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