As the season comes

to a close. I offer this:

a quiz of haiku.

1. Take a walk with me.

Stroll to first base and you’ll see

the world differently.

2. Unexpectedly,

I am the work horse, cast down

by the falling stars.

3. Deliberate as a

tortoise, I learned to snare at

third. Quick as a hare.

4.Unable to start what

others came to finish, I

now finish their work.

5. Like Dante, I bring

an inferno. Composed nightly

on the mound, like dance.

6. I am a thief like

another of my name but

steal only bases.

7. Prodigious swings like

a truth and a lie. Homer

or strikeout – a breeze.

Answers:

1. Votto, 2. Straily, 3. Suarez, 4. Iglesias, 5. DeSclafani, 6. Hamilton, 7. Duvall