Sons of Steve Garvey: NLDS Game 1 Haiku: Ode To MLB.com Gameday

Thursday, October 02, 2008

James Loney grand slam
"In play, run(s)" freezes on screen
A torturous wait

Unknown said...: That was beautiful.; 10/02/2008 12:22 PM
Eric Karros said...: That's the first time I've read a haiku and thought to myself, "Hey, I'm glad I read that haiku".; 10/02/2008 1:33 PM
GT said...: nicely played.; 10/02/2008 2:09 PM
karina said...: Most beautiful thing i've read recently and i just finished Love in the Times of Cholera.; 10/02/2008 2:50 PM
Eric Karros said...: Whoa, was Sax's writing just compared favorably to Gabriel García Márquez's? I think that's worth a sidebar link.; 10/02/2008 3:00 PM
karina said...: There are some parallels, Eric. Both stories are about love and waiting, with a happy ending.; 10/02/2008 3:56 PM
Eric Karros said...: That's true Karina. And Sax got the point across in a lot fewer words, and I didn't need a dictionary.; 10/02/2008 4:07 PM
Steve Sax said...: And, my haiku is in black and white, while my good friend Gabriel's (or "Gabby's", as we affectionately call him) is in cholera.; 10/02/2008 4:31 PM
karina said...: And Gabo doesn't write great puns...

SoSG, where you can find baseball-related Nobel Prize-quality writing ™.; 10/02/2008 5:30 PM
Steve Sax said...: karina, we just might use that compliment of yours on the sidebar... thank you! You're making me blush!; 10/02/2008 10:37 PM