Sigh.

My Cubbies lost.

My Mets lost.

I do like the Royals, and they fought fiercely for a well-deserved title. But still. Sigh.

Now back to your regularly scheduled blogging.

P.S. PITCHERS AND CATCHERS REPORT IN 108 DAYS.

Can't post. Baseball.

Lost in the Sun: Review Haiku

What do you do when
no one hates you as much as
you insist they should?

Lost in the Sun by Lisa Graff. Philomel, 2015, 304 pages.

The Prince of Fenway Park: Review Haiku

Wait -- you mean it
wasn't my magical uterus
after all? Damn.

The Prince of Fenway Park by Juliana Baggott. Harper, 2009, 336 pages.

Neil Armstrong Is My Uncle: Review Haiku

Perfectly captures
the selfishness of pre-teens.
A winning debut.

Neil Armstrong Is My Uncle and Other Lies Muscle Man McGinty Told Me by Nan Marino. Roaring Brook, 2009, 154 pages.

P.S. "Grabowskys." "Grabowskys'." Or if you prefer, "Grabowskies" and "Grabowskies'." Just please, for the love of God, NOT "Grabowsky's."

Change-up: Review Haiku

Kept me on the
exercise bike twice as long. Plus,
Aaron Bleeping Boone!

Change-up: Mystery at the World Series. Knopf, 2009, 308 pages.

Silver linings

So the Sox blew it and my Magical Uterus Theory has yet to be unproven, consarnit.* Still, I take comfort in a few things:

1. No more cowbell.
2. No more TBS yahoos saying "OR-tihz" like gigantic asshats. (Dude, if you are a baseball announcer and cannot pronounce common Latino surnames, you need a new line of work.)
3. We can sleep again.
4. Manny isn't going to the Series either.
5. Did I mention we can sleep again?

* Thanks, Betsy, for reviving my linguistic interest in Yosemite Sam.

Swindle: Review Haiku

The Man with the Plan
makes vigilante justice
a group effort. Score!

Swindle by Gordon Korman. Scholastic, 2008, 252 pages.

P.S. Yankees suck.

My Most Excellent Year: Review Haiku

It's so giddily
unbelievable, you can't
help but fall in love.

My Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins, and Fenway Park by Steve Kluger. Dial, 2008, 403 pages.

P.S. "Ramon Garciaparra" (p253)? Ahem.

Keeping Score: Review Haiku

Trying to make sense
of the senselessness of war
through sabermetrics.

Keeping Score by Linda Sue Park. Clarion, 2008, 202 pages.

Now I can sleep again

Boston sweeps Rockies to win the Series; Mikey "The Connectah" Lowell is MVP.

But now I have a problem: History has shown that every time I have a kid, the Sox win the Series. I don't think my lady parts can take this kind of pressure . . .

Love that dirty water

Oh, Boston, you're my home.

!!!