Poems by Philip Theibert
- 1911
- 385 MILES TO PAWTUCKET
- A BITTER FAN
- A DIRTY SECRET (essay)
- A FATHER’S LAMENT
- A HITTER WONDERS
- A MODEL T SEASON
- A SHALLOW MAN
- ADJUST
- ADVICE FROM THE STANDS
- ADVICE TO RED SOX AS THEY SADDLE UP
- Aging
- All
- ALL NOTHING GAME
- ALL WHISKEY ALL STAR GAME
- ANAM CARA
- ANGELS IN JACKSON
- ANGRY MANAGER
- BACK COUNTRY
- BACK INTO IT
- BACK INTO IT
- BAD PITCH
- BANNED WORDS
- BARGAIN BASEMENT
- BASEBALL ALLITERATION HALL OF FAME
- BASEBALL AND MARRIAGE
- BASEBALL ANNOUNCER SCHOOL
- BASEBALL BY THE NUMBERS
- BASEBALL HOUSEKEEPING
- BASEBALL MORTALITY
- BASEBALL PARK MENU
- BAT BOY?
- BAT MATH
- BATTY
- BEANED
- BEANS AND HOPE
- BENCH WARMER
- BIG LEAGUE WORRIES
- BIG POISON
- BITTER SWEET
- BLAME THE MANAGER (essay)
- BOBBLE-HEAD MICKEY MANTLE
- BONDING
- BORED MEETINGS
- BOUNCING
- BRINGING MUSIC
- BULLPEN HAIKU
- BUS DRIVER OF BROOKE COUNTY
- CAIN
- CALL THE BULLPEN
- CARTOON DOCTOR NEEDED
- CATCHERS REPORT EARLY
- CATCHING MEMORIES
- CATS
- CHARITY HOPS
- CHATTING WITH THE UMPIRE
- CLEAN INNINGS
- CLEATS
- COFFIN BOX SCORES
- COLORED
- CONFUSION
- COWBOY UP
- CRAZY IS AS CRAZY DOES
- CROSSED SIGNALS
- CUBICLE BLUES
- CURVEBALL GENIUS
- DAMAGE CONTROL
- DINNER TIME
- DIVE
- DOUBLE A LAMENT
- DOUBLES
- DRINKING AT THE VFW
- DUGOUT NIGHTS
- EARNING LIFE
- EMOTIONAL CATCH
- EMOTIONAL SWINGS
- ESSENCE
- EUPHEMISMS
- EXPERIENCE
- EXPLAINING NAMES
- FACING MYONTONIC DYSTROPHYPHY
- FADING STAR
- FARMING
- FARTHER
- FATE
- FINDING YOUR SEAT
- FLUSTRATION
- FLY BALL ANXIETY
- FOR A SONG
- FOR SALE – ONE BAT
- FOR THE YOUNG
- FOUR
- FREE AGENT
- FRUSTRATION
- GAME OVER
- GOD AND UMPIRES
- GOLDEN RULES
- GONE
- GONE FISHING
- GRIM
- GUNSLINGERS
- HAIKU: HOW TO SUCCEED
- HANGING ON
- HAPPY HOLIDAYS
- HELL’S SEATING CHART
- HERE TO STAY
- HERE’S BEER IN YOUR EYE
- HIGH HEAT
- HIT BY PITCH
- HITTER’S DELIGHT
- HITTER’S SERENITY PRAYER
- HOMAGE TO BASEBALL LINGO
- HOPE CHEST
- HOW MANY OUTS IN A GAME?
- HOW THE EARTH WILL END
- HOW TO LIVE
- HOW TO START A FIRE
- I MAKE MY LIVING
- IF ABBOTT AND COSTELLO COULD TXT
- IF BASEBALL HAD CARTOON SOUND EFFECTS
- IF GOD WERE PITCHING
- IF PITCHERS RAN THE GAME
- IN CONTROL?
- INFIELD FLY RULE
- INSURANCE
- JAZZ AGE BABE
- JUNK-BALLER
- JUST A LINE OR TWO
- JUST PRAY FOR RAIN
- KNuCKLle BaLL POem
- LAST AT-BAT
- LATE IN THE GAME
- LEARNING CURVE
- LET’S RUIN BASEBALL
- LIFE AND DEATH
- LIFE IS A PLAYOFF GAME
- LIFE’S CURVEBALLS
- LIMIT TESTING
- LITTLE COURTESIES
- LIVE
- LOGIC?
- LOOKING
- LUCK?
- MANAGER’S LAMENT
- MEMORY
- MINOR LEAGUE BLUES
- MISTAKES
- MODERN TIMES
- MORE SPIKES
- NAMING PET PEEVES
- NEED FOR SPEED
- NEWS ITEM: ROBOT UMPIRE TESTED
- NEXT YEAR
- NO WILD CARD … PUH-LEEZE!!! (essay)
- NOAH AIN’T EVEN BUILDING AN ARK
- NOT FAIR
- ODE TO A KNUCKLEBALL
- ODE TO CUBS FANS
- ODE TO THE PATRIOTS
- OFF TO AFGHANISTAN
- OMG
- ON THE EDGES
- ONE OF THOSE DAYS
- ONLY AS GOOD AS
- OPENING DAY MINNESOTA TWINS
- OUR HOLES
- OUT OF JUICE
- OUT OF OFFICE
- PACE OF PLAY RULES
- PARCEL 0534
- PENCIL ME IN
- PERENNIAL
- PERFECT PITCH
- PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUGS
- PET PEEVE
- PICK UP GAME
- PITCHES
- PITCHING COACH BLUES
- PITCHING LESSON
- PITCHING TO AN AD CLIENT
- PLAYOFF ANGST
- POETRY
- POETS AND PITCHERS
- POETS AND RELIEF PITCHERS
- PRE-SEASON HOMEWORK
- PREDICTABILITY
- PREPARED
- PRODUCTIVE OUT? – THERE’S NO SUCH ANIMAL (essay)
- PTBNL
- RADIO NIGHTS
- RAIN
- RANDOM THOUGHTS OF A RIGHT FIELDER
- REALITY
- REALITY INTRUDES
- RED SOX ENTROPY
- RED SOX JOKES (essay)
- RELATIONSHIPS
- RESPECT FOR THE ELDERLY
- ROAD TRIP
- ROOKIES FOR DINNER
- RULES OF STICKBALL
- RUTHIAN FAREWELL
- SABERMETRICS HAIKU
- SACRILEGIOUS
- SAY ISTHMUS
- SCOUTING REPORT
- SCUFFED
- SEASON WEATHER FORECAST
- SECOND CHANCES
- SHE WANTS TO KNOW
- SHOOTOUT IN THE TENTH INNING
- SHORT SEASON
- SHUT UP AND DEAL
- SIGNALS
- SIMPLICITY
- SINGERS AND SLUGGERS
- SLOW DEATH *
- SMALL VICTORIES
- SMARTS
- SO IT GOES
- SOIL
- SOMETHING FISHY
- SPEED
- SPRING TRAINING
- SPRING TRAINING ACROSTIC
- SPRING TRAINING WORRIES
- ST. PATTY’S DAY: A HAIKU
- STAY IN SCHOOL
- STAYFOCUSED.COM
- STERILE
- SUPERSTITION
- TEA PARTY IS OVER
- TEACHER NEARING VACATION
- TED
- TEMPUS NON FUGIT
- TEN BEST PHRASES USING THE WORD “BALL
- THANK YOU FOR LEAVING
- THE ACCOUNTABILITY SHERIFF
- THE AUTOMATED BULLPEN PHONE
- THE BEAUTY OF FOUL BALLS
- THE BELL (boxing)
- THE BEST DAYS OF YOUR LIFE
- THE BOX
- THE BULLPEN
- THE CHANGE-UP
- THE CLOSER
- THE COST
- THE DESIGNATED WORKER
- THE ERA OF LIFE
- THE FAIR POLE
- THE FAME FACTORY
- THE GAP
- THE GRAMMARIAN’S CONUNDRUM
- THE GROUNDSKEEPER COMPLAINS TO THE LITERATURE PROFESSOR
- THE HANGMAN
- THE HARD STUFF
- THE HIT
- THE HUMAN EYE CHART
- THE MANAGER
- THE METAL BAT
- THE MIDDLE MAN
- THE NEGRO LEAGUE PHENOM
- THE NOTHING PITCH
- THE NUMBERS OF TIMES
- THE ORIGINAL INSTANT MESSAGE
- THE PERFECT MAN
- THE RIGHT PLACE
- THE RIGHT SPIN
- THE SAVER
- THE SCOREBOOK
- THE SECOND THOUGHT
- THE SKEPTIC TANK
- THE THROWER
- THE TROPHY
- THE TROPHY
- THE TRUE YANKEES FAN
- THE WALL
- THE WORST MOMENT IN BASEBALL
- THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX
- THIS POEM MAY NOT BE …
- THREE
- THREE AND TWO
- TIMING
- TOO MANY STATS
- TRANSLATION
- TRIBUTE TO EARL WEAVER
- TRUMP THIS
- TWELVE WAYS TO IMPROVE SPORTS
- UGH!
- UMPIRE EQUIPMENT
- UNCARING
- UP
- WAITING
- WALKING HOME
- WANTED: ONE MIME
- WEALTH
- WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?
- WHAT THE CUBS NEED
- WHAT TO SHOW ON A DATING SITE
- WHAT WOULD HONUS DO?
- WHEN THE BIRMINGHAM NEWS STOPPED PRINTING THE BOX SCORE
- WHOOPS – A HAIKU
- WHY BASEBALL NEEDS GUN CONTROL
- WILLIAM STRUNK – BATTING COACH (essay)
- WINTER FIELDS
- WINTER TIME BLUES
- WITH APOLOGIES TO WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS
- WORD OF THE DAY
- WRITE ME A BUNT
- YANKEE DISCIPLINE
- YOGI TALKS
- YOU JUST AIN’T GOT THE RIGHT NAME, KID
- YOU’RE OUT
- YOUR FATE