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Casey at the bat / Ernest L. Thayer
The umpire is a most unhappy man / W. Hough, F. Adams
Take me out to the ball game / J. Norworth
Baseball's sad lexicon / F.P. Adams
Old-fashioned pitcher / G.E. Phair
Baseball as the bleachers like it / C.E. Van Loan
From The varmint / O. Johnson
Baiting the umpire / G. Nathan
From America's national game / A.G. Spalding
Hail! Roger Merkle, favorite of Toledo ; Rajah's pride falls before 'G. Hooks-em' / Damon Runyon
From The glory of their times : Sam Crawford / L. Ritter
From You know me Al ; Where do you get that noise? / Ring Lardner
Hits & runs ; From Always the young strangers / Carl Sandburg
Ruth comes into his own with 2 homers / H. Broun
From No cheering in the press box : Richard Vidmer / J. Holtzman
The crowd at the ball-game ; From White mule : Fourth of July doubleheader / William Carlos Williams
From Baseball when the grass was real : James "Cool Papa" Bell / D. Honig
From Along this way / James Weldon Johnson
From Of time and the river / Thomas Wolfe
Inside the inside / Paul Gallico
Pitchers and catchers / M. Berg
You could look it up / James Thurber
Polo Grounds / R. Humphries
It was a great day in Jersey / W. Smith
Jamesie / J.F. Powers
Shine ball / J.A. Maxwell
From Chicago : city on the make / Nelson Algren
Nice work / J. Cannon
From Tallulah / Tallulah Bankhead
From The natural / Bernard Malamud
Dodgers defeat Yanks, 3-2, as Erskine fans 14 ; The terrible-tempered Mr. Grove / R. Smith
From God's country and mine / Jacques Barzun
Perfect day
a day of prowess / Robert Frost
My grandmother goes to Comiskey Park / J.T. Farrell
From Damn Yankees
The rocky road of Pistol Pete / W.C. Heinz
From The long season / J. Brosnan
Pitcher ; The base stealer / R. Francis
Hub fans bid kid Adieu / John Updike
Rules for staying young / Satchel Paige
A can of beer, a slice of cake
and thou, Eddie Gaedel / B. Veeck
Back at the Polo Grounds / M. Kempton
From Can't anybody here play this game? / J. Breslin
Baseball and writing / Marianne Moore
The silent season of a hero / Gay Talese
From North toward home / Willie Morris
From Portnoy's complaint / Philip Roth
From Ball four / J. Bouton
Van Lingle Mungo / D. Frishberg
Analysis of baseball / M. Swenson
From The boys of summer / R. Kahn
From The wrong season / J. Oppenheimer
From The summer game ; From Five seasons ; From Late innings ; From Season ticket / R. Angell
From The great American baseball card flipping, trading and bubble gum book / B.C. Boyd, F.C. Harris
Final twist of the drama / George Plimpton
From A false spring / P. Jordan
Carlton Fisk is my ideal / B. Mayer
The green fields of the mind / A.B. Giamatti
A day of light and shadows / J. Schwartz
From It looked like for ever / M. Harris
From The celebrant / E.R. Greenberg
From The autobiography of Leroi Jones / Amiri Baraka
From Stengel : his life and times / R. Creamer
The Sporting news / R. Blount, Jr.
The September song of Mr. October / D. Remick
From An American childhood / Annie Dillard
The streak of streaks / S.J. Gould
Head down / Stephen King
Coming to the plate, one family's ethos / M. O'Neill
A minors affair / R. Ford
Glory / Y. Komunyakaa
From Underworld / D. DeLillo
Rain delay : Toledo Mud Hens, July 8, 1994 / M. Espada
From Pure baseball / K. Hernandez
Yankee ends real corker of a mystery / B. Olney.
The umpire is a most unhappy man / W. Hough, F. Adams
Take me out to the ball game / J. Norworth
Baseball's sad lexicon / F.P. Adams
Old-fashioned pitcher / G.E. Phair
Baseball as the bleachers like it / C.E. Van Loan
From The varmint / O. Johnson
Baiting the umpire / G. Nathan
From America's national game / A.G. Spalding
Hail! Roger Merkle, favorite of Toledo ; Rajah's pride falls before 'G. Hooks-em' / Damon Runyon
From The glory of their times : Sam Crawford / L. Ritter
From You know me Al ; Where do you get that noise? / Ring Lardner
Hits & runs ; From Always the young strangers / Carl Sandburg
Ruth comes into his own with 2 homers / H. Broun
From No cheering in the press box : Richard Vidmer / J. Holtzman
The crowd at the ball-game ; From White mule : Fourth of July doubleheader / William Carlos Williams
From Baseball when the grass was real : James "Cool Papa" Bell / D. Honig
From Along this way / James Weldon Johnson
From Of time and the river / Thomas Wolfe
Inside the inside / Paul Gallico
Pitchers and catchers / M. Berg
You could look it up / James Thurber
Polo Grounds / R. Humphries
It was a great day in Jersey / W. Smith
Jamesie / J.F. Powers
Shine ball / J.A. Maxwell
From Chicago : city on the make / Nelson Algren
Nice work / J. Cannon
From Tallulah / Tallulah Bankhead
From The natural / Bernard Malamud
Dodgers defeat Yanks, 3-2, as Erskine fans 14 ; The terrible-tempered Mr. Grove / R. Smith
From God's country and mine / Jacques Barzun
Perfect day
a day of prowess / Robert Frost
My grandmother goes to Comiskey Park / J.T. Farrell
From Damn Yankees
The rocky road of Pistol Pete / W.C. Heinz
From The long season / J. Brosnan
Pitcher ; The base stealer / R. Francis
Hub fans bid kid Adieu / John Updike
Rules for staying young / Satchel Paige
A can of beer, a slice of cake
and thou, Eddie Gaedel / B. Veeck
Back at the Polo Grounds / M. Kempton
From Can't anybody here play this game? / J. Breslin
Baseball and writing / Marianne Moore
The silent season of a hero / Gay Talese
From North toward home / Willie Morris
From Portnoy's complaint / Philip Roth
From Ball four / J. Bouton
Van Lingle Mungo / D. Frishberg
Analysis of baseball / M. Swenson
From The boys of summer / R. Kahn
From The wrong season / J. Oppenheimer
From The summer game ; From Five seasons ; From Late innings ; From Season ticket / R. Angell
From The great American baseball card flipping, trading and bubble gum book / B.C. Boyd, F.C. Harris
Final twist of the drama / George Plimpton
From A false spring / P. Jordan
Carlton Fisk is my ideal / B. Mayer
The green fields of the mind / A.B. Giamatti
A day of light and shadows / J. Schwartz
From It looked like for ever / M. Harris
From The celebrant / E.R. Greenberg
From The autobiography of Leroi Jones / Amiri Baraka
From Stengel : his life and times / R. Creamer
The Sporting news / R. Blount, Jr.
The September song of Mr. October / D. Remick
From An American childhood / Annie Dillard
The streak of streaks / S.J. Gould
Head down / Stephen King
Coming to the plate, one family's ethos / M. O'Neill
A minors affair / R. Ford
Glory / Y. Komunyakaa
From Underworld / D. DeLillo
Rain delay : Toledo Mud Hens, July 8, 1994 / M. Espada
From Pure baseball / K. Hernandez
Yankee ends real corker of a mystery / B. Olney.