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- “GOD IS A BIG WHITE BASEBALL – Jack Spicer
- “NAILS”
- 1908? HAS IT BEEN THAT LONG?
- 1941
- 1954
- 1959
- 22 JULY 12
- 28
- 37 BASEBALL NAMES TO SING
- 385 MILES TO PAWTUCKET
- 4 – 6 – 3
- 50-CENT BEER NIGHT
- 6 X 6 X 6 X 6 (story)
- 60’ 6” FROM HOME
- A $600,000 Sack – ( football)
- A 40TH ANNIVERSARY DIAMOND JUBILEE
- A BASEBALL/POETRY LINK?
- A BITTER FAN
- A BOY AND HIS DAD
- A BOY’S SUMMER DREAM
- A CHANGE IN THE GROUND RULES
- A CUP OF COFFEE
- A DIRTY SECRET (essay)
- A DISTANT COUSIN PLAYS BASEBALL
- A FATHER AND HIS SON – (football)
- A FATHER’S LAMENT
- A FREUDIAN CHEER
- A GAME OF CATCH
- A GEORGE CARLIN BASKETBALL POEM
- A HITTER WONDERS
- A HURLING DARVISH
- A KIND OF WONDER
- A LANGUAGE ALL HIS OWN
- A LESSON LEARNED
- A LETTER TO THE BASEBALL GODS
- A MODEST PROPOSAL
- A PAIR OF ETERNAL QUESTIONS
- A PITCHER’S PERSPECTIVE
- A SAN DIEGO CHARGER
- A SHALLOW MAN
- A SHAPE-CHANGING RAINBOWED THING
- A SIMPLE GAME
- A SINGLES HITTER
- A SPECIAL KIND OF SILENCE
- A SUMMER OF PEPPER
- A TITAN AMONG TITANS
- A VERY SHORT POEM ON MARCH MADNESS
- A VISIT TO THE THERAPIST
- ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST
- ACCORDING TO THE GLOBE
- ADVICE FROM THE STANDS
- ADVICE TO A NERVOUS BASE STEALER
- ADVICE TO RED SOX AS THEY SADDLE UP
- AFTER MATT CAIN: JUNE 13, 2012
- AFTER THE AERO’S GAME
- AFTER THE CHIROPRACTOR
- ALBUQUERQUE AFTERNOON
- ALL NOTHING GAME
- ALL SEASON
- ALL STAR GAME
- ALL WHISKEY ALL STAR GAME
- ALMOST TIME
- ALUMINUM BATS
- AMANDA BERNE (skiing)
- AMERICA’S GAME
- AMERICAN JINGOISM (Olympics)
- AN ALMOST PERFECT DAY
- AN OLD JOKE
- AN UNUSUAL PITCHER
- ANAM CARA
- ANCIENT BASEBALL AND SKULL RACKS
- AND THIS IS WHAT THEY CALL “CHARACTER”
- ANDY, SMALL-TOWN HERO
- ANGELS IN JACKSON
- ANGRY MANAGER
- ANNIE ROBERTS (rock climbing)
- ANNIE’S LAST GAME OF THE SEASON
- ANOTHER OPENIN’ ANOTHER SHOW
- ANOTHER OPENING DAY
- ANTHONY “BIG MOOSE” MILOTTI – (football)
- ANTICIPATION
- APRIL ERRORS
- APT AT DIRECTIONS
- ARCO, IDAHO – (football)
- ARKANSAS, 1937
- AROD’S GOOD MANLY SMILE AND GIAMBI’S BLAST
- AS IF WRITTEN IN 1908
- AT FENWAY PARK
- AT LAST
- AUKER’S LAMENT
- AUMAN PEACHES FOR LEE COUNTY(NC) CREAM
- AVIAN BLUES
- AWAKE IN WAKE FOREST
- BACK COUNTRY
- BACK INTO IT
- BACK TO THE BULL PEN
- BACKSTOP TRIOLET
- BAD KARMA
- BAD PITCH
- BALL FOUR
- BALLET OF BASEBALL
- BALLPARK ESTIMATES
- BALLPLAYER’S LAMENT
- BALONEY SANDWICH REMEMEBRANCES
- BANNED WORDS
- BANNER DAY
- BAS-KET (basketball)
- BASEBALL
- BASEBALL
- BASEBALL
- BASEBALL
- BASEBALL ALLITERATION HALL OF FAME
- BASEBALL AND MARRIAGE
- BASEBALL AND THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES
- BASEBALL ANNOUNCER SCHOOL
- BASEBALL AS COMFORT FOOD
- BASEBALL AS EXTENDED METAPHOR
- BASEBALL AS EXTENDED METAPHOR II
- BASEBALL AT THE WHITNEYS’
- BASEBALL BEHIND THE SCENES
- BASEBALL BY THE NUMBERS
- BASEBALL CARD BUBBLEGUM
- BASEBALL CARDS
- BASEBALL CARDS
- BASEBALL FEVER
- BASEBALL FOR AGES
- BASEBALL HOUSEKEEPING
- BASEBALL HYKU
- BASEBALL IN THE BACKGROUND
- BASEBALL IS LONG
- BASEBALL IS TRUE BALLET
- BASEBALL LOVE
- BASEBALL LOYALTY
- BASEBALL MEMORIES
- BASEBALL MITT
- BASEBALL MORTALITY
- BASEBALL PARK MENU
- BASEBALL POEM
- BASEBALL PRAYER
- BASEBALL PREVIEW
- BASEBALL RAIN DELAY
- BASEBALL RICHES
- BASEBALL, SOUTHERN STYLE
- BASEBALL’S GOLDEN AGE
- BASEBALL’S PACE
- BASEBALL’S SOOTHING HALLELUJAH CHORUS
- BAT BOY?
- BAT MATH
- BATTER UP
- BATTER’S BOX NOSTALGIA
- BATTERS KICKED ROCKS
- BEANED
- BEANS AND HOPE
- BEARING WINTER
- BECAUSE YOU’RE TOO OLD
- BEFORE PITCHERS AND CATCHERS REPORT
- BEFORE SOCCER MOMS
- BEHIND THE CURVE
- BELIEF
- BELIEVABLE TONY FROM BOLIVIA
- BENCH WARMER
- BENCHED
- BENITA ALVAREZ
- BETRAYAL
- BIG GAME BLUES
- BIG LEAGUE WORRIES
- BIG POISON
- BILLIE-BUDD
- BILLY ANDERSON – (football)
- BILLY SHAKESPEARE WAITING FOR SPRING TRAINING
- BITTER SWEET
- BLACK SOX
- BLACKS IN BASEBALL
- BLAME THE MANAGER (essay)
- BLIND BASEBALL
- BOBBLE-HEAD MICKEY MANTLE
- BOBBLES FOR BOB
- BOBBY THOMPSON CONFESSES
- BONDING
- BORED MEETINGS
- BOTTOM OF THE NINTH
- BOUNCING
- BOX SCORE
- BOYS AND THEIR TOYS
- BRAINED AND BASEBALL-ARMED
- BRINGING MUSIC
- BROCK AND ROLL
- BULLPEN HAIKU
- BUS DRIVER OF BROOKE COUNTY
- CAIN
- CALL-UP WITH DOUBTS
- CAN OF CORN
- CAPTURING THE MOMENT
- CARTER BISHOP – CONVERSE, LOUISIANA (basketball)
- CARTOON DOCTOR NEEDED
- CASEY, FUHGEDDABOUDIT !
- CASEY’S REVENGE
- CATCH A BALL
- CATCHER
- CATCHERS REPORT EARLY
- CATCHING MEMORIES
- CATFISH BUMGARNER: CALL HIM A MONSTER
- CATS
- CENTERFIELD
- CHAPEL OF LOVE
- CHARITY HOPS
- CHASING THE BABE
- CHATTING WITH THE UMPIRE
- CHERYL ANN KENNICUTT (cheerleading)
- CHILDHOOD GAMES
- CLASS A SHORTSTOP
- CLEAN INNINGS
- CLUBHOUSE APHORISM
- COACH BEN
- COACH’S DAUGHTER
- COFFIN BOX SCORES
- COLDWATER
- COLORED
- COLORFUL SEASONS OF BASEBALL
- COMPETITION
- CONCEIT
- CONEY ISLAND BALL
- CONFUSION
- CONTACT – IT FEELS GREAT
- CORONATION OF THE LOUISVILLE LIP (boxing)
- COWBOY UP
- CRACK OF THE BAT
- CRAZY IS AS CRAZY DOES
- CRUTCH
- CUB’S PARK, ONE EVENING
- CUBICLE BLUES
- CURVEBALL GENIUS
- D. J. TUCKER (basketball)
- DAMAGE CONTROL
- DANNY VARGAS
- DARIUS MILLS (basketball)
- DARK TENNIS (tennis)
- DAYDREAMS IN RIGHT FIELD
- DEEP INTO THE FOURTH QUARTER
- DEFENSIVE INDIFFERENCE
- DESIREE FEINGOLD (ice hockey)
- DICK AND JOHN
- DIE-HARD FAN
- DINNER TIME
- DIOGENES AT THE PLATE
- DISAPPOINTMENT DEJA VU
- DISSECTION
- DONALD TRUMP
- DONALD TRUMP, BASEBALL MANAGER
- DOUBLEHEADER AT MUDVILLE
- DOUBLES
- DREAM
- DRESSED IN BLUE
- DUG OUT DAD
- DUGOUT NIGHTS
- EARL OF SNOHOMISH
- EARLY SEASON RAIN DELAY
- EARNING LIFE
- EATING BASEBALL
- EEPHUS PITCH
- EMILY DICKINSON AND THE BOSTON RED SOX
- EMILY KNEW BASEBALL
- EMOTIONAL CATCH
- END-OF-SEASON DESPAIR
- ERROR
- EUPHEMISMS
- EVA LANTANA
- EXPERIENCE
- EXPLAINING NAMES
- EXTRA INNINGS – A MODEST PROPOSAL
- FACING MYONTONIC DYSTROPHYPHY
- FADING STAR
- FANTASY CAMP
- FAREWLL LOU
- FARMING
- FARTHER
- FATHERS AND SONS
- FAYE DANCER
- FEELIN’ GOOD
- FENWAY LAMENT
- FENWAY, BACK IN THE DAY
- FIELD OF DREAMS
- FIELDING
- FINDING YOUR SEAT
- FIRST PLACE
- FIRST VISIT, FIRST SEASON, TARGET FIELD
- FIVE GUYS ARGUING ABOUT TOMMY JOHN
- FLORIDA GOLF
- FLUSTRATION
- FLY BALL ANXIETY
- FOR A SONG
- FOR SALE – ONE BAT
- FOR THE YOUNG
- FOR THOSE WHO EYE THE YOUNG
- FORMER BALLPLAYER KNOWN FOR GLASSES
- FOUL
- FOUL BALL
- FOUR
- FOUR THINGS TO WATCH IN PHILS’ CAMP
- FREE AGENT
- FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS (football)
- FRUITION
- FRUSTRATION
- GAME ON THE LINE
- GAME OVER
- GAME’S GREATEST PAIRING
- GAR-Y GAR-Y
- GHOSTS
- GHOSTS OF BROOKLYN PAST
- GIRL’S FIRST BASEBALL GAME
- GIRLS AND BASEBALL
- GLICKMAN
- GOD AND BASEBALL
- GOD AND UMPIRES
- GOLDEN RULES
- GONE FISHING
- GOOD OLD J.R.
- GOOD SPORTS
- GOOD WOOD
- GRAND SLAM
- GRANDPA’S PASSING
- GRAPEFRUIT LEAGUE
- GREATEST ATHLETE
- GRINDER’S BASH
- GUNSLINGERS
- GӦDEL AT THE BALL PARK
- HADLEY TRASK (auto racing)
- HAIKU TRILOGY: PURSUIT, COMMITMENT, VICTORY
- HAIKU: HOW TO SUCCEED
- HANGING ON
- HAPPY FELTON’S KNOT HOLE GANG
- HAPPY GIRL AT THE BALL PARK
- HAPPY HOLIDAYS
- HARD BALL
- HARDBALL SONNET
- HE NEVER HEARD OF BOBBY THOMPSON
- HE SOLD HIS GOLD MEDAL – Olympics
- HE TRIED OUT
- HEADING HOME
- HELL’S SEATING CHART
- HER MOMENT OF BLISS
- HERE’S BEER IN YOUR EYE
- HEROES
- HEY, GET YOUR PEANUTS
- HIGH HEAT
- HIS GOOD STUFF
- HIS MOST IMPORTANT SAVES
- HIT BY PITCH
- HITTER’S SERENITY PRAYER
- HOMAGE TO BASEBALL LINGO
- HOT AIR (football)
- HOT STOVE LEAGUE
- HOT STREAK
- HOW EASY ARE BASEBALL HAIKUS?
- HOW FAR
- HOW KIDS BECOME SPOILED BRAT MAJOR LEAGUE BALL PLAYERS
- HOW MANY ANGELS
- HOW MANY OUTS IN A GAME?
- HOW THE EARTH WILL END
- HOW THEY GOT THE GREEK’S GOAT
- HOW TO LIVE
- HOW TO START A FIRE
- I COME TO THE GAME
- I COULDA BEEN A SPORTSWRITER
- I MAKE MY LIVING
- I REMEMBER BASEBALL
- I SHOOK HIS HAND
- I THOUGHT I COULD MAKE IT
- I THOUGHT I’D BE A SPORTS JOURNALIST
- I’LL HIT THE BALL
- ICHIRO
- ICHIRO BOBBLEHEAD DAY
- IF ABBOTT AND COSTELLO COULD TXT
- IF BASEBALL HAD CARTOON SOUND EFFECTS
- IF GOD WERE PITCHING
- IF LANGSTON HUGHES PLAYED BASEBALL
- IF PITCHERS RAN THE GAME
- IF THE GODDAM WAR HADN’T HAPPENED
- IF THE NAME FITS
- IKE DAVIS IS BATTING .143
- IKE DAVIS, AGAIN
- IMPERFECT MEN
- IMPOSSIBLE SHRINE
- IN AN ALIEN COUNTRY
- IN CENTERFIELD
- IN CONTROL?
- IN MEMORIAM ROY SIEVERS
- IN OTHER WORDS, BASEBALL
- IN PRAISE OF THE LONG-RELIEF MAN
- IN PRAISE OF THE LOWLY BUNT
- IN THE BELLY OF THE OUTFIELD
- IN THE BOX (drama)
- IN WHAT BRACKET? (basketball)
- IN YOUR DREAMS
- INFIELD
- INFIELD FLY RULE
- INNINGS
- INSIDE THE MIND OF NOLAN RYAN
- INSURANCE
- INTIMIDATION
- IT ISN’T POETRY
- IT’S LIKE BASEBALL
- ITALIAN RACE CAR DRIVER (racing)
- IVAN DELINOV
- JACK CLARK
- JAVIER NIEVES (football)
- JAZZ AGE BABE
- JESUS GOES TO THE MINORS
- JIM CALLAHAN’S SERVICE STATION SOFTBALL TEAM (circa 1940)
- JIM PALMER
- JIMMY PIERSALL
- JOE MORGAN
- JOEL’S FATHER (basketball)
- JULIETTE (tennis)
- JUMP THROW
- JUNE 13, 2012
- JUNK-BALLER
- JUST A LINE OR TWO
- JUST PRAY FOR RAIN
- KARL SPOONER – WHO?
- KENESAW’S REVENGE
- KILLER OF GIANTS
- KING FELIX
- KNuCKLle BaLL POem
- LARSEN’S NO-NO
- LAST AT BAT
- LAST AT-BAT
- LATE IN THE GAME
- LATE INNINGS
- LEADOFF MAN
- LEARNING ABOUT BASEBALL
- LEARNING BASEBALL
- LEARNING CURVE
- LEBRON HAS CHANGED HIS NUMBER – basketball
- LIFE AND DEATH
- LIFE IS A PLAYOFF GAME
- LIFE’S CURVEBALLS
- LILLIAN (drama)
- LIMIT TESTING
- LISA HOWARD (swimming)
- LITTLE LEAGUE
- LITTLE LEAGUE
- LITTLE LEAGUE BATTING PRACTICE
- LITTLE LEAGUE CULTURE
- LITTLE LEAGUE PITCHER
- LITTLE LEAGUE SIGNALS
- LIVE
- LOCAL STORY #6
- LONG DIVISION AND BASEBALL (short story)
- LOOKING BACK
- LOVE OF THE GAME
- LOWER DAUPHIN H.S.
- LOYALTY
- MADISON
- MAGIC AL
- MAJOR LEAGUE ERROR
- MANAGER’S LAMENT
- MARCH MADNESS (basketball)
- MARTIN ANDREWS (cricket)
- MARVIN GASTER MERGES BASEBALL AND OLD TIME MUSIC
- ME AND MATTY
- MEETING TWO B-BALLERS ON THE TRAIN (basketball)
- MEMBER – BASEBALL BARD
- MEMBER – BASEBALL BARD
- METRICS SHMETRICS
- MICHAEL, THE ROOKIE
- MILK RUN IN ROUEN
- MINOR LEAGUE BLUES
- MIRACLE
- MISSING BASEBALL
- MISSY DARLING (tennis)
- MISTAKES
- MOM’S VALUED PLACE
- MONICA MOORE
- MORE MAY PLAY
- MORE SPIKES
- MR. POTATO HEAD À LA SANFORD, NC
- MR. TEAM
- MUSIAL – published by permission
- MY FATHER DID NOT PLAY
- MY FATHER’S BASEBALL STORY
- MY FATHER’S GLOVE
- MY GLOVE
- MY GRAN SLAM
- MY MOTHER TOOK ME TO THE BALLGAME
- MY TEAM
- MY TEAM
- MY THOUGHTS ON WHY BASEBALL IS LIFE
- NAMING PET PEEVES
- NAMING THE ROSE
- NASALITY
- NATIONAL IDOL
- NATIONAL PASTIME
- NEED FOR SPEED
- NERVOUS BREAKDOWN
- NEW WIN
- NEXT YEAR
- NIGHT FORGERY
- NIGHT GAMES
- NIGHT GAMES
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