We’ve poetically looked into the American League, now it’s time to put the National League under the microscope of the haiku preview. In 2014, the San Francisco Giants once again surprised the baseball world, riding the cow-toting arm of Madison Bumgarner to a thrilling seven-game World Series win over the upstart Kansas City Royals.
So what does the haiku have in store for the Senior Circuit in 2015?
NL East
Philadelphia Phillies
Always sunny in
Ryan Howard’s wallet and
Cole Hamels’ mullet
Atlanta Braves
BJ to Melvin
Melvin to San Diego
Barves gonna Barves yeah
Miami Marlins
Giancarlo deep
Ghostly bones of Michael Morse
Second best in east
New York Mets
Mr. Met distressed
Other mascots cuckold him
Still better than Mets
Washington Nationals
Starting pitching rules
Hitters are deep one to nine
NL pennant yes
NL Central
Milwaukee Brewers
Bats on bats on bats
Young pitching could bust or boom
Scooter on second
Cincinnati Reds
Votto can get bag
And Cueto can get the strikes
If not team will sell
Pittsburgh Pirates
Outfield is on point
Need the right rotations and
Central could be Pitt’s
Chicago Cubs
Jon Lester starts off
Back to the future predicted
Free Kris Bryant now
St Louis Cardinals
RIP OT
Jason Hayward has big shoes
To fill on and off
NL West
Los Angeles Dodgers
Changed the squad all over
Spending like recession what
And fans still can’t watch
Arizona Diamondbacks
C named Tuffy
Pitcher named Rubby for real
Staying in basement
San Francisco Giants
World champs in ’14
MadBum soul haunting strikeouts
Expect orange in fall
Colorado Rockies
Mile high hitting
Will pitching take a hit too?
Sorry for pot jokes
San Diego Padres
Holy moly squad
If you don’t watch baseball this
Is the team to watch
