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Humbugardy: Literary Baseball for 200
2005-08-30 19:22
by Score Bard

This is Humbugardy. I'm your host, Alex Scorebard.

 

"The Knave of Hearts
Brought back the tarts,
And vowed he'd" do this

 

Bravery Haiku Trades Same School "Tools" of Ignorance Literary Baseball Ballpark Franks
100 Derek Smart Jen Baby Maddux Humma Kavula metfaninalaska
Baby Maddux 200 200 Cliff Corcoran TFD MattPat11
Dan Lucero 300 Joe For The Turnstiles Ryan Wilkins 300
400 Jacob L T J Bob Timmerman Bob Timmerman 400
Next... 500 Philip Michaels Shaun P 500 500

Note: Using the web to search is cheating...you gotta know (or guess) off the top of your head.

Humbugardy: Same School for 400
2005-08-27 11:04
by Score Bard

This is Humbugardy. I'm your host, Alex Scorebard.

 

Though Eckstein and Ellis
Don't hit many taters,
They shared this team's infield...

 

Bravery Haiku Trades Same School "Tools" of Ignorance Literary Baseball Ballpark Franks
100 Derek Smart Jen Baby Maddux Humma Kavula metfaninalaska
Baby Maddux 200 200 Cliff Corcoran Next... MattPat11
Dan Lucero 300 Joe For The Turnstiles Ryan Wilkins 300
400 Jacob L T J Bob Timmerman Bob Timmerman 400
500 500 Philip Michaels Shaun P 500 500

Note: Using the web to search is cheating...you gotta know (or guess) off the top of your head.

Humbugardy: Same School for 500
2005-08-25 02:10
by Score Bard

This is Humbugardy. I'm your host, Alex Scorebard.

 

Randy Winn, Adam Melhuse
From the current era
Come from here, and Mike Crudale...

 

Bravery Haiku Trades Same School "Tools" of Ignorance Literary Baseball Ballpark Franks
100 Derek Smart Jen Baby Maddux Humma Kavula metfaninalaska
Baby Maddux 200 200 Cliff Corcoran 200 MattPat11
Dan Lucero 300 Joe For The Turnstiles Ryan Wilkins 300
400 Jacob L Next... Bob Timmerman Bob Timmerman 400
500 500 Philip Michaels Shaun P 500 500

Note: Using the web to search is cheating...you gotta know (or guess) off the top of your head.

Humbugardy: Same School for 300
2005-08-23 12:05
by Score Bard

This is Humbugardy. I'm your host, Alex Scorebard.

 

Biggio's not tall.
Vaughn sure wasn't small.
Morris hurled the ball...

 

Bravery Haiku Trades Same School "Tools" of Ignorance Literary Baseball Ballpark Franks
100 Derek Smart Jen Baby Maddux Humma Kavula metfaninalaska
Baby Maddux 200 200 Cliff Corcoran 200 MattPat11
Dan Lucero 300 Joe For The Turnstiles Ryan Wilkins 300
400 Jacob L 400 Bob Timmerman Bob Timmerman 400
500 500 500 Shaun P 500 500

Note: Using the web to search is cheating...you gotta know (or guess) off the top of your head.

Humbugardy: Bravery for 300
2005-08-22 08:38
by Score Bard

This is Humbugardy. I'm your host, Alex Scorebard.

 

When he yielded that homer
To the Twins' Kirby Puckett,
The whole state of Georgia
Cried at once, "Oh, no! Rats!"

 

Bravery Haiku Trades Same School "Tools" of Ignorance Literary Baseball Ballpark Franks
100 Derek Smart Jen Baby Maddux Humma Kavula metfaninalaska
Baby Maddux 200 200 Cliff Corcoran 200 MattPat11
Dan Lucero Next... 300 For The Turnstiles Ryan Wilkins 300
400 Jacob L 400 Bob Timmerman Bob Timmerman 400
500 500 500 Shaun P 500 500

Note: Using the web to search is cheating...you gotta know (or guess) off the top of your head.

Humbugardy: Ballpark Franks for 200
2005-08-17 10:31
by Score Bard

This is Humbugardy. I'm your host, Alex Scorebard.

 

Frank Viola once led
St. John's to prevail
Over Ron Darling
From here...

 

Bravery Haiku Trades Same School "Tools" of Ignorance Literary Baseball Ballpark Franks
100 Derek Smart Jen Baby Maddux Humma Kavula metfaninalaska
Baby Maddux 200 200 Cliff Corcoran 200 MattPat11
Next... 300 300 For The Turnstiles Ryan Wilkins 300
400 Jacob L 400 Bob Timmerman Bob Timmerman 400
500 500 500 Shaun P 500 500

Note: Using the web to search is cheating...you gotta know (or guess) off the top of your head.

Humbugardy: Haiku Trades for 400
2005-08-16 12:14
by Score Bard

This is Humbugardy. I'm your host, Alex Scorebard.

 

Cash, David Pauley,
Ramon Vazquez, Jay Payton...

 

Bravery Haiku Trades Same School "Tools" of Ignorance Literary Baseball Ballpark Franks
100 Derek Smart Jen Baby Maddux Humma Kavula metfaninalaska
Baby Maddux 200 200 Cliff Corcoran 200 Next...
300 300 300 For The Turnstiles Ryan Wilkins 300
400 Jacob L 400 Bob Timmerman Bob Timmerman 400
500 500 500 Shaun P 500 500

Note: Using the web to search is cheating...you gotta know (or guess) off the top of your head.

Humbugardy: Literary Baseball for 400
2005-08-15 21:44
by Score Bard

This is Humbugardy. I'm your host, Alex Scorebard.

 

Her poem "Rouge Gagne" was not about le Dodger Bleu; she died 90 years before Eric was born

 

Bravery Haiku Trades Same School "Tools" of Ignorance Literary Baseball Ballpark Franks
100 Derek Smart Jen Baby Maddux Humma Kavula metfaninalaska
Baby Maddux 200 200 Cliff Corcoran 200 200
300 300 300 For The Turnstiles Ryan Wilkins 300
400 Next... 400 Bob Timmerman Bob Timmerman 400
500 500 500 Shaun P 500 500

Note: Using the web to search is cheating...you gotta know (or guess) off the top of your head.

Humbugardy: Literary Baseball for 300
2005-08-11 12:19
by Score Bard

This is Humbugardy. I'm your host, Alex Scorebard.

 

This poet was referring to men with brooms, not bats, when he innocently sang, "down a green plain leaping, laughing, they run".

 

Bravery Haiku Trades Same School "Tools" of Ignorance Literary Baseball Ballpark Franks
100 Derek Smart Jen Baby Maddux Humma Kavula metfaninalaska
Baby Maddux 200 200 Cliff Corcoran 200 200
300 300 300 For The Turnstiles ... 300
400 400 400 Bob Timmerman 400 400
500 500 500 Shaun P 500 500

Note: Using the web to search is cheating...you gotta know (or guess) off the top of your head.

Humbugardy: Bravery for 200
2005-08-10 14:24
by Score Bard

This is Humbugardy. I'm your host, Alex Scorebard.

 

A playoff game ending
That seemed like a dream
He hit the single
That drove in Sid Bream.

 

Bravery Haiku Trades Same School "Tools" of Ignorance Literary Baseball Ballpark Franks
100 Derek Smart Jen Baby Maddux Humma Kavula metfaninalaska
Baby Maddux 200 200 Cliff Corcoran 200 200
300 300 300 For The Turnstiles Next... 300
400 400 400 Bob Timmerman 400 400
500 500 500 Shaun P 500 500

Note: Using the web to search is cheating...you gotta know (or guess) off the top of your head.

Humbugardy: Tools of Ignorance for 500
2005-08-08 14:16
by Score Bard

This is Humbugardy. I'm your host, Alex Scorebard.

 

He figured out that homers matter,
Wheeled the Babe out as a batter.

 

Bravery Haiku Trades Same School "Tools" of Ignorance Literary Baseball Ballpark Franks
100 Derek Smart Jen Baby Maddux Humma Kavula metfaninalaska
200 200 200 Cliff Corcoran 200 200
300 300 300 For The Turnstiles 300 300
400 400 400 Bob Timmerman 400 400
500 500 500 Shaun P 500 500

Note: Using the web to search is cheating...you gotta know (or guess) off the top of your head.

Humbugardy: Tools of Ignorance for 400
2005-08-05 18:01
by Score Bard

This is Humbugardy. I'm your host, Alex Scorebard.

 

In Lew's short career
He mostly just sat,
Likely because of
A hole in his bat.

 

Bravery Haiku Trades Same School "Tools" of Ignorance Literary Baseball Ballpark Franks
100 Derek Smart Jen Baby Maddux Humma Kavula metfaninalaska
200 200 200 Cliff Corcoran 200 200
300 300 300 For The Turnstiles 300 300
400 400 400 Bob Timmerman 400 400
500 500 500 Next... 500 500

Note: Using the web to search is cheating...you gotta know (or guess) off the top of your head.

Humbugardy: Tools of Ignorance for 300
2005-08-04 20:05
by Score Bard

This is Humbugardy. I'm your host, Alex Scorebard.

 

No matter which jersey,
He'd usually wield
20-plus homers
And smoothness afield.

 

Bravery Haiku Trades Same School "Tools" of Ignorance Literary Baseball Ballpark Franks
100 Derek Smart Jen Baby Maddux Humma Kavula metfaninalaska
200 200 200 Cliff Corcoran 200 200
300 300 300 For The Turnstiles 300 300
400 400 400 400 400 400
500 500 500 500 500 500

Note: Using the web to search is cheating...you gotta know (or guess) off the top of your head.

Orioles Fire Manager
2005-08-04 16:45
by Score Bard

Why put the blame on Mazzilli?
The GM needs pitchers more skilli.
Lee can't have controlled
That Sosa got old,
And Roberts and Mora went chilli.

Humbugardy: Tools of Ignorance for 200
2005-08-03 11:00
by Score Bard

This is Humbugardy. I'm your host, Alex Scorebard.

 

Before his song-and-dancing days
He was batboy for the A's

 

Bravery Haiku Trades Same School "Tools" of Ignorance Literary Baseball Ballpark Franks
100 Derek Smart Jen Baby Maddux Humma Kavula metfaninalaska
200 200 200 Cliff Corcoran 200 200
300 300 300 Next... 300 300
400 400 400 400 400 400
500 500 500 500 500 500

Note: Using the web to search is cheating...you gotta know (or guess) off the top of your head.

Humbugardy: Same School for 100
2005-08-02 12:26
by Score Bard

This is Humbugardy. I'm your host, Alex Scorebard.

 

Barry Bonds and Reggie:
500 homers: great!
They share this alma mater.

 

Bravery Haiku Trades Same School "Tools" of Ignorance Literary Baseball Ballpark Franks
100 Derek Smart Jen Baby Maddux Humma Kavula metfaninalaska
200 200 200 Next... 200 200
300 300 300 300 300 300
400 400 400 400 400 400
500 500 500 500 500 500

Note: Using the web to search is cheating...you gotta know (or guess) off the top of your head.

I Don't Know How To Say It Any More Clearly
2005-08-01 17:22
by Score Bard

I (Capital) never (Dot).
Ever (Period). Took (Not
by mistake (Close paren)
)
Any steroids (Footnote 10)
and cross my (Comma), hope to (Dash)--
Stuck (No) needles in my (Ca$h).

Humbugardy: Ballpark Franks for 100
2005-08-01 08:43
by Score Bard

This is Humbugardy. I'm your host, Alex Scorebard.

 

Some may think this nickname
Is the middle name of Stan,
Instead of what it really is:
Frank.

 

Bravery Haiku Trades Same School "Tools" of Ignorance Literary Baseball Ballpark Franks
100 Derek Smart Next... Baby Maddux Humma Kavula metfaninalaska
200 200 200 200 200 200
300 300 300 300 300 300
400 400 400 400 400 400
500 500 500 500 500 500

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