Poems by 
Sickman
- 1000 THINGS TO DO
- 1911
- 457
- A BASEBALL MANIFESTO
- A BENCH IN THE BITTERROOT
- A CURSE
- A GAME OR TWO AWAY
- A GOOD NAP RUINED
- A LOSING SEASON
- A MODEL T SEASON
- A WALKER, NOW
- ADDING INSULT TO INJURY *
- ADJUST
- Aging
- ALBERT THE GREAT
- All
- ALMOST NINE
- ANGELIC
- APOCALYPSE 2020
- ARTHUR SODEN
- ASTROS ALBUTEROL
- AT THE BASEBALL GAME: a haiku crown *
- BACK INTO IT
- BAD TIMING
- BAN THE BULLPEN
- BARGAIN BASEMENT
- BASEBALL AND LANGUAGE
- BASEBALL AVERAGES SAVED ME
- BASEBALL POEM
- BASEBALL WITHOUT BORDERS
- BASELINE
- BATTY
- BEST SEAT
- BIG DATA AT THE BALLPARK
- BOBBLEHEAD DAY *
- CALL THE BULLPEN
- CARDBOARD FANS
- CHAMPIONSHIP CHARACTER
- CHARLES COMISKEY
- CHARLES SOMERS
- CHARLIE ‘BABE’ ADAMS GETS THE NOD
- CHEATING IN BASEBALL?
- CLEATS
- CLOSER *
- COLD COMFORT
- COVID 1, BASEBALL 0 *
- COVID’S CURVE BALL *
- CRYSTAL DAY ON THE MOUNTAIN (hiking)
- CURSE OF THE BAMBINO
- CURVE BALLS
- DAVID FULTZ
- DAY IN THE SUN
- DELIVERY BOY
- DIRT
- DISLOYALTY
- DIVE
- DODGER DAZE – return to roots
- DONKEY BASEBALL
- DOUBLE A LAMENT
- DOUBLE HEADER
- DRINKING AT THE VFW
- ECLIPSE
- ED BARROW
- EMOTIONAL SWINGS
- ESSENCE
- FAN
- FANS IN THE STANDS *
- FATE
- FINAL FLIGHT *
- FIREWORKS NIGHT
- FRANKIE FRISCH
- FREE AGENCY SPLURGE
- FUER ELISE FOREVER
- GAME CALLED ON ACCOUNT OF GUNS
- GONE
- GRAPEFRUIT LEAGUE II
- GREEN GRASS
- GRIM
- GROVER CLEVELAND ALEXANDER
- HARRY HOOPER
- HARRY PULLIAM
- HAT TRICK
- HE MADE EVERY GAME
- HERE TO STAY
- HITTER’S DELIGHT
- HOME RUN
- HOME RUN!
- HOPE CHEST
- I AM NOT MYSELF
- I CAN HIT BETTER THAN THAT
- I NEED A HERO
- I’M SO EXCITED
- IF THE BALLPARK STADIUM…
- IMAGINATION
- IN EARLY
- IN HONOR OF THE BABE
- IN PRAISE AND SYMPATHY
- IN PRAISE OF THE LOWLY KNUCKLEBALL
- INSECT BASEBALL
- IS THAT ALL THERE IS? *
- JACK O’CONNOR *
- JIM DEVLIN
- JOE BIANCHI, BASEBALL FAN
- JOE CRONIN
- JOE DIMAGGIO *
- JOE MCGINNITY
- JOHN McGRAW
- KING OF DIAMONDS
- LATE AUGUST BASEBALL (AS MY TEAM FADES)
- LEGENDS NEVER DIE
- LET’S GO ROYALS
- LET’S RUIN BASEBALL
- LEWIS F. WADSWORTH
- LINE-UP FOR YESTERDAY
- LITTLE COURTESIES
- LITTLE LEAGUE
- LITTLE LEAGUE RIGHT FIELDER
- LITTLE LEAGUE RIGHT FIELDER
- LOGIC?
- LOOKING
- LOVABLE LOSERS NO MORE
- LUCK?
- MAJOR LEAGUE ADJUSTMENT
- MEMORY
- MISSING PART OF MY LIFE
- MODERN TIMES
- MOM KNOWS WHY
- MOOKIE BETTS
- MOVIE QUOTES AND BASEBALL
- MY FAVORITE THINGS
- MY FIRST BASEMAN’S GLOVE
- MY FIRST SPRING TRAINING GAME
- NEWS ITEM: ROBOT UMPIRE TESTED
- NICKNAMES
- NIGHT BASEBALL
- NO BASEBALL
- NO PLAYOFFS
- NOT FAIR
- OBSCENE !
- OFF CENTER (basketball)
- OLD STICKBALL AND STOOPBALL SLICKSTERS *
- ON THE MOUNTAIN WITH MR. BOUTON
- OPENING DAY MINNESOTA TWINS
- OUR HOLES
- PATSY’S PORK STORE
- PITCHES
- PITCHING LESSON
- PITCHING TO AN AD CLIENT
- PLAYGROUND BOYS AGAIN
- PLAYOFF ANGST
- PLAYOFF EXIT
- POETS AND PITCHERS
- PREDICTABILITY
- PREPARED
- PROTOCOLS FOR BASEBALL, A MODEST PROPOSAL
- RAIN DELAY
- READY TO RETIRE
- REALITY
- REALITY INTRUDES
- REDEMPTION: BASEBALL’S CROWNING GLORY
- REPLY TO REPLAYS
- REQUIEM FOR A BALLCLUB
- ROBOTS KEEP OUT
- ROSENBLATT
- SABERMETRICS HAIKU
- SALESMAN HAIKU
- SAM DIAMOND, SPORTSFAN
- SAN JOSE SLUGGER (or How I Beat Baseball)
- SCREAMING INTO THE SET
- SHOPPING CART ROLLER DERBY
- SHORT OF THE CONFESSION BOX *
- SHUT UP AND DEAL
- SINGERS AND SLUGGERS
- SINKERS *
- SLIDING INTO SECOND
- SLIDING INTO THIRD
- SMALL VICTORIES
- SOWADOW
- SPEED
- SPOILER
- SPORTS SAVE ME
- SPRING 1778
- SPRING TRAINING
- SPRING TRAINING
- STERILE
- STUART SYMINGTON *
- SUBSTANCES *
- SUMMER HEAT
- TAKE ME OUT TO WHATABURGER FIELD
- TARPS OFF, SHOWTIME
- TEAM COLORS
- TED WILLIAMS
- TEMPUS NON FUGIT
- THE ANGRY EARTH MOVED, THE 1989 WORLD SERIES
- THE ANTIDOTE TO AGING
- THE AUTOMATED BULLPEN PHONE
- THE BASEBALL IN WINTER
- THE BAT FLIP
- THE BLEEDING SEASON
- THE BOYS OF SUMMER
- THE BUM HAS MOVED TO BROOKLYN
- THE CALL UP
- THE CARDINAL
- THE CLOSER
- THE COST
- THE COUPLE BEHIND HOME PLATE
- THE DIAMOND SCALE
- THE DINGER
- THE DRAFT
- THE FAIR POLE
- THE FIELD
- 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 LAST PICTURE SHOW
- 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 PLAYING FIELD *
- THE RIGHT SPIN
- THE SACRIFICE
- THE SECOND THOUGHT
- THE SIGN
- THE SPORTSWRITER
- THE SUN IS HOT (running)
- THE TRANSFORMATION
- THE WORLD SERIES PARADE
- THE YANKEE CLIPPER
- THESE THREE GUYS
- THIRTEEN WAYS OF LOOKING AT A PITCH
- THREE
- TOMMY JOHN
- TOO MANY STATS
- TORNADO
- TRADING PLACES
- TWELVE WAYS TO IMPROVE SPORTS
- UMPIRE EQUIPMENT
- UNDERGROUND FANTASY
- UNDERGROUND FANTASY II
- VETERAN PITCHER
- WALTER MATHAU’S HAT
- WE NEED OUR HEROES
- WE WERE THE GENERALS
- WHAT ABOUT THOSE PADRES… *
- WHAT’S IN A WORD?
- WHEN BASEBALL PLAYERS WERE TOUGH
- WHEN MY TEAM WINS
- WILLIAM HULBERT
- WILLIAM LANGER
- WILLIAM STRUNK – BATTING COACH (essay)
- WILLIE MAYS
- WINTER BALL
- WINTER BALL IN DENVER *
- YEARBOOK QUOTE
- YOU’RE OUT
- YOUR FATE