The RLPA is Proud to Present...

Our newest contributing member, Bob Herpen. Bob has returned from a long sabbatical in Japan, needing to shed the trappings of ego which come from the chosen career of erstwhile voice of some as-yet-created minor-league hockey team in the wilds of Nebraska or Alabama.

Still the bard of the blue line, the bucket, the end zone and the baseball diamond, he'll bring a decidedly Eastern literary perspective to the world of sport through the magic syllables of haiku.

It's a two-for-one in his first foray where angels fear to tread.

"What I'm thinking at work on a dreary Sunday while sneaking furtive glances away from the Giants-Lions game at the Eagles-Dolphins contest on the next TV over from my desk"

Andy Reid’s play chart
Is really post-game meal ads
Crab fries half price now.

"If I really did what my heart desired"

I'm shipping up to
Boston; tired of Philly's act
Now Go Celts and Pats