Prose for the Baseball Fan.
I’m working on an MA in nonfiction writing. In 2015, I wrote a research paper concerning happiness levels among Boston Red Sox fans after their beloved team finally won a World Series. The Hedonic Treadmill principle, essentially, maintains that humans adapt to…
I hopped down the steps toward the Missouri State dugout in the fourth inning. Earlier that night I’d waited in line with sorority girls and golf players so we could offer two dollars and a glimpse of our photo ID in…
I shot these during the St. Louis Cardinals/Springfield Cardinals exhibition at Hammons Field on March 31, 2017. I use a Sony A600. by
What wondrous love is this – to wait for Hunter Pence to take a 2-2 pitch With two runners on the basepaths And room for Pence at first (And he would walk 90 feet to load the bases). Pence wears…
With thanks to Dr. Seuss. I AM FAN. NEW I AM. FAN. NEW FAN I AM. THAT NEW FAN! THAT CUBS FAN! WELL – I DO NOT WANT THE CUBS TO WIN. WOULD YOU LIKE THE CURSE TO END? I…
Really, this 1996 Cardinals team could hit because I’d seen it happen every inning before this And Dmitri Young and Brian Jordan made it 3-1 to start so it didn’t really matter if they won or lost because they would…
I was only 14 when McGwire hit 70 home runs in 1998. Earlier that summer I worried that I’d miss his 62nd home run while paddling a canoe on a Missouri lake, far removed from secular radio: including broadcasts. I…
I wish to believe I am morally superior to Alex Rodriguez: the cheater, the jerk, the fraud. That if I had his talent, I wouldn’t need PEDs to get a bit closer to God. (That is, of course, if God’s…
O Rosenthal Now Wounded Oh Rosenthal now wounded with grief weighing fans down you’re scornfully surrounded with runners, despite your crown of sacred saves leader in ’15 the blessings you have known Now despised as closer Please don’t pick up…
I Just Couldn’t Wait to Be King (Felix) Text: Way beyond the bullpen full And between base lines The batters’ dreams of getting hits Aren’t scheduled on my time I’d say I’m the ruler Of most everything that’s round From…