There is some thing special about minor league baseball. On Sunday, my wife and I took our two sons to see the Lehigh Valley IronPigs play at Coca-Cola Park in Allentown, Pennsylvania. They are in the middle of their second season as the Philadelphia Phillies triple-A team (yeah, yeah, I know I am rooting for future enemies... Continue Reading →
by William S. Willet In my dreams, I can still hear the crack of the bat. The noise of that sweet, natural, majestic swing that connected with that imperfect pitch still resonates through my mind. The ball disappeared into the left field bleachers and an avalanche of humanity converged where it landed. I swear to... Continue Reading →
by Thomas Keenan Baseball Styles Poems are a style I created where there are three stanzas with three lines in each and three words per line. Hit the ball, Start to run, With some clout. Catch the ball, On the run, Amidst the shout. Throw the ball, Stop the run, Man is out. ------------------- A... Continue Reading →
by Sean Lilly I have a friend (we’ll call him Adam) who often gets premium tickets to Red Sox games, and he loves to tell me about them. I am a Mets’ fan, but I’ve lived in Massachusetts long enough to know the sublime pleasure of sitting in the stands at Fenway of a summer’s... Continue Reading →
by Tom Keenan "Use two hands", my father told me, When he gave me my first glove. "Or one day you might see, A ball you will be bereft of." I'd drift back for the ball, And from home plate he'd yell "Use two hands, make your call, And guide it to the well." On... Continue Reading →
Okay, now that I have spent my weekend as a Yankee fan and my appetite is finally coming back, let’s talk a little bit about the Yankees. My grandfather was a Brooklyn Dodger fan. My father was a Brooklyn Dodger fan. I grew up as a Mets fan. I worked for the Baltimore Orioles in... Continue Reading →
by Tom Keenan When I check baseball scores, the first thing I check is the Mets score (if I am not already watching it) to see if they are winning/won. I then check to see if the Phillies are losing/lost. And then I check to see if the Yankees are losing/lost. Then I may check... Continue Reading →
by Tom Keenan In high school, for some reason, I thought it would be really interesting to write a long poem about a baseball team. That poem turned out to be almost 700 lines long and almost 5,000 words (I really didn't date much in high school). It took about four months to write. I... Continue Reading →
by Sean Lilly Sean Lilly went to his first baseball game on July 4, 1980 at Shea Stadium and has been driving everyone he knows bonkers with the Mets ever since. After writing and performing with Committee for Creative Enactments as an undergrad at Boston College, he worked as a sketch comedy performer and stand-up... Continue Reading →
by Thomas Keenan A week ago, I wanted to take on a new challenge in writing...to try to do something more sophisticated than a limerick (no offense to the limerick...I am a big fan). At the time, the Mets had just dropped yet another game they should have won and I was a bit down. So, I... Continue Reading →
Standing at Third 