The Orioles fans sat in their beautiful park They waved over the ushers and bought hot dogs in the 9th, in case they got stuck in a jubilant parking lot, horns honking and strangers shouting. Or if they stayed out…
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
Jon Jay checked his swing on a skidding ball in the dirt. He ran to first on the walk. And Kolten Wong raised his bat to his shoulder. And dug his toe into the white chalk outlining home plate. He…
Another new pitcher for the Angels. Shrieking blue fans. Holding breath, a gasp – for the grounder to short; force out at 2nd and cheers of relief when the runner was safe at 1st. People hugged ushers and strangers in…
8-0 Giants, bottom of the 9th. I sat in the left field bleachers. Popcorn beneath my feet. A woman spilled beer on me in the top of 6th. I’d flipped my hat inside out, and wore it backwards since the…
It was 7-4 when I saw it first. The bottom of the 8th. Oakland led Kansas City in a wild card playoff game at Kauffman Stadium. I watched Lorenzo Cain at 1st. Eric Hosmer slammed a ball toward the right…
I am on hiatus while I recover from a concussion. by
Soon I will walk through those iron gates, with torn ticket stub stuffed in my pocket. A woman will ask me if I want to buy a magazine: the cover featuring someone kneeling in the grass, exposing blue and white…
Stephen Strasburg tosses a couple of fastballs near Peter Bourjos. A couple of years ago, Strasburg was potentially so good that he couldn’t play. His innings were limited by Washington after elbow surgery recovery. At one point, perhaps the best…