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*ASTERISK INDICATES NEW POEM
- “PT”
- 1000 THINGS TO DO
- 1911
- 457
- A BASEBALL MANIFESTO
- A BENCH IN THE BITTERROOT
- A CURSE
- A DAY AT THE BALLPARK
- A EUROPEAN LOOKS AT BASEBALL
- A GAME OR TWO AWAY
- A GOOD NAP RUINED
- A LONG SEASON
- A LOSING SEASON
- A MODEL T SEASON
- A RED OCTOBER RECIPE
- A ROOF OVER BABE RUTH
- A WALKER, NOW
- ADDING INSULT TO INJURY
- ADJUST
- ADJUSTING BASEBALL
- AGENT TO BALLPLAYER
- Aging
- ALBERT THE GREAT
- All
- ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD
- ALMOST NINE
- AMERICAN PARADE – Part One: the New York Fan
- ANGELIC
- ANOTHER DAY OF PAIN
- APOCALYPSE 2020
- ARNOLD JOHNSON
- ARTHUR SODEN
- AS A PARENT
- ASTROS ALBUTEROL
- AT THE BASEBALL GAME: a haiku crown
- AT THIRD BASE
- BACK INTO IT
- BAD TIMING
- BALL PARK TANKAS
- BALTIMORE, APRIL 29, 2015
- BAN THE BULLPEN
- BANG THE DRUM SLOWLY
- BARGAIN BASEMENT
- BASEBALL AND LANGUAGE
- BASEBALL AVERAGES SAVED ME
- BASEBALL BALLET
- BASEBALL BLIZZARD HAIKU
- BASEBALL FROM LIFE TO DEATH
- BASEBALL HAIKU
- BASEBALL IN SANTA CRUZ: ERA 1907
- BASEBALL IS
- BASEBALL IS DYING
- BASEBALL IS IN OUR SOUL
- BASEBALL IS LIFE
- BASEBALL JAPAN SHOTIME
- BASEBALL NIGHTS
- BASEBALL POEM
- BASEBALL RESORT
- BASEBALL TALKING
- BASEBALL TALKING (#2)
- BASEBALL TRADE DEADLINE DISCRETIONS
- BASEBALL WITHOUT BORDERS
- BASEBALL, LIKE CHESS
- BASEBALL, THEN AND NOW
- BASEBALL, YOU HAD NO RIGHT
- BASEBALL’S CURED CURSES
- BASELINE
- BATTY
- BENEATH THE BLEACHERS
- BEST SEAT
- BETTY AND JOANNE WEAVER
- BIG DATA AT THE BALLPARK
- BIG PAPI
- BILL ALLINGTON
- BIRDS OF PLAY
- BLUE-BLACK AND WHITE!
- BOB CAIN
- BOBBLEHEAD DAY
- BOTTOM OF THE NINTH
- BROKEN
- BUCK LEONARD
- BUILT TO WIN NOW
- BY MAN’S HAND (1)
- BY MAN’S HAND (2)
- CALL THE BULLPEN
- CAN’T WAIT
- CARDBOARD FANS
- CARDS
- CATHEDRAL OF BASEBALL FIBONACCI
- CHAMPIONSHIP CHARACTER
- CHARLES COMISKEY
- CHARLES SOMERS
- CHARLIE ‘BABE’ ADAMS GETS THE NOD
- CHEATING IN BASEBALL?
- CHUTZPAH
- CIVIL WAR: New York Against Atlanta
- CLARK GRIFFITH
- CLASS OF 2022, HALL OF FAME
- CLEATS
- CLOSER
- COLD COMFORT
- CONTRASTS AND SIMILARITIES
- COVENANT
- COVID 1, BASEBALL 0
- COVID’S CURVE BALL
- CREATION OF THE WORLD
- CROSSED SIGNALS
- CRYSTAL DAY ON THE MOUNTAIN (hiking)
- CURSE OF THE BAMBINO
- CURVE BALLS
- CURVES
- DAVID FULTZ
- DAVID ORTIZ HAIKU
- DAY IN THE SUN
- DEAD BASE
- DELIVERY BOY
- DESIGNATED HERO
- DESIGNATED HITTER
- DIMAGGIO
- DIRT
- DISLOYALTY
- DIVE
- DIZZY DEAN
- DODGER DAZE – return to roots
- DONKEY BASEBALL
- DOUBLE A LAMENT
- DOUBLE HEADER
- DRIFTING CLOUDS
- DRINKING AT THE VFW
- DRIVING A TRACTOR AT SEVEN
- EARL WILCOX
- EBBETS FIELD: THERE USED TO BE A BALLPARK
- ECLIPSE
- ED BARROW
- EMOTIONAL SWINGS
- EPIPHANY AT THE PENINSULA GRILL
- ESSENCE
- EVERY SPRING
- FAIR IS FOUL
- FAN
- FANDOM
- FANS IN THE STANDS
- FATE
- FATHERS PLAYING CATCH WITH SONS
- FIELD OF DREAMS
- FIELD OF NIGHTMARES
- FINAL FLIGHT
- FIORELLO LA GUARDIA
- FIREWORKS NIGHT
- FIVE GAME SUSPENSION
- FRANKIE FRISCH
- FREE AGENCY SPLURGE
- FROM A TO Y
- FROM STADIUM TO PARK
- FUER ELISE FOREVER
- GAME BY GAME
- GAME CALLED ON ACCOUNT OF GUNS
- GEORGE WRIGHT
- GOING GOING
- GONE
- GRAPEFRUIT LEAGUE II
- GREEN GRASS
- GRIM
- GROVER CLEVELAND ALEXANDER
- HALL OF FAME VILLANELLE
- HARAKIRI
- HARRY HOOPER
- HARRY PULLIAM
- HAT TRICK
- HE MADE EVERY GAME
- HERE TO STAY
- HEY BATTER, BATTER
- HITTER’S DELIGHT
- HOME RUN
- HOME RUN!
- HOME TEAM
- HOOP DREAMS
- HOPE CHEST
- HOW TO APPEASE A SPORTS MAVEN
- HOYT WILHELM
- HYSTERICAL POSTSEASON FANDOM
- I AM NOT MYSELF
- I AM SUING MY KNEES
- I AM THE METS
- I CAN HIT BETTER THAN THAT
- I NEED A HERO
- I’M SO EXCITED
- IF ARCHIE MANNING WROTE POETRY
- IF TEACHING WERE LIKE BASEBALL
- IF THE BALLPARK STADIUM…
- IMAGINATION
- IMPRESSIONS OF THE GAME
- IN 1960
- IN A PINCH
- IN EARLY
- IN FIRST PLACE
- IN HONOR OF THE BABE
- IN PRAISE AND SYMPATHY
- IN PRAISE OF THE LOWLY KNUCKLEBALL
- INSECT BASEBALL
- INTERDEPENDENCE DAY
- IS IT REALLY OVER?
- IS THAT ALL THERE IS?
- IT’S A SIMPLE GAME
- IT’S NOT THE MONEY – RIGHT?
- J. L. WILKINSON
- JACK O’CONNOR
- JACKIE
- JIM DEVLIN
- JIM HUNTER
- JOE BIANCHI, BASEBALL FAN
- JOE CRONIN
- JOE DIMAGGIO
- JOE FOR TED?
- JOE MCGINNITY
- JOHN McGRAW
- JUST A KID FROM THE HEARTLAND (conversation with Carl Erskine)
- JUST A KID FROM THE HEARTLAND *
- KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE BALL
- KEEPING SCORES
- KEVIN COSTNER AND ME
- KINER
- KING OF DIAMONDS
- KNUCKLEBALLER
- KOUFAX VS. RYAN
- LATE AUGUST BASEBALL (AS MY TEAM FADES)
- LEGENDS NEVER DIE
- LET’S GO ROYALS
- LET’S RUIN BASEBALL
- LEWIS F. WADSWORTH
- LILY
- LINE-UP FOR YESTERDAY
- LITTLE COURTESIES
- LITTLE LEAGUE
- LITTLE LEAGUE RIGHT FIELDER
- LITTLE LEAGUE RIGHT FIELDER
- LIVING MASTERPIECE
- LOGIC?
- LOOKING
- LOVABLE LOSERS NO MORE
- LUCK?
- MAJOR LEAGUE ADJUSTMENT
- MANTLE
- MARIANNE MOORE, POET, BASEBALL FAN
- MAZEROSKI BROKE MY HEART
- MEMORY
- MIDDLE INFIELD
- MILESTONES … AARON JUDGE 62 HOMERS … ME MY 80TH YEAR
- MINNIE MINOSO
- MISSING PART OF MY LIFE
- MODERN TIMES
- MOM KNOWS WHY
- MOOKIE BETTS
- MORE RESPECT
- MOVIE QUOTES AND BASEBALL
- MURDERERS ROW
- MY CHILDHOOD HERO
- MY FAVORITE THINGS
- MY FIRST BASEMAN’S GLOVE
- MY FIRST GAME
- MY FIRST HOME RUN
- MY FIRST SPRING TRAINING GAME
- MY GRANDSONS’ GLOVES – (a memory piece)*
- MY SON, THE BALLPLAYER *
- NEWS ITEM: ROBOT UMPIRE TESTED
- NICKNAMES
- NIGHT BASEBALL
- NO BASEBALL
- NO JOY IN MUDVILLE *
- NO PLAYOFFS
- NOT EVEN ONCE!
- NOT FAIR
- OBSCENE !
- OBSCENITY
- OBSTRUCTED VIEW *
- OCTOBER’S HEROES
- ODE TO WILLIE *
- OFF CENTER (basketball)
- Old -Timer’s Day
- OLD MEN PLAYING BASEBALL *
- OLD STICKBALL AND STOOPBALL SLICKSTERS
- On SEEING A BROOKLYN DODGERS BASEBALL CAP
- ON THE MOUNTAIN WITH MR. BOUTON
- ONE MORNING WE FOUND
- OPEN THE GATES FOR BROWN *
- OPENING DAY MINNESOTA TWINS
- OUR HOLES
- OWNER TO GM
- PAIGE
- PARKING LOT
- PATSY’S PORK STORE
- PHENOM *
- PITCHER’S PITCHER
- PITCHES
- PITCHING LESSON
- PITCHING TO AN AD CLIENT
- PLAYGROUND BOYS AGAIN
- PLAYING CATCH
- PLAYOFF ANGST
- PLAYOFF EXIT
- POETS AND PITCHERS
- POSTSEASON’S END *
- PREDICTABILITY
- PREPARED
- PROTOCOLS FOR BASEBALL, A MODEST PROPOSAL
- PUDGE
- RAIN DELAY
- RAYMOND
- READY TO RETIRE
- REALITY
- REALITY INTRUDES
- REDEMPTION: BASEBALL’S CROWNING GLORY
- REPLY TO REPLAYS
- REQUIEM FOR A BALLCLUB
- REQUIEM FOR MY TEAM
- RIP SEWELL
- ROBERT MURPHY
- ROBOTS KEEP OUT
- RONNIE, ON AVENUE U *
- ROSENBLATT
- ROZ WEINER, I HATE YOU *
- SABERMETRICS HAIKU
- SAL MAGLIE
- SALESMAN HAIKU
- SAM DIAMOND, SPORTSFAN
- SAN JOSE SLUGGER (or How I Beat Baseball)
- SATCH
- SCREAMING INTO THE SET
- SECOND PLACE *
- SEVENTY-FIVE LAPS (swimming) *
- SHOPPING CART ROLLER DERBY
- SHORT OF THE CONFESSION BOX
- SHORTENED GAME *
- SHUT UP AND DEAL
- SIGNAGE *
- SIGNS OF SPRING
- SILLY NAMES IN BASEBALL #1 *
- SILLY NAMES IN BASEBALL #2 *
- SINGERS AND SLUGGERS
- SINKERS
- SLIDING INTO SECOND
- SLIDING INTO THIRD
- SLOW DEATH *
- SMALL VICTORIES
- SOWADOW
- SPEED
- SPOILER
- SPORT
- SPORTS SAVE ME
- SPRING 1778
- SPRING TRAINING
- SPRING TRAINING
- SPRING TRAINING REGRETS *
- STADIUM SCENE
- STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE
- STERILE
- STUART SYMINGTON
- SUBSTANCES
- SUMMER FIELDS
- SUMMER HEAT
- SWINGING AWAY
- TAKE ME OUT
- TAKE ME OUT TO WHATABURGER FIELD
- TAPE MEASURE SLUGGER *
- TARPS OFF, SHOWTIME
- TEAM COLORS
- TED WILLIAMS
- TEMPUS NON FUGIT
- TEN IN A ROW
- THANK YOU, SANDY
- THE BASEBALL CAMP
- THE ACE *
- THE ANGRY EARTH MOVED, THE 1989 WORLD SERIES
- THE ANTIDOTE TO AGING
- THE AUTOMATED BULLPEN PHONE
- THE BALLPLAYER *
- The Baseball *
- THE BASEBALL IN WINTER
- THE BAT FLIP
- THE BETWEENS
- THE BLEEDING SEASON
- THE BODY SHAMBLES
- THE BOYS OF SUMMER
- THE BUM HAS MOVED TO BROOKLYN
- THE CALL UP
- THE CARDINAL
- THE CATCH
- THE CATCH
- THE CLOSER
- THE CLOSER
- THE COST
- THE COUPLE BEHIND HOME PLATE
- THE DIAMOND SCALE
- THE DINGER
- THE DRAFT
- THE EARTH STOOD STILL *
- THE FAIR POLE
- THE FIELD
- THE FINAL SUMMER
- THE FIRST PITCH OF SUMMER
- THE FREE AGENT SIGNING
- THE GAME
- THE HILL AND THE BACKSTOP
- THE HILL AND THE BACKSTOP (EIGHT YEARS LATER)
- THE INCIDENT
- THE INJURY BUG
- THE JOURNEY HOME
- THE KANSAS CITY OCTOPI
- THE KEY CHAIN
- THE LAST PICTURE SHOW
- THE LEGEND *
- THE LOW HARD ONE
- THE MINOR LEAGUES AGONISTES
- THE MUSIC OF MONARCH BASEBALL: THE “BULLET” ROGAN BIG BAND
- THE OFF SEASON
- THE OLD BALLPLAYER IN LOVE
- THE PHENOM
- THE PLAYING FIELD
- THE RIGHT SPIN
- THE RULES OF THE GAME *
- THE SACRIFICE
- THE SECOND THOUGHT
- THE SIGN
- THE SLIDE *
- THE SPORTSWRITER
- THE SUN IS HOT (running)
- THE TRANSFORMATION
- THE WORLD SERIES PARADE
- THE YANKEE CLIPPER
- THESE THREE GUYS
- THIEF
- THIRTEEN WAYS OF LOOKING AT A PITCH
- THREE
- TIME ON THEIR HANDS
- TO BE FRANK
- TOMMY JOHN
- TOO MANY STATS
- TORNADO
- TRADING PLACES
- TRUE LOVE *
- TWELVE WAYS TO IMPROVE SPORTS
- UMPIRE EQUIPMENT
- UNDERDOG
- UNDERGROUND FANTASY
- UNDERGROUND FANTASY II
- UNEXPECTED HEROES
- VANITY PLATE *
- VETERAN PITCHER
- VICTORY
- WALTER MATHAU’S HAT
- WE CAN BE HEROES JUST FOR ONE DAY *
- WE NEED OUR HEROES
- WE WERE THE GENERALS
- WHAT ABOUT THOSE PADRES…
- WHAT DO THEY SAY? *
- WHAT MAY BE *
- WHAT’S IN A WORD?
- WHEN BASEBALL PLAYERS WERE TOUGH
- WHEN CHILDREN PLAY *
- WHEN I WAS YOUNG
- WHEN MY TEAM WINS
- WHO REMEMBERS HERB SCORE?
- WHY WE ARE FANS *
- WHY WE CHEER *
- WILLIAM HULBERT
- WILLIAM LANGER
- WILLIAM STRUNK – BATTING COACH (essay)
- WILLIE MAYS
- WINTER BALL
- WINTER BALL IN DENVER
- Wrigley Field Bleacher Loyalty *
- X MARKS THE SPOT
- YANKEES RED SOX STORIED RIVALRY *
- YEARBOOK QUOTE
- YOGI
- YOU’RE OUT
- YOUR FATE
- YOUTHFUL MEMORIES *
- ZENITH
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