CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| John Bourbon, Pitcher | [7] |
| Sunday Baseball | [9] |
| The Big League | [11] |
| The Ballad of the Minor Leaguer | [13] |
| Ballade of a Substitute | [15] |
| Casey on a Bat | [17] |
| The Pitcher’s Soliloquy | [19] |
| Blessed Be Baseball | [21] |
| Raymond’s Ride | [23] |
| Four Conversations | [25] |
| “Inside” Baseball | [27] |
| The Difference | [29] |
| Cricket and Baseball | [31] |
| The League of Long Ago | [33] |
| The Longest Hit on Record | [35] |
| The Umpire’s Home | [37] |
| “Yellow” | [39] |
| The Umpire | [41] |
| “Choosing Sides” | [43] |
| Ode to a Georgia Gent | [45] |
| Life and Baseball | [47] |
| What Happened to Hilo | [49] |
| I Was with Clarke | [51] |
| “Home Folks” | [53] |
| The Outfielder’s Dream | [55] |
| The Law of Averages | [57] |
| A Converted Rooter | [59] |
| To the Lady Bugs | [61] |
| Polo in Arizona | [63] |
| The Laddies’ League | [65] |
| The $11,000 Beauty | [67] |
| The Lay of the New York Fan | [69] |
| The Old Rooter | [71] |
| “If” | [73] |
Right Off the Bat