Team Batgirl is extremely proud to announce the finalists for the Second Annual Twins Haiku Contest: Special Limerick Edition. Your entries brought on gales of laughter, and yes, fits of tears. We spent all weekend arguing the merits of each limerick--Jeb and Goober nearly came to blows at one point. Truly, every writer proved him/herself to be erudite and incisive. You are all winners. Yet we can only have a few finalists, so with great difficulty, we chose these. Please vote on your favorite:
VOTING IS NOW CLOSED! THANK YOU!
AN ODE TO BOO BERRY
There once was a Twin named Rincon
Who sat near the 'pen telephone.
When a reliever they need,
he can throw with great speed,
and amaze with his light blue flesh tone.
-Craig in MN
ODE TO OUR CATCHING CREW
I hope to show forth in this ballade
why keeping three catchers is valid:
One's near thirty-five,
One just learned to drive,
And one needs to eat some more salad.
-cubs/twins '04
BATGIRL
There once was a blogress nam'd "Bat",
Who nary was mindful of stat,
With slippers of furriest pink,
And a boyfriend who can't even drink,
And tresses that never go flat.
-elderfelder
ODE TO THE JOES, PT ONE.We weren't sure if we could have faith in
this closer we got named Joe Nathan.
But he throws those hard strikes
from the mound in his spikes.
Why, he even likes to get the eighth in.
-bubblemint
UNTITLED #1
The FieldTurf was such a disaster
made the carpet look good (and was faster).
Oh the errors they blamed
and the turf they flamed
from the casts they wore of plaster.
-freealonzo
Voting will close Tuesday night, after the game Wednesday morning (Batgirl just got home, and she's tired.)
