Cards lead Cubs 4-1. Mid-afternoon. Withhold belief. Two losses. Irritable. Rain begins to fall. During delay, watch clip of Randal Grichuk reaching over fence, retrieve home run. Replay. Ask God why some players don’t wear high socks. Unexplainable. Rain continues…
Author: olabner
Welcome! I've followed baseball since I was 8 years old and started this site to illustrate the beauty of the game in prose, poetry, and photography.
I have a Master's in Creative Writing at Missouri State University. For my thesis I wrote a collection of nonfiction micro essays about working in remote Alaska fishing lodges for five summers in my 20s.
After graduation I worked as a northern lights guide in Bettles, Alaska, for 8 months. You can find my favorite aurora photographs at bestnorthernlights.com
I am a freelance writer and photographer. You can find my portfolio at maryellenchiles.com
I remember this – Once Shawon Dunston hit a ball that bounced off Barry Bonds’ glove and fell into the basket of the outfield wall, landing like leaves in flower boxes hooked along the edges of a porch railing somewhere…
I don’t know if everyone in the stadium realized that the man walking toward the pitchers mound had lost his leg. He was once of the most prominent runners in baseball, a prolific base stealer who nabbed 938 in his…
A pitcher unleashed a ball toward the plate. But the ball swept off-target. The batter stood there with his bat on his shoulder. He winced. The catcher stabbed at the air with his glove. The ball hit the backstop with…
Stephen Piscotty hit a line drive – and Mike Matheny stared at the third base coach, spitting until dirt mixed into mud. It’s only the second inning – a fan whispers that St. Louis has dropped the first two games…
NY Mets outfielder Yoenis Cespedes gave up an inside-the-park home run when he saw the fly ball was lodged under the outfield wall and figured it was a ground rule double. He could’ve picked it up, but he didn’t, and…
I’ve returned with a new video. Check out the original song here. Text: Once I was 7 years old My brother told me Root for St Louis or you’ll be sorry Once I was 7 years old It was a…
Check it out: on balancing grad school and baseball, and inspired by the Stone Temple Pilots. Here’s the latest video from Ol’ Abner Text: Paper due today Makes me wanna pray Grad school stress is real Makes me wanna heal…
Today reporters ask football players questions in preparation for the Super Bowl. Here are some of the dumbest questions ever. Pitchers and catchers report in about two weeks, so let’s switch sports. What would I ask a baseball player? Well:…
An ardent fan might find it disreputable that a skinny fellow in a suit might decide to allow one of his own to take a bat. Neither he nor the batter has any business standing at a plate. But the…