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The first stunned grunts of pain. Haiku submitted through November 21, 2003.

Stick a fork in it
Pedro? Trot? Doesn't matter
Who. The Sox are done.

16 October 2003
By: EGCHST

Going, going, gone
In the eleventh inning
Winter has begun

16 October 2003
By: EGCHST

Yankees play Marlins
In the fall classic. Who cares?
Outside, red leaves fly.

16 October 2003
By: EGCHST

winter comes early
some seasons second guesses
fail to keep me warm

16 October 2003
By: WW
"I wrote this last week, mailed to all my friends; then one of them told me about your site. Thanks. Been a Sox fan for 38 years."

On the chopping block,
Twisting to see the hatchet,
Thanksgiving turkey.

17 October 2003
By: BrB

Dale Arnold says that
They're ruining our summer
As chill clouds gather.

17 October 2003
By: MB

Bucky Fucking Dent.
Mookie grounds one to Buckner.
Pedro: Posada.

17 October 2003
By: MB

Macho, Macho, Ma-
Cho man.  I gotta always
Say "I can."  Pedro.

17 October 2003
By: mrc

Grady Little, too
Nice for the Red Sox.  Oh, woe!
Tough love needed now.

17 October 2003
By: mrc

Tears, slowly dripping
Into my remote control
Until next spring . . . sigh

18 October 2003
By: JCK

Red Sox versus Cubs
Gives new meaning to the words
"Fantasy Baseball."

18 October 2003
By: LT

Press conference silence:
Nobody has another
Question for Grady.

18 October 2003
By: MB

Johnny takes him out
Then Seventeen years later
Grady keeps him in

19 October 2003
By: MF

Five more outs is hard
But better than one more strike
Keep the faith Sox fan

19 October 2003
By: MF

Buckner or Little
It doesn't really matter
Someone will fuck up

20 October 2003
By: MM

Bright leaves falling. Clear
Blue sky. Frost at dawn. Autumn,
Red Sox lose again.

20 October 2003
By: mrc

To: Little
Too late. You never missed the chance to
miss a chance. Why ask?

20 October 2003
By: PCi

Manny Ramirez.
Why don't you run for a ball.
A hit would be nice.

20 October 2003
By: DR

When will the Sox learn?
Beaten down in seven games.
The Yankees still suck.

20 October 2003
By: DR
""A little negative, but so were the playoffs." "

Poor Grady Little
best manager in baseball
from the neck down -- sigh.

20 October 2003
By: SG

Silent cries ringing
concentric circles of hell
Green Monster bleeds red

20 October 2003
By: SG

Pedro. Oh, Pedro.
You threw a little too long.
Damn Grady Little.

20 October 2003
By: MPA
"The angry version"

Pedro. Oh, Pedro.
You threw a little too long
But we love you still.

20 October 2003
By: MPA
"The melancholy version"

Career years for all;
Too many contracts to sign;
There is no next year.

21 October 2003
By: BW

No, it's not hindsight.
We were yelling "take him out!"
Leader, or bat boy?

21 October 2003
By: BW

Red Sox fans know
In the Fall we get a goat;
Grady Little

21 October 2003
By: JNP

Georgie spends money
Fall is when the Yankees win;
Buy twenty seven

21 October 2003
By: JNP

Did George pay Pedro
In the Fall he has to win;
Sweet ones in the eighth

21 October 2003
By: JNP

A victim of love,
I married a Yankees fan.
Now he cheers. I sulk :-(

21 October 2003
By: KMF

blame it on pedro
or drop the blame on grady
babe laughs either way

21 October 2003
By: NAD

history repeats
as it has and always will
still deny the curse?

21 October 2003
By: NAD

Good man makes bad choice
Grady, we hardly knew you
a Little tragedy

21 October 2003
By: SGo

we cannot resist
picking at this ancient scar
still it won't callous

21 October 2003
By: WW

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