielder and ... Counsel?
Fourth home run this year
-db

Realistic shot
50 up and 50 down
62 to play
-db

Game 99: Brewers 7, Nationals 5

2009-07-29T21:00:00.000-07:00

Insert haiku here
because I don't see that much
to get me going
~Scott

Bleeding stops for now
But patient still critical
Doctor Yo on call
-DZ

Old reliables
Parra, Hall's futility
Hoffman shuts the door
-db

Game 98: Brewers 3, Nationals 8

2009-07-29T04:39:00.000-07:00

Brewers wounded knee
no Indians to save them
losses pile up
~Scott

Found tranquility
Losses now enjoyable
Cheering for Nats' sweep
-db

Pack is 9 and 2
Rodgers blows out ACL
Who they gonna call?
-db

Game 97: Brewers 6, Nationals 14

2009-07-28T05:57:00.000-07:00

expectations high
weak team swats awful pitching
playoff hopes stone dead

Barack hold the phone
two grand slams trumps perfect game
it's a local call
~Scott

Yesterday Looper
Today Suppan stays too long
Macha's stay shorter
-db

Suppan gives up six
Stays in to bat next inning
Then gives up four more
-db

Where's the team leader?
Oh that's right fans and Melvin:
You tore him apart
-db

Game 96: Brewers 2, Braves 10

2009-07-27T04:45:00.000-07:00

What can one man do
when 5 of their 9 hitters
are big question marks?

Halladay and Lee
let's go get both of those guys
it's not my money.
~Scott

All runs on one swing
This feast or famine thing is
Starving Crew's season
-dz

Once more with feeling
A Sunday bloody Sunday
Isn't this just swell
-db

Game 95: Brewers 4, Braves 0

2009-07-27T04:39:00.000-07:00

Milwaukee Bears play
Like we thought Brewers could do
Can we keep this team?
-dz

Lose first, win second
Series' pattern emerges
Let's break bad habit
-db

Game 94: Brewers 4, Braves 9

2009-07-25T04:10:00.000-07:00

evasive action
pitch gives batter a wide berth
just a bit outside
~Scott

Back to sea level
Brewers need pitching life raft
Braves still rule this town
-dz

Sub-Parra outing
Lopez sits out another
Counsel only hope
-db

Braun's bomb ties it up
Scratch pessimistic-ku
Unless McClung throws
-db

Chipper's bomb breaks tie
Pessimisitic-ku back on
Sellers not buyers
-db

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Game 93: Brewers 7, Pirates 8

2009-07-22T12:47:00.000-07:00

Alka-Seltzer game
Suppan eats sour innings
McClung coughs up lead
~Scott

Clutch sticks in neutral
Series win sputters to halt
Walk-off in waiting
-db

Game 92: Brewers 2, Pirates 0

2009-07-22T03:49:00.000-07:00

Battering the ball
But only Prince is timely
Two runs on 12 hits
-db

Gamecast prediction
Three outs in ninth, up two runs
99 percent
-db

Looper goes seven
Saved by Cameron's defense
Pirates back in place
-db

Game 91: Brewers 5, Pirates 8

2009-07-21T07:09:00.000-07:00

Lopez offers a spark
But pitching Burns victory
Season's charred remains
-db

Veteran Macha
Discovers Yostian slump
Sveum to the rescue?
-db

Game story

Game 90: Brewers 3, Reds 5

2009-07-20T04:40:00.000-07:00

Bullpen is fading
Gamel earns trip to Nashville
Season hangs by thread
-dz

Game 89: Brewers 5, Reds 1

2009-07-20T04:37:00.000-07:00

With Braunless line up
Slack picked up by Craig Counsel
Is 3 career high?
-dz

Game 88: Brewers 0, Reds 4

2009-07-18T05:36:00.000-07:00

Three of four unearned
Was really not an issue
One run can beat Crew
-dz

Game 87: Brewers 9, Reds 6

2009-07-17T04:27:00.000-07:00

McClung's best out pitch
keeps his toe on the rubber
by trapping his boss
~Scott

All starters score runs
But McClung gets his bell rung
Hoffman gets it done
-dz

All stars come out strong
But three hole slump continues
Braun should trade himself
-db

All-Star Break: Home Run Derby

2009-07-13T20:22:00.001-07:00

Prince is HR king
@Brewerfan enjoy now
Tomorrow's Yankee
-db

Game 86: Brewers 4, Dodgers 7

2009-07-13T06:38:00.000-07:00

Didn't watch one pitch
Didn't read the game story
Interest fading
-db

Game story

Game 85: Brewers 6, Dodgers 3

2009-07-13T06:33:00.000-07:00

Frolicking Brewers
Before Bay View fireworks
Summer's evening
-db

Game 84: Brewers 8, Dodgers 12

2009-07-13T06:26:00.000-07:00

Ninth inning, up one
Dodgers ring Hoffman's changeup
This bell rings in hell
-db

Game 83: Brewers 0, Cardinals 5

2009-07-08T04:40:00.000-07:00

He hit that grand slam
So when Braun opens his mouth
You know he has clout.
~Scott

Home stand starts with thud
Hopefully Braun working phones
To improve the team
-dz

Game 82 Brewers 2 Cubs 8

2009-07-06T04:35:00.000-07:00

With eleven hits
Crew only musters two runs
Short, long bus ride home
-dz

Game 81 Brewers: 11 Cubs: 2

2009-07-06T04:31:00.000-07:00

Hardy, Braun, Fielder
Set Brewers' dinner table--
Cam, Casey clean up
-dz

Game 80: Brewers 1, Cubs 2 (10 innings)

2009-07-04T06:02:00.000-07:00

Banks said: 'Let's play two'
Brewers less optimistic:
Let's try to win one
-db

Game 79: Brewers 5, Cubs 9

2009-07-04T06:00:00.000-07:00

Here we go again
Can't rise to an occassion
North side pummeling
-db

Game 78: Brewers 0, Mets 1

2009-07-02T04:29:00.000-07:00

Yo pitches a gem
But struggles to his HR
Has to do it all
-db

Game 77: Brewers 6, Mets 3

2009-06-30T21:07:00.000-07:00

Miller Park's new cheer:
They're not booing any more
They're yelling, "Boo-urns!"
-db

Major Burns stops Mets
While Braun MASHes Santana
Playoffs on Radar?
-dz

Game 76: Brewers 10, Mets 6

2009-06-30T04:33:00.000-07:00

One pitch from Hoffman
silences all the drama
now that's a closer
~Scott

Even Carlos V
Could not ruin McGehee's slam
May Shef rot in hell
-dz

Game 75: Brewers 0, Giants 7

2009-06-29T04:29:00.000-07:00

Old baseball saying:
Momentum is as strong as
Next starting pitcher
-dz

Game 74: Brewers 7, Giants 6

2009-06-27T19:41:00.001-07:00

Projected winner:
Brewers 100 percent
thanks a lot, GameCast.

Fire and passion!
Momentum and clutch hitting!
Rolling your eyes yet?
~Scott

Game 73: Brewers 5, Giants 1

2009-06-26T18:36:00.000-07:00

Cheshire cat smile
Prince tousels Craig Counsel's hair
Shallow fly made good.
~Scott

Game 72: Twins 6, Brewers 4

2009-06-26T18:35:00.001-07:00

Mike Burns walks tightrope
just as well as other guys
making the big bucks
~Scott

Game 71 Brewers: 4 Twins: 3

2009-06-25T04:22:00.000-07:00

years in the making
ballplayers train their whole lives
yet you never know
~Scott

Jason Kendall swings
Hits ball to deep left center
Twins mistakes give win
-dz

Game 70: Brewers 3, Twins 7

2009-06-24T04:26:00.000-07:00

in the briar patch
team trudges down thorny path
good thing it's early
~Scott

Three-man rotation:
Yo, Soup and Loops for three months
Warm up the DL
-db

Twins romp continues
30 home stomps in four games
Gone is all the pomp
-db

Game 69: Brewers 2, Tigers 3

2009-06-21T23:35:00.000-07:00

A costly moment:
One pitch bursts into three runs
Great game turns to loss
-db

Game 68: Brewers 5, Tigers 9

2009-06-21T23:28:00.000-07:00

Backyard heat refuge
No comfort from late June swoon
Stranded in second
-db

Game 67: Brewers 4, Tigers 10 (7 innings)

2009-06-19T21:30:00.001-07:00

Merciful rainfall
Halts Motor City beat down
Looper knocked for loop
-db

Game 66: Brewers 9, Indians 8 (11 innings)

2009-06-18T04:36:00.000-07:00

throwing from first base
sidewinding Stetter dazzles
foot on the rubber

pitchers take the mound
not on a pile of dirt
on the wonder spot
~Scott

Hall, Hardy go deep,
Even with Hoffman's struggles
Crew is on right track
-dz

Game 65: Brewers 7, Indians 5

2009-06-16T20:01:00.000-07:00

not many pitches
travel right down the middle
and get called a ball
~Scott

CC worked out well-
Lee, DeRosa this year's fit
Cleveland's our farm team
-db

Game 64: Brewers 14, Indians 12

2009-06-16T04:33:00.000-07:00

Fielder laser beam
Cuts through the June Cleveland night
Like hope returning
-dz

Packers over Browns
Hoffman blocks winning field goal
Two touchdowns standup
-db

Game 63: Brewers 4, White Sox 5

2009-06-15T03:50:00.000-07:00

Hart beat for offense
But major systems failing
Hoffman is human
-db

Game 62: Brewers 1, White Sox 7

2009-06-14T09:52:00.000-07:00

Parra digs a hole
So deep that Crew just gives up
Play another day
-DZ

The two-pitch pitcher:
Ball four or grooved down middle
Need a third option
-db

Game 61: Brewers 7, White Sox 2

2009-06-14T09:49:00.000-07:00

Crew offense awakes
Parra on mound tomorrow
Should have saved some runs
-DZ

Two-inning outburst
Can't fill-in lineup's potholes
Bumpy road ahead
-db

Game 60: Brewers 4, Rockies 5

2009-06-12T04:31:00.000-07:00

No clutch hits today
Dustin gestures to the field
The team Melvin built
-dz

Base hits and runs scored
No interest to Henry
Bullpen car shouts, "Wheel!"
-db

Game 59: Brewers 2, Rockies 4

2009-06-11T05:58:00.000-07:00

Magical season:
Watching record attendance
disappear like leads
-db

Healthy Brewers fade
Injured Cubs hanging around
See where we're going?
-db

Game 58: Brewers 2, Rockies 3

2009-06-10T04:41:00.000-07:00

Offense still struggles
Pen coughs up another lead
When will summer come?
-dz

Game 57: Brewers 7, Braves 8

2009-06-10T04:39:00.000-07:00

Carlos falls apart
While I pull weeds from back yard
Time to mow damn lawn
-dz

Game 56: Brewers 3, Braves 0

2009-06-07T06:49:00.000-07:00

Hank Aaron's shadow
Is large for both Crew and Braves
Prince creating own
-dz

Game 55: Brewers 4, Braves 0

2009-06-06T05:03:00.000-07:00

Twenty three years old
Not born last Crew World Series
Yo will see one soon
-dz

Game 54: Brewers 3, Marlins 4

2009-06-05T19:21:00.000-07:00

Yesterday's headline:
Bush loses in Florida
Oh, what could have been
-db

Pitcher blasts pitcher
Series split floats belly up
Trade for Josh Johnson?
-db

Game 53: Brewers: 9 Marlins: 6

2009-06-04T04:42:00.000-07:00

Case of Landshark makes
Looper get really loopy
Hoffman walks staight line
-dz

Game 52: Brewers 3, Marlins 10

2009-06-02T19:07:00.000-07:00

Landshark Stadium:
Where 2009 season
began its death march
-db

Dear J. Julio,
While on your way out of town,
Take Parra with you
-dz

Game 51: Brewers 4, Marlins 7

2009-06-02T04:27:00.000-07:00

Ugly start to trip
As Julio dissolves in
Muggy Miami
-dz

See ya Julio
Off to the waiver wire
We barely knew ya
-db

Game 50: Brewers 5, Reds 2

2009-05-31T19:17:00.000-07:00

He sets new record
With every single save.
Watching history.
-dz

First place on June 1st:
Agony of what could be
Tantalizing hopes
-db

Game 49: Brewers 9, Reds 5

2009-05-31T19:11:00.000-07:00

Counsell gets three hits
To lead sixteen hit attack.
Is this guy for real?
-dz

Game 48: Brewers 3, Reds 2

2009-05-31T19:05:00.001-07:00

Three hits are enough
When two get up, get out, gone.
Hoffman nails it down.
-dz