Showing results for April, 2018
Balls and Strikes III: Transfiguration
Richard Johnston
The victim was the leadoff hitter for the Matsushima Baseball Ocean Temple Gods in the bottom of the first.
Talk Show Poems & other miscellany
Elizabeth Ellen
Letterman wore khakis and the camera angled up his crotch. I watched every night or set my VCR to record on the rare occasion I left my apartment.
Home Run Heroes
Bob May
His gravesite at Holy Cross Cemetery brought a lump to my throat.
Reporting Near Calvary Church
Jay Lee Ellis
Just mid-February but a day like summer
I Keep Bumping Into Candy Maldonado
Jordan Moffatt
I saw Candy the next time I went out. And the time after that. And the time after that.
Balls and Strikes II: And the Word Was God
Richard Johnston
I suppose all sports officials are gods of a sort...
This is my brain on baseball
Alice Lowe
Crack! The sound of impact, ball on bat...
Having a Catch with Dad Is Much Harder Than Field of Dreams Makes It Out to Be
Patrick Walczy
In the original cut of the movie, Ray says, “You wanna have a catch?” But test audiences were disappointed with the complete lack of father-son acknowledgement.
So You'd Better Pay Attention
Mitchell Nobis
Later I’ll tell him that in baseball you never know where the ball will go...
Balls and Strikes I: Not about Astronauts
Richard Johnston
My friends lived for bottle rockets and Boy Scout merit badges; I, however, lived for called third strikes.
Congratulate Me, Too
Josh Sippie
I couldn’t cut my hair (I’m no sheep) and I sure as hell couldn’t change my love of the Houston Astros.
Three Poems
Karen J. Weyant
I ended up in right field, ponytail eschew, cap falling to the bridge of my nose, shadowing my freckled cheeks.