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NCAA Tournament Haiku – East Region

And now, the East:

New Orleans (Kentucky, Texas, Wake Forest, East Tennessee State)

Wildcats truly cubs

Can Horns not mail it in yet

Big Blue Talent tempts

Jacksonville (Wisconsin, Temple, Cornell, Wofford)

Cornell could go far

In the least athletic pod.

Temple sneaky good

San Jose (New Mexico, Marquette, Washington, Montana)

Marquette seed too high

Huskies could do anything

Lobos real solid

Buffalo (West Virginia, Clemson, Missouri, Morgan State)

WVU plays hard

But scoring tough, Missou can

suprise, Clemson won’t

Regional: Syracuse, New York

Will kiddie Cats rise?

Or will youth bite in the end?

West Virginia wins

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NCAA Tournament Haiku – West Region

Here we go with the West

Buffalo (Syracuse, Gonzaga, Florida State, Vermont)

Coppenrath is dead

Matt Bouldin’s hair is alive

No matter, Cuse wins

San Jose (Vanderbilt, Butler, UTEP, Murray State)

Floaters abound here

Not toilet floaters but teams

This pod wide open

Milwaukee (Pittsburgh, Xavier, Minnesota, Oakland)

Big East lifts all ships

Even a blah ship like Pitt

Xavier could sneak up

Oklahoma City (Kansas State, BYU, Florida, North Texas)

North Texas Mean Green

Best nickname i ever seen

KState cruises here

Sweet 16: Salt Lake City

Hard to see upsets

Cuse and KState roll to end

But Cuse rolls further

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NCAA Tournament Haiku – Midwest Region

Everyone will have brackets and detailed breakdowns of regions.  I cannot attest to have seen ALL the teams yet, but I have seen many.  I am ultimately another jerk with an opinion here, so I figure I should differentiate my opinion the old fashioned way, with a gimmick.  This has been done before, so what the hell?  First up, the midwest region:

Subregional: Oklahoma City (Kansas, UNLV, Northern Illinois, Lehigh)

Kansas the top seed

An upset wager pays big

But stupid play here

Subregional: Spokane (Maryland, Michigan State, New Mexico State, Houston)

Spartans have laid low

But most of last year remains

Other teams not good

Subregional: Providence (Georgetown, Tennessee, San Diego State, Ohio)

Hoyas caught fire late

Not bad for eighth place Big East

Vols, Aztecs, Who Knows?

Subregional:  Milwaukee (Ohio State, Oklahoma State, Georgia Tech, CA-Santa Barbara)

Buckeyes Turner lead

James Forrest ain’t comin back

No luck for Tech now

SWEET 16: Saint Louis

Region is quite tough

All four top seeds can be great

Only Kansas will

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MLB Preview – NL West

One division to go, click to see AL East, AL Central, AL West, NL East, NL Central …

1. Los Angeles Dodgers

Manny helps them hit

Kershaw will rise help them pitch

But no win ninety

2. San Francisco Giants

Lincecum Cain rock

Bursting at seams with youngsters

Good offseason too

3. Arizona Diamondbacks

So much young talent

But has underperformed some

Chris Young must rise up

4. Colorado Rockies

Pennant winner once

Still have Tulo and young arms

Could see them winning

5. San Diego Padres

Huge ballpark effect

But where will runs emerge from

Adrian needs help

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MLB Preview – NL Central

Other divisions here, here, here and here:

1. Chicago Cubs

The billy goat curse

Is fake but is fun to discuss

This team is league best

2. Cincinnati Reds

Votto could be a star

Volquez is on his way there

Will Dusty stink

3. Saint Louis Cardinals

Pujols NLs best

Ludwick fluky Ankiel not

But need Carpenter

4. Milwaukee Brewers

Rickie Weeks its time

To live up to the promise

Gallardo step up too

5. Houston Astros

Ed Wade is moron

Hunter Pence and Roy Oswalt

Only source of hope

6. Pittsburgh Pirates

Always last it so seems

Have a few good players there

They will be traded

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MLB Preview – NL East

Check here, here and here for the American League haikus:

1. New York Mets

So much talent

A fantasy owner’s friend

Bullpen rises up

2. Philadelphia Phillies

Hamels hurt again

Howard waves at curveballs again

Phillies no win again

3. Atlanta Braves

Jair Jurrjens fun name

Young talent tradition big name

Not the right year yet

4. Florida Marlins

Young young Florida

Hanley amazing center field

But he plays shortstop

5. Washington Nationals

Jim Bowden is fired

Source of humor is no more

But they will stink still

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MLB Preview – AL West

More haiku. See the AL Central and AL East previews:

1. Anaheim Angels

Anaheim O.C.

It is not Los Angeles

Angels will win some

2. Texas Rangers

Mucho offense dude

Super prospects on the way

But no pitchers now

3. Oakland Athletics

Holliday is good

Young pitchers could lead the way

But nothing certain

4. Seattle Mariners

Ken Griffey is back

But Morrow is not starting

Old people no win

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MLB Preview – AL Central

Once again, haiku:

1. Cleveland Indians

Past up and comer

Had much bad luck befall them

Grady seizes the day

2. Minnesota Twins

Forever small payroll

Makes the best of scant assets

Will win more than seems

3. Chicago White Sox

Swing Alexei swing

Do not walk like Ozzies team

Runs are limited

4. Detroit Tigers

Talent on paper

Even with fat first baseman

But wins will not come

5. Kansas City Royals

JoePos is hero

Zack Greinke is good pitcher

Long way to go still

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The World Baseball Classic Tribute/MLB Preview – American League East

With the previews all over espn.com and the invaluable preview by my hometown basketball legend Adam Bomb, no time like the present to preview the American League East. However, to those paying attention, this year was another year of the World Baseball Classic, it is only right to salute the winner by doing out previews in Haiku.

American League East

1. Tampa Bay Rays

Young, growing team

Came from nowhere year before

Stil getting better

2. Boston Red Sox

Top baseball franchise

Has no weakness one can see

Are enough strengths present?

3. New York Yankees

Bought many top pros

With many many zeroes

But still just too old

4. Toronto Blue Jays

In wrong division

Could win 88 in the west

Can Toronto move?

5. Baltimore Orioles

Enjoy Matt Wieters gang

Team will grow, not far away

But no win this year