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Spirit [v16 #4, April 2007] (Pace Communications, free, quarto) []
Editorial Director, Jay Heinrichs; Executive Editor, Brad Cope. Details supplied by Douglas Greene.

118 · Three Women in Orlando [Part ? of ?] · Anna McKee · sl

Spirit [v16 #7, July 2007] ed. Jay Heinrichs (Pace Communications, free, quarto, cover by photo) []
Executive Editor, Brad Cope. Details supplied by Douglas Greene.

126 · Three Women in Cleveland [Part 7 of ?] · Anna McKee · sl

Spirit’s Tincture (about)

Spirit’s Tincture [Issue #1, August 2016] ed. A. A. Robinson ($14.20, 66pp, quarto) []
Details taken from Table of Contents.

3 · Editorial · A. A. Robinson · ed

5 · In the Time of Spirit · Yvette Schnoeker-Shorb · pm

6 · Dia de Los Muertos · John C. Mannone · pm

7 · The Mermaid, on Display in Phoenix · Beth Cato · pm

8 · Survivor · Shannon Connor Winward · pm

9 · Charismatic Megafauna · Lily Goderstad · pp

10 · Crow-Lord of the Barrows · Katu Matson · pm

12 · Skeleton with Crows · V. Katsur · il

14 · Bronze Butterfly · E. M. Beck · vi

16 · Don’t Cry · Hugo Esteban Rodriguez Castañeda · vi

18 · Audition · Gregg Chamberlain · vi

19 · The Ghost of Oscar Wilde · Lyn McConchie · vi

20 · The Uffington Horse · Melinda Giordano · vi

23 · Our Laughing Gale · Darcie Little Badger · ss

27 · Green Ship · Deborah Rocheleau · vi

30 · Five Recipes You Can’t Live Without · Stewart C. Baker · vi

35 · About the Bear · Spencer Ellsworth · vi
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38 · Cupid and Psyche at the Caffé Sol Y Mar · José Pablo Iriarte · vi Fireside Magazine #28, October 2015

41 · Down Stepped Proud Galatea with a Sigh · Laurence Raphael Brothers · vi

44 · Toad’s Hunt · Stephanie Wexler · vi

46 · She Whose Name Is a Tumbling Brook · Jennifer Linnaea · vi

48 · Fever Wish · L. L. Madrid · vi

50 · Girl with Coyote · V. Katsur · il

51 · And Tentacles · K. J. Hannah Greenberg · vi

53 · Highwayman · Cameron Hagler · vi

56 · Wolf · V. Katsur · il

58 · Witch in the Woods · James Van Pelt · ss

65 · The Last of the Dunwich Horror · Paul Mudie · il

Spirit’s Tincture [Issue #2, November 2016] ed. A. A. Robinson, C. Ashing & S. Brown ($9.40, 42pp, quarto) []
Details taken from Table of Contents.

3 · Editorial · A. A. Robinson, C. Ashing & S. Brown · ed

5 · Marsh · Sheelonee Banerjee · pm

6 · Yolanda’s Research · Sandra J. Lindow · pm

7 · Mermaid · Colleen Anderson · pm Polu Texni October 8 2012

8 · How to Bake a Child · Melanie Rees · pm

9 · Yard Sale · Changming Yuan · pm

10 · Monoceros · Richard King Perkins, II · pm

12 · Counting Corpses · Karl El-Koura · vi Shadow Box ed. Shane Jiraiya Cummings & Angela Challis, Brimstone Press, 2005

12 · Sun Moon Night · Erin Lale · vi

13 · The Bargain · Charity Tahmaseb · vi

13 · Carnivorous Dinosaurs Beget Vegetarian Kin · JoAnn Chang · vi

14 · The Thunder and the Blood · Gerri Leen · vi

16 · Gaming · Hannah Lackoff · vi

18 · How to Flense a Dragon in Five Easy Steps · Rati Mehrotra · vi

20 · Waiting to Burn · Michelle Ann King · vi Chrome Baby September 2014

22 · The Death Sentence · Sarina Dorie · vi

24 · Witches · Catherine Schaff-Stump · vi

28 · Peace, a Triptych · Daniel Ausema · vi

30 · The Tides · Verna Jayne Zafra · vi

32 · Alone with the Muttonbird’s Call · Carmen Tudor · ss

39 · Aswang Love: Clara’s Rhapsody · Vince Gotera · pm

39 · Aswang Peril: Santiago’s Rescue · Vince Gotera · pm

40 · Aswang Honeymoon at the Golden Gate · Vince Gotera · pm

41 · Expanded Description of Aswang Novel-in-Poems · Vince Gotera · ar

Spirit’s Tincture [Issue #3, February 2017] ed. A. A. Robinson, Sage Brown & Cara Ashing (Spirit’s Tincture, $7.80, 24pp, quarto) []
Details taken from Table of Contents.

3 · Editor’s Letter · A. A. Robinson, C. Ashing & S. Brown · ar

5 · Sight · Robert Beveridge · pm

6 · Vegetative State · Deborah L. Davitt · pm

7 · Wizard · Anna Cates · pm

9 · Weird · Julia Patt · vi

10 · Writing Materials · Renuka Raghavan · vi

11 · All the [noun] Disappeared Last Night · Buzz Dixon · vi

12 · The Thing in the Lake · Jackie Bee · vi

13 · The Twisty Path · Alan Meyrowitz · vi

15 · False Advertising · Clinton Lawrence · vi

18 · Ghost of the Shoals · Sandra M. Odell · vi

20 · Moth King · Phylicia Bridges · ss

Spirit’s Tincture [Issue #4, May 2017] ed. A. A. Robinson, Sage Brown & Cara Ashing (Spirit’s Tincture, $7.80, 24pp, quarto) []
Subtitled “Resistance”.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

5 · Raging Cassandra · Gretchen Tessmer · pm

6 · From Graves · Annaliese Wagner · pm

7 · From Graves II · Annaliese Wagner · pm

9 · Living Water · Kati Waldrop · vi

10 · Refuge · Catherine Moore · vi

11 · The Monologue · Nadia Hutton · vi

12 · After the Empress Burned Our Cities · Sarah Tytler · vi

14 · Shelled Locusts · Hannah Warren · vi

16 · Mirage of Astronomical Objects · Meredith Rose Schorr · vi

18 · The Final Flight of Wives and Mothers · Alexandra Grunberg · vi

20 · The Benevolence of Sibling Leth’s Heart · Patricia Lowther · vi

22 · Mother’s Love · Kit Campbell · vi

Spirit’s Tincture [Issue #5, November 2017] ed. A. A. Robinson, C. Ashing & S. Brown ($7.40, 12pp, quarto) []
Subtitled “The Poetry Issue”; given as May 2017 in the Table of Contents.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

3 · Editorial · A. A. Robinson, C. Ashing & S. Brown · ed

4 · Grimoires Shouldn’t Be Sold on Amazon · Juleigh Howard-Hobson · pm

5 · Black Trees · Francis DiClemente · pm

6 · Next Big Adventure · Sueda Bolukoglu · pm

8 · At the Edge of Ever · Deborah Davitt · pm

9 · The Keener · Wendy Howe · pm

10 · Call Me Home Again, Child · Beth Cato · pm

Spit in the Ocean (about)

Spit in the Ocean [v1 #1, 1974] ed. Ken Kesey (SITO, $2.00, 128pp, quarto s/b) []
Details supplied by Ned Brooks.

5 · Remember Me · Nella Novak · ss

8 · Oldtricks · Margo St. James · ss

11 · Dream for a Quarter · Ray Andrews · ss

15 · Exile · Wendell Berry · ss

31 · Hold Your Horses · Walt Curtis · ss

34 · Fables · Lee Quarnstrom · ss

37 · Tranny-man · Ken Kesey · ss

55 · How to Grow Old · Margaret Burgin · ss

57 · Augustin · Laurence Gonzales · ss

64 · Last Treaty · Henry Crow Dog · ss

67 · To a Friend · John Weigel · ss

69 · A.C. · Ken Babbs · ss

81 · Cry Me a Woman · Mary Woods · ss

83 · Until Death · Paul Sawyer · ss

87 · Septuagenary Wag · Gene Detro · ss

90 · Gum Job · Paul Krassner · ss

98 · Toward the Time · Eve Merriam · ss

102 · Seven Prayers · Grandma Whittier · ss

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine (about)

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#1, Spring 1981] []
Details supplied by Bill Seabrook.

4 · Beyond Left Field · John Corrigan · pm

5 · Change-up · John Corrigan · pm

6 · Gerty & the Extry Inning · Earl Butler · pm

7 · On Her Way to Work Today… · Earl Butler · pm

8 · The Poem Addressed to Shoeless Joe Jackson… · Arthur Mann Kaye · pm

9 · Reading Olson on a Monday Night, June 1977 · Arthur Mann Kaye · pm

10 · One Thinks of Willie Mays · Arthur Mann Kaye · pm

11 · Highlight of the ’54 World Series · Mike Shannon · pm

13 · Playing Ball · Jim Bourke · pm

14 · The Mantle/Mays Controversy Solved · Mike Shannon · pm

15 · Generation Gap · T. K. Splake · pm

15 · World Series, 1962, Game Seven · T. K. Splake · pm

16 · October Series · Roland Flint · pm

17 · Ground Rule Double · W. J. Harrison · pm

18 · 1946: Bill Kennedy’s Fabulous Year · Terry Smith · ar

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#2, Winter 1982] []
Details supplied by Bill Seabrook.

4 · With the Go-ahead Run at the Plate · Bill Shively · pm

5 · The Rookie · Jim Palana · pm

6 · From Fields Where Glory Does Not Stay · David Craig · pm

7 · Spring Practice · William Vernon · pm

8 · Batting Practice at Sundown · Kathleen Kirk · pm

9 · November at the Playground · Lester Logan · pm

10 · The Perfect Man for the Job · Mike Shannon · ss

17 · Hitting the Wall · Michael Capek · pm

18 · Backyard Glory · Gene Fehler · pm

19 · Left-handed Poetry · Gene Fehler · pm

20 · Summer Accountants · Wayne Welch · pm

21 · Fast Ball · Wayne Welch · pm

22 · Still-life · David Holdt · pm

23 · In the Minor Leagues · David Holdt · pm

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#3, Spring 1982] []
Details supplied by Bill Seabrook.

4 · Old-Timers · Jim Palana · ss

12 · Old Man Parker’s Vacant Lot · Gene Fehler · pm

13 · Two Found Poems · Virgil Smith · pm

14 · Hungry Ballplayers · David Sanders · pm

15 · On the Passing of the Polo Grounds · Ralph S. Graber · pm

16 · The Dome and the Hall of Famer · Gene Fehler · ss

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#4, Fall 1982] []
Details supplied by Bill Seabrook.

4 · Baseball Card Futures · Earl Butler · pm

7 · Flyhawk · Gene Fehler · ss

12 · In December, the Fan Looks Forward to Spring · Mark O’Brien · pm

14 · Halicki on the Way Out · Mike Shannon · pm

15 · The Last Days of Forber Field… · Mike Shannon · pm

16 · Around a Bald Cypress Tree · Milton Jordan · ss

18 · Dream of Jackie Robinson’s Last at Bat · Robert Fox · pm

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#5, Winter 1983] []
Details supplied by Bill Seabrook.

3 · The Difference Between Quad Cities and Anaheim · Merritt Clifton · pm

4 · Sammy Cayson, Cucumbers, and Me · Gene Fehler · pm

5 · The Spitball Interview · Gene Fehler · iv

13 · Contest Winner, July 1955 · Gene Fehler · pm

14 · Elroy Face · Jim Palana · pm

15 · Wilbur Wood · Gene Fehler · pm

16 · Dick Radatz · Tom Sheehan · pm

17 · Cleveland Slide · Major Ragain · pm

18 · Wichita Braves Baseball · Sheryl Nelms · pm

19 · Home on a Sacrifice · David Feela · pm

25 · The Poem When It Comes · Jack Lent · pm

27 · The Vegetable League · R. Gerry Fabian · pm

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#6, Spring 1983] []
Details supplied by Bill Seabrook.

5 · Casey and the Agent · Gene Fehler · pm

8 · I Was Once Henry Aaron · Ken Lazebnik · pm

9 · The Basestealer · Tom Blessing · pm

10 · In Cold Fields · Tom Sheehan · pm

11 · Another Strikeout for Mel Parnell · Tom Sheehan · pm

12 · For Bobby Bonds, Remembering Cleveland, 1979 · Milton Jordan · pm

13 · The Crack of the Bat: Adirondack · Peter Cooper · ss

23 · A Day in the Bleachers · D. Roger Martin · pm

24 · Vada Pinson · Virgil Smith · pm

25 · Margaret · T. K. Splake · pm

26 · Ted Williams · Tom Sheehan · pm

27 · Ted Williams—Age 63—Takes Batting Practice · Merritt Clifton · pm

28 · 1983: A Year for Milestones · Tom Miller · ar

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#7, Summer 1983] []
Details supplied by Bill Seabrook.

3 · Retiring the Uniform · Merritt Clifton · pm

5 · Ozzie Smith · Terry O’Toole · pm

6 · Baseball Manager: Five Variations… · Gene Fehler · pm

7 · Speed & Polygon · D. Blakely · pm

8 · The Art of Baseball Poetry · Mike Shannon · pm

9 · The Utility of Mike Shannon · Joseph Stanton · pm

10 · A Time to Rise, A Time to Fall · Gene Fehler · ss

23 · Ballet · S. P. Goldstein · pm

25 · Like Saturday Night in Caracas · Earl Butler · pm

26 · Battery Mates · William Vernon · pm

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#8, Fall 1983] []
Details supplied by Bill Seabrook.

3 · The Ghost of Edd Roush Visits Johnny Bench in a Dream · Jim Palana · pm

4 · Johnny Bench: On the Occasion of His Retirement · Mike Shannon · ar

14 · Devotion · Nancy Breen · pm

15 · Candlestick Park · Robert Rinehart · pm

16 · If Robert Frost Were Billy Martin · Gene Fehler · pm

17 · Recalling Vic Wertz · Jim Palana · pm

18 · Trivia Hotline · Terry O’Toole · pm

19 · Touching All the Bases · Tim Peeler · pm

20 · How I Got My Nickname · W. P. Kinsella · ss

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#9, Winter 1984] []
Details supplied by Bill Seabrook.

3 · Campy · Charles McAnulla · pm

4 · Metamorphosis · David Sanders · pm

5 · Fernando · David Sanders · pm

9 · George Orwell’s Appraisals of the 1984 Redleg Baseball Season · Earl Butler · pm

12 · Not Comfortable in a Necktie Crowd · Arthur Mann Kaye · pm

13 · In Your Face: Teddy Ballgame… · Arthur Mann Kaye · pm

14 · Goodbye Crosley Field—Again · Mike Shannon · ar

16 · Five Baseball Haiku · Tim Peeler · pm

17 · Milt Wilcox Joins the Almost Perfect · Jan Brodt · pm

17 · Uncle Enos · Jan Brodt · pm

19 · At a Baseball Game · John Pyros · pm

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#10, Spring 1984] []
Details supplied by Bill Seabrook.

2 · In the Bigs the Fastball Always Wins · W. J. Harrison · pm

4 · Live · C. Brooke Rothwell · pm

6 · I Heard a Wise Coach Say · Gene Fehler · pm

6 · Timelock · Gene Fehler · pm

7 · The Bench-warmer · Gene Fehler · pm

8 · To Bunt or Not to Bunt · Gene Fehler · pm

9 · I Keep the Sabbath on the Mound · Gene Fehler · pm

10 · The Chickenwirefence Behind My House · Gene Fehler · pm

30 · Heading for Home: The Movie Version of the Natural · L. L. Dickson · ar

32 · The Natural: Once and Future Outfielder · Bill Knight · ar

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#11, Summer 1984] []
Details supplied by Bill Seabrook.

3 · The Indianapolis Orioles, the Hooiser Dome, and the Indiana Dream · Mike Shannon · ar

25 · Teddy Boy · Tom Sheehan · pm

26 · Junior Leaguer · Debbi Miller-Gutierrez · pm

28 · Tribe Thumpers · Stephen Bodnar · pm

29 · Old Detroit · Stephen Bodnar · pm

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#12, Fall 1984] []
Details supplied by Bill Seabrook.

3 · Curt Flood · Tim Peeler · pm

4 · Mickey Lolich After the Fact · Jan Brodt · pm

7 · If God Were a Baseball Pitcher… · Gene Fehler · pm

8 · In a Sporting Goods Factory · Tony Cosier · pm

9 · Josh Gibson’s Advice for Negro Catchers · Mike Shannon · pm

10 · Short Beer · James Maxwell · ss

19 · Tigers, Tigers, Burning Bright: The World Series Report · Mike Shannon · ar

23 · At Nemo’s · Mike Shannon · pm

24 · The Broken Wrist · Mike Shannon · pm

26 · Heard Poem by a Street Vendor… · Mike Shannon · pm

28 · The Left Out · Mike Shannon · pm

30 · Goose Busters! · Mike Shannon · pm

32 · Rain Check · Mike Shannon · pm

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#13, Winter 1985] []
Details supplied by Bill Seabrook.

5 · Writing Baseball Poems in Winter… · Tim Peeler · pm

6 · Doubleheaders · Alan Catlin · pm

10 · Sparky Anderson, Salesman · Jan Brodt · pm

11 · Kent Hadley · Alan Catlin · pm

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#14, Spring 1985] []
Details supplied by Bill Seabrook.

2 · The Spitball Interview · Jim Brosnan · iv

2 · Bambi’s Bombers · Don Olson · ex

9 · Hero · Gene Fehler · pm

12 · Opening Day/Hot Stove League… · James Perkins · pm

13 · Pop Foul/Croley Field, 1949 · James Perkins · pm

27 · Stopping to Watch the Ballgame · Steven Schmidt · pm

29 · The Wall · Jim Palana · ss

32 · Charlie Pitchback · Tim Peeler · pm

33 · Baseball Angel · Tim Peeler · pm

34 · The Babe Ruth Syndrome · Tim Peeler · pm

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#15, Summer 1985] []
Details supplied by Bill Seabrook.

3 · Blyleven’s Fourth Shutout… · Major Ragain · pm

4 · Henry Louis · Tim Peeler · pm

5 · The Man Who Knew Lou Gehrig, An Epiphany · William Hilton · pm

5 · The National Pastime: A Fenway Melodrama · David Holdt · pm

6 · Generation Gap · Tom Sheehan · pm

7 · Distractions for a Little-League Parent · Charles Darling · pm

8 · Fenway Park · Mike McCormick · pm

10 · Cobb on Rose · Charles Alexander · iv

17 · Untitled · Eugenia Hauber · pm

17 · Untitled · Robert Swartzel · pm

18 · Pete’s Dad Starts Him Off · Nancy Breen · pm

19 · Untitled · Denise Newbolt · pm

20 · He Makes It New · Joan Halpin · pm

22 · The Never Before Collected Works of Babe Ruth · C. Brooke Rothwell · ss

28 · Rose News from Abroad · Terry Southall, et al. · cl

32 · Pete Rose Addresses the United Nations General Assembly · Jim Palana · pm

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#16, Winter 1985] []
Details supplied by Bill Seabrook.

4 · Rose News from Abroad · John K. Branner, et al. · cl

9 · Monday Night · Dan Sicoli · pm

10 · The Blind Man at the Ballpark · James Ford · pm

12 · Standing Stones of Ancient America · R. L. Keyes · pm

13 · Dreaming Paulina · Mark Lukeman · pm

14 · Fly Ball · Bob Bibbo · pm

15 · What We Need · Steven Goldleaf · pm

16 · The Charlie Pepper Letters · Mike Shannon · ss

29 · Summer of ’85 · Tim Peeler · pm

30 · Baseball: The Songwriter’s Game · Don Johnson · ar

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#17, Spring 1986] []
Details supplied by Bill Seabrook.

3 · Dancing in the Invisible World… · R. L. Keyes · pm

4 · White Sun on a Diamond… · R. L. Keyes · pm

6 · The Ducky Schofield Story · Joel Lewis & Ed Smith · pm

7 · Untitled · Emmitt Frazier · pm

8 · Home Team · Virginia Small · pm

10 · Bats · Peter Golenbock · ar

15 · Found: the Old Mitt · Jim Sotis · pm

16 · Cracked Bats · R. L. Harrison · pm

17 · Chief Bender · R. L. Harrison · pm

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#18, Summer 1986] []
Details supplied by Bill Seabrook.

3 · Recollections of a Former Collector · Alan Berecka · pm

4 · First Card · Mike Shannon · ss

13 · Untitled · Tom Chase · pm

14 · Baseball Cards #1 · Jim Daniels · pm

15 · Baseball Cards #2 · Jim Daniels · pm

16 · The Spitball Interview · Bill Forsyth · iv

26 · The Card Album · R. L. Harrison · pm

27 · Dealer’s Lament · R. L. Harrison · pm

28 · Collecting Long Ago · R. L. Harrison · pm

29 · The St. Louis Cards · R. L. Harrison · pm

30 · Reborn Again · R. L. Harrison · pm

31 · The First · R. L. Harrison · pm

31 · The Rookie Card · R. L. Harrison · pm

32 · Those Old Cardboard Faces · Mike Shannon · pm

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#19, Fall 1986] []
Details supplied by Bill Seabrook.

3 · The 1962 Mets · Alan Catlin · pm

4 · Catching the 1962 Mets · Alan Catlin · pm

5 · Marvelous Marv · Alan Catlin · pm

6 · NL Fated · Jane Charnin-Aker · pm

7 · Coney Island Flyer · R. L. Harrison · pm

8 · Old Hat · Joseph Ferrandino · ss

12 · Houston: The 1986 All-Star game · Mike Shannon · ar

14 · The Yankees · R. L. Keyes · pm

17 · Apologia · Marlissa Shevere · pm

18 · The Essentials of Baseball Explained · Ira Stone · pm

20 · Struggle · R. L. Harrison · pm

20 · You Can Look It Up · R. L. Harrison · pm

23 · Banks · Tim Peeler · pm

26 · A Tribute to Roger Maris: The Pitcher · Tracy Stallard · ar

28 · A Tribute to Roger Maris: The Reporter · Roger Kahn · ar

30 · Games, Asterisks, and People · Ford Frick · ex Crown, 1973

32 · A Tribute to Roger Maris: The Friend · Thomas Michael Shannon · ar

37 · An Asterisk as Big as a Ball · Tim Peeler · pm

38 · Breakers · Jane Charnin-Aker · pm

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#20, Winter 1986] []
Details supplied by Bill Seabrook.

3 · Detroit Drops Two to Cleveland, 1979 · Brooke Horvath · pm

5 · Harrison in 9 Innings · Patrick Ewing · pm

6 · Atlantic City, 1944 · Jay Blumenthal · pm

7 · The Playoff · J. E. Harris · pm

8 · Dump the DH · Ed Connolly · ss

10 · Eat My Dust · R. L. Harrison · pm

12 · Milldale Star · John Grey · pm

13 · Cyrus Walker · Kathleen Kittell · pm

14 · For the Duke of Carmel · Michael Gilmartin · pm

15 · Yastrezemski’s Best Season · R. L. Keyes · pm

16 · Batting 1.000 · Daniel McAfee · ss

27 · The Phee-nom · Jim Palana · pm

28 · Flying · Wade Swarmstedt · pm

29 · A (Star) Baseball Speaks His Mind · Viola Jacobson Berg · pm

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#21, Spring 1987] []
Details supplied by Bill Seabrook.

4 · The Ballpark in Baltimore · Gerald Brennan · ss

8 · Atlanta Stadium—View from… · Tim Peeler · pm

9 · Candlestick Park… · Hans Ostrom · pm

10 · The Hellenic League · R. L. Harrison · pm

13 · Old Crosley · Dick Miller · ar

19 · Metaphor · Lee Slonimsky · pm

20 · The Kingdome · Mike McCormick · pm

22 · When Wolfe Watched the Dodgers · Tim Peeler · pm

23 · Stadium · William McLaughlin · pm

31 · Crackers · Jeff Strickland · pm

32 · Rain Delay, Sox Musings · John Aranza · pm

34 · Baker Bowl—Philadelphia · Jim Palana · pm

37 · At Home on Lake Erie · Jane Charnin-Aker · pm

38 · The 100 Seasons of Buffalo Baseball · Joseph Overfield · ex

41 · Found in a Trunk Bought at a Rummage Sale. July 4, 1995 · C. Brooke Rothwell · ss

42 · The Answer from Alex Weissman… · R. L. Harrison · pm

48 · Home Past the Ballpark… · Mike Shannon · pm

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#22, Summer 1987] []
Details supplied by Bill Seabrook.

4 · Hard Ball, Aunt Steve, and the White Sox · Jim Brosnan · ss

13 · Never Mind ’Who’s on First?’ Who’s in the Outfield? · Eugene C. Flinn · ss

24 · The Spitball Interview · W. P. Kinsella · iv

37 · Growing Old in Triple A · Tom Olkowski · pm

38 · Diehard · W. P. Kinsella · ss

48 · Whiskey Moon · Tim Peeler · pm

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#23, Fall 1987] []
Details supplied by Bill Seabrook.

3 · Suspicions, Surprises, and Speeches: Induction Weekend ’87 · Mike Shannon · ar

13 · Whitey Ford Teaches Grammar in Kansas · S. P. Goldstein · pm

14 · First Impression—Yankee Stadium · Edmund P. Klein · pm

16 · The Ace’s Demise · Jan Brodt · pm

17 · Tribal Unrequiem for Easter Morning 1987 · Jim Palmarini · pm

20 · The Measure Thereof Shall Be After the Homer · Dallas Wiebe · ss

28 · Getting Ready for My Freshman English Class Tomorrow · Major Ragain · pm

29 · Letter to Charlie Smith Gone Away · Major Ragain · pm

30 · The Obsession · Markham Johnson · pm

32 · If He Hollers, Let Him Go · Edward C. Lynskey · pm

33 · Win Some, Lose Some, and Some Are Rained Outar · Ed Mickelson · ex

44 · Tigers Hat, Oakland Coliseum · Jim Daniels · pm

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#24, Winter 1987] ed. Mike Hannon (Shannon, $2.50, 54pp) []
Details supplied by Bill Seabrook & Ned Brooks.

3 · Rain Out · David Holdt · pm

4 · Some of the Greatest Events of My Life Never Happened, 5 · Norman German · pm

6 · Loving the Indians Is Like… · Clyde Hadlock · pm

8 · The Greatest Game: Don Larsen · Salmon R. Halpern · pm

9 · Savin Rock 1956 · Mike Carlson · pm

10 · Out Here · Hugh C. Abernathy · pm

12 · 1884 Visions · R. L. Harrison · pm

13 · 1940 Exhibition · R. L. Harrison · pm

14 · Dandy, Day, and the Devil · James Riley · ex

16 · The Last Fastball · D. Roger Martin · pm

17 · Color Line · Tony Quagliano · pm

18 · The Greatest Story Never Told · Mike Shannon · ss

36 · 715 · Larry Kirby · pm

37 · Aaron · Tim Peeler · pm

38 · Willie the Wonder · Jim Daniels · pm

39 · Quiet Black Guys · Jim Daniels · pm

41 · DJ’s Photo · Mike Shannon · pm

42 · Niekro Summoning Paige · Tim Peeler · pm

43 · The Day the Gonfalon Bubble Burst! · Phillip Doyle · pm

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#25, Spring 1988] []
Details supplied by Bill Seabrook.

4 · The Heart’s Cargo · Daniel Thompson · pm

6 · Laws of Geometry · Paul Weiman · pm

7 · Opening Day · Daniel Lowe · pm

10 · A Good Joe · William J. Hughes · ss

18 · The Making of a Foster Homer · Mike Shannon · pm

22 · Early Dreams · David Nemec · ss

27 · How Coffey Got His Nerves · Tim Peeler · pm

28 · A Man Gets Mighty Tired Getting a Lot of Thoughts · Dallas Wiebe · ss

32 · Concepcion · Tim Peeler · pm

33 · The 25 Greatest Games in Cincinnati Reds History · Floyd Conner · ar

40 · The Neighborhood Celebrity · Mike Shannon · pm

42 · Bone Chips · Mike Shannon · pm

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#26, Summer 1988] []
Details supplied by Bill Seabrook.

2 · The Eastern Writer · Eugene C. Murdock · ss

2 · Casey, Mighty Casey · Eugene Murdock · ex

12 · Another Chance for Casey · Viola Jacobson Berg · pm

17 · Casey at the Bat—St. Dizzy on the Mound · Eugene C. Flinn · pm

20 · The Tenth Man · David E. Matthews · pm

23 · Credit It to Casey · W. P. Kinsella · pm

26 · Bobby at the Bat… · Charles Campanella · pm

29 · Casey and the Dome · Gene Fehler · pm

32 · Colavito vs. Casey’s Crowd · Gerald Tomlinson · pm

35 · K.C. at the Bat · Rodney Aist · pm

37 · Roland at the Horn · Tom Chase · pm

38 · Casey the Team Player · Jonathan Levant · pm

40 · Casey in the Pinch · Bob McKenty · pm

42 · Thirty-three More (Casey poems) · Mike Shannon · ar

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#27, Fall 1988] []
Details supplied by Bill Seabrook.

3 · Wilver’s Time: Induction Weekend ’88 · Mike Shannon · ar

9 · Frank Selee · Thomas Shea · pm

10 · Six-Inning Summers · Daniel Penrice · ss

17 · All Orioles · Virgil Smith · pm

18 · Oh-and-Two · Peter Sharpe · pm

20 · …And the Ball Rolls Between Buckner’s Legs · Joshua M. White · ss

25 · Umpire in a Cornfield · R. L. Keyes · pm

26 · The Kids in Question · Rick Wilber · ss

37 · New Records Set in Major Leagues… · Tom Chase · pm

38 · The Catcher Learns the Motion · Tim Peeler · pm

40 · The Theory of Relativity · Jim Palana · pm

41 · Getting Mad and Even · Edward C. Lynskey · pm

42 · Behind the Screen · Roy Ricci · pm

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#28, Winter 1988] []
Details supplied by Bill Seabrook.

2 · New to the Game · Elinor Nauen · pm

3 · When the Foul Lines End · Gene Fehler · ss

8 · Casey at the Bat in Fairbanks, Alaska · Mike McCormick · pm

13 · Turning the Double Play, Senior Amateur Style · Tony Cosier · pm

14 · The Perfect Game · Harvey Curtis Fenimore, Jr. · ss

21 · E=RBI+R · R. L. Harrison · pm

22 · Do You Remember Horace Wilson? · Richard Newman · ss

27 · Confrontation: Hershiser vs. Canseco · Mike Shannon · ar

31 · The Journeyman · Michael Gilmartin · ss

39 · Playing Stickball with Robbie Shea · Mark Lukeman · pm

40 · The Death of Jerry Adair · Merritt Clifton · pm

52 · The Making of Crazy Jackson · Peter Desy · pm

53 · Buckner Remembers · Loren Broaddus · pm

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#29, Spring, 1989] []
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2 · The Trade · Daniel Martin · pm

3 · Long Way to Cleveland · Daniel Martin · pm

4 · The Grey Arc of a Local Hero · Daniel Martin · pm

5 · From Gorman to Harry, RSVP · Daniel Martin · pm

6 · Return Trip · Daniel Martin · pm

7 · From the Desk of Harry Dalton · Daniel Martin · pm

8 · Air Mail, the 2nd Trade · Daniel Martin · pm

10 · The House of Baseball · Daniel Martin · pm

11 · Routes · Daniel Martin · pm

12 · Radio · Daniel Martin · pm

14 · In Wisconsin · Daniel Martin · pm

15 · In Winter · Daniel Martin · pm

16 · Work Makes Man Free · Daniel Martin · pm

17 · Doubleheaders and Rain Dates · Daniel Martin · pm

19 · Namesake · Daniel Martin · pm

21 · Hunting the Hallet Stag · Daniel Martin · pm

22 · A Game · Daniel Martin · pm

24 · Carpentry · Daniel Martin · pm

26 · Umps · Daniel Martin · pm

28 · Catacomb · Daniel Martin · pm

29 · The Minors · Daniel Martin · pm

32 · In the Arctic · Daniel Martin · pm

34 · Gorman in Japan · Daniel Martin · pm

35 · In Italy: Gorman as Galileo · Daniel Martin · pm

36 · In Spain: Gorman and St. John of the Cross · Daniel Martin · pm

37 · Gorman D.D. · Daniel Martin · pm

40 · On the Beach · Daniel Martin · pm

42 · Luck · Daniel Martin · pm

43 · Mrs. Gorman Thomas · Daniel Martin · pm

44 · Shale Hands Icarus · Daniel Martin · pm

45 · Gorman on the Plates · Daniel Martin · pm

46 · Pallinode · Daniel Martin · pm

47 · Boats, As Murky in Light as in Water · Daniel Martin · pm

48 · The Return · Daniel Martin · pm

50 · The Restoration Chant · Daniel Martin · pm

51 · Retirement · Daniel Martin · pm

52 · The Old Timers Game · Daniel Martin · pm

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#30, Summer 1989] []
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2 · Buying (and Selling) Baseball Books · Michael Gilmartin · ar

4 · Baseball Book Prices · R. Plapinger · ar

12 · The Way I See It: Short Reactions to Important Baseball Book Topics · Bob Bailey, et al. · ar

22 · Diamond Classics · Mike Shannon · ex

36 · Baseball Poetry Chapbooks: An Overview · Glenn Stout · ar

45 · Braed, Water, and Baseball · George Zahn · pm

46 · The Cmish Chronicles · Kevin Grace · ar

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#31, Fall 1989] []
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8 · Yaz at the Hall · Tim Peeler · pm

9 · William, Richard & Coach · K. Wilkins · pm

10 · Tiger · L. G. Mason · pm

12 · Ballpark Lessons · Leslie T. Sharpe · ss

16 · Sixty Feet and Sinking · Rick Wilber · ss

24 · Confrontation: Mantle vs. McLain · Mike Shannon · ar

28 · Intentional Pass · Kevin J. Miller · pm

30 · I’ll Quit Next Season · Christa Tompkins · ss

34 · Ray Schalk · John Maxymuth · pm

35 · Tinker to Evers? · Steve Vittori · pm

36 · Foul Ball · Dan Nagle · ss

40 · Steve Demeter · Michael Ketchek · pm

41 · Mike Schmidt Announces His Retirement · Louis Phillips · pm

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#32, Winter 1989] []
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2 · Baseball Archeologists · Tim Peeler · pm

4 · The Oriente Express · Matthew Goodman · ss

21 · Pastime · Brian Mahoney · pm

22 · What Pudgy Winkton Knew · Gary Bundy · pm

23 · Basin League Blues · Gary Bundy · pm

24 · Norm Cash · Gary Bundy · pm

26 · Nolan Ryan: Superman of the Mound · Robert Obojski · ar

32 · Swing at Every Pitch · Tim Peeler · pm

33 · The Day My Dad Snookered the Gamblers · Walter Langford · ss

41 · The Outfield · David Goldberg · ss

45 · Fireball · Sharon Mock · pm

47 · The Slide · Kevin McCaughey · pm

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#33, Spring 1990] []
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5 · Beating the Throw to First · Georgia Sine · pm

6 · The Blood of Baseball · Gary Bundy · pm

7 · Pentagon · Michael Casey · pm

8 · Home of the Braves · Carol Lee Hopkins · ss

11 · Why Pitchers Turn Gray · H. W. Anderson · ss

23 · The Squeeze Play · Dallas Wiebe · ss

29 · For the Old Ballparks: An Elegy · Daniel Penrice · pm

34 · The Blazers Announced Today · David McDonough · ss

41 · Late Relief · Ryland Kelley · pm

42 · My Father Turns Seventy · Rick Wilber · pm

44 · Dad Coached the Team One Year · Barrett Warner · pm

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#34, Summer 1990] []
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12 · The Yankees Bend to the Cool, Clear Waters of Mirrors · Rodney Torreson · pm

14 · Watch the Ball · Richard Newman · ss

19 · Holding Back · Tim Peeler · pm

20 · Ground Rules · Michael Brockley · pm

22 · Prince Hal · Michael Koenig · pm

24 · Gil McDougald, Yankee Infielder · Rodney Torreson · pm

26 · The Spitball Interview · Jill Langford · iv

36 · Late Innings · Don Shea · ss

41 · The Ballplayer · Lawrence Schug · pm

42 · Me and the Moondog · Sean A. Silleck · ss

50 · Between Curves · W. R. Greenwood · ar

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#35, Fall 1990] []
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5 · Josh in the Islands · Tim Peeler · pm

6 · Josh, I Am · Tim Peeler · pm

7 · Josh, What the Future · Tim Peeler · pm

8 · Winter · Michael Koenig · pm

10 · Heroes · Tom Romano · ar

12 · Ballpark Dawn · Timothy Sawyer, Jr. · pm

14 · Over the Fence Is Out · Jay Rogoff · pm

16 · Ending the Slump · Dallas Wiebe · ss

20 · Spring Eternal · Frank Hart · ss

23 · Old Men Who Know the Score · Tom Olkowski · ar

26 · Dotty at the Bat · Joseph Berman · ss

35 · The Call · Dan Kaderli · pm

36 · Willie Olson from Fla. Was Here · Michael Gilmartin · ss

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#36, Spring 1991] []
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5 · Shakespeare: The Lost Years · Robert W. Peterson · ss

9 · Carl Furillo 1922-1989 · Franz Douskey · pm

10 · The Great Ballpark Pilgramage: Next Stop, Guanajuato, Mexico · Ben Lowenthal · ar

15 · Don’t Take Me Out to the Ballgame · Robert R. Hentz · ss

18 · Electra-Glide in Green and Gold · Robert J. Caporale · ss

20 · Extra Innings · James Scruton · pm

22 · Rally-Killing · Jay Rogoff · pm

24 · Night Games · Jay Rogoff · pm

26 · The Spitball Interview: Darryl Brock · Greg Rhodes · iv

32 · Waiting for Pancho · Richard Newman · ss

45 · The Battery · Loren Sundlee · pm

46 · Just Another Expoem, July 1990 · David McGimpsey · pm

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#37, Summer 1991] []
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2 · Fielder’s Choice · Rick Norman · ex

2 · Fans · Jim Palana · pm

9 · 1972 · Stephen Hickoff · pm

10 · Fenway · Peter Golenbock · ar

17 · Cubs Win! Cubs Win! · Mike Shannon · ss

33 · Highschool Tryouts · Jack Hill · pm

34 · Take me Out… · Melissa Karlak · ss

39 · The Walls of Comiskey Caving (on CNN) · Tim Peeler · pm

40 · The Big Boys · Matt Dennison · pm

42 · Was It in Studs Lonigan? · James J. Nora · pm

43 · Autumn Leaves · Greg Garrett · ss

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#38, Fall 1991] []
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3 · Sparing Myself · Gary Eller · ss

5 · Jim Rice, Viewing the Fenway Wall · Tim Peeler · pm

6 · Austin to Boston · Doug Hoekstra · ss

8 · Fairytale of Boston · Tom L. Ensey · ss

16 · Reading Poetry: At Fenway Park: A Memoir · Glenn Stout · ar

25 · Clouds on a Sunny Afternoon · Michael Koenig · pm

26 · Women Hate Baseball, Men Hate Themselves: Sox Fan Bids Wife Adieu · Luke Salisbury · ss

37 · Redsox Retreat/Memorial Stadium, Baltimore—6/28-30/91 · Virgil Smith · pm

38 · Game Called Because of Rain · Scott Ruescher · pm

40 · Destiny · Mark Schraf · ss

48 · Diane, Before Cheers · Mike Shannon · pm

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#39, Winter 1991] []
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6 · I Saw Isolde Once · Charles Ramp · ss

8 · Untitled · Michael Ketchek · pm

9 · The Home Town Boys Mark Their Calendars · Bill Meissner · pm

10 · In Summer · Kevin Grace · ss

17 · Stan, the Man · Joseph Stanton · pm

18 · The Morning I Saved Ty Cobb from Drowning/ A Dream · C. Brooke Rothwell · pm

19 · Play & Work & Art · George Bowering · pm

20 · One On One Out · Peter Buckey · ss

23 · Pete Rose · Michael Koenig · pm

24 · Baseball Cards · David Holdt · pm

26 · Junk · Paul Agostino · ss

36 · Adolphus Schlieffen Is a Hopeless Case · Hugh Smith · ss

40 · Caught Looking · Dave Tilton · pm

41 · Joe DiMaggio Never Swings a Bat at Old Timers’ Games · Rodney Torreson · pm

42 · Tools of Contention · Rodney Torreson · pm

52 · Show and Tell · Pamela K. Gasway · pm

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#40, Spring 1992] []
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2 · Iowa or Heaven? · Edward J. Reilly · pm

10 · Play Ball! · Betty Martin · ss

17 · 1978 · Geoffrey Wolff · pm

18 · Those Who Eye the Young (2): Sam Mitt Parker: Coach/Judge/Scout 1899-1988 · Tom Sheehan · pm

20 · Foreboding on a Warm Winter Night in Toledo · John Roca · pm

22 · Degrees of Absence West of Rainier · Thomas Ward · pm

24 · The Trade · Rodney Torreson · pm

26 · Fish Story · Kevin Grace · ss

35 · Contact Hitter · Terry L. Britt · pm

36 · Specializing in Oddball Items · Stephen Currie · ss

43 · Horsehide · Gene Carney · pm

50 · October Ritual · David A. Bezayiff · pm

51 · Extra Innings · Tim Peeler · pm

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#41, Summer 1992] []
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2 · The Al Hrabosky Case · Mike Shannon · pm

4 · The Day I Cost Wally Moon the Batting Crown · Gene Fehler · ss

19 · Joe Medwick—1934 · Jim Palana · pm

20 · Doubt: The 1930 World Series · Daniel Martin · pm

22 · Rajah · Gene Carney · pm

23 · Country · Gene Carney · pm

25 · When Dizzy · Tim Peeler · pm

26 · The Fall I Bet My Lunch Money for a Week on the Cards in the Series · Tim Peeler · pm

28 · Dave’s Ring · Mark Schraf · ss

34 · Maris of the Cards · Rodney Torreson · pm

36 · Surface Tension · David Craft · ss

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#42, Fall 1992] []
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2 · Oh Those Curves · Trish Lindholm · pm

3 · Cadillacs and Ballparks · Jacob Weisman · ss

7 · [untitled poem] · Michael Ketchek · pm

8 · The Dream Team · William Walsh · pm

10 · A Life in Numbers · David Levine · ss

21 · Beethoven’s First · Mark Amundsen · ss

26 · Frozen · Larry Blakely · ss

34 · Giving Thanks in Cooperstown: Induction Weekend ’92 · Mike Shannon · ar

42 · The Lip · Gene Carney · pm

44 · For Dal, on the Fourth of July · Robert Hamblin · pm

46 · Night Game at Damaschke Field · Andrew T. Pelletier · pm

48 · Opportunities · Michael R. Kinser · pm

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#43, Spring 1993] []
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9 · Not Dodging · Stephen Burke · pm

13 · Black Swans · Allan Safarik · pm

14 · Murder in the Fantasy League · Charles W. Croston · ss

23 · To an Umpire · Mick Jabbour · pm

24 · Spinner Sponn · Jane Ellen Ibur · pm

26 · A Hot Dog Kind of Girl · Jane Ellen Ibur · pm

28 · The Loving of the Game · Ashley Sharman · ss

36 · Shadow Memories · William J. McGill · ar

43 · This Drove Me Nuts · Frank Hart · pm

43 · Ballgloves · Ron McFarland · pm

44 · Photo of a Minor League Baseball Team, ca. 1952 · Ron McFarland · pm

46 · I Saw Rod Scurry · Mark Schraf · pm

48 · Feet of Clay · W. P. Kinsella · ss

60 · The Unknown Player · Michael Hazen · pm

61 · The Curse of the Orangia · David McGimpsey · ss

65 · 1961-1991: Passing through Fenway Park · Patrick Cronin · ar

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#44, Summer 1993] []
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3 · The Glove · Anne Britting Oleson · pm

9 · Hoyt Knuckles Down · Edward Lynskey · pm

13 · The World Series · Luellen Fletcher · pm

15 · The Chill · Marc Jaffe · ss

20 · Ehovelo Etanga · Timothy B. Abbott · ar

26 · Dangerious Wayne · Brent D. Lloyd · ss

36 · The Wrecking of Old Comiskey · Bob Chicoine · pm

60 · Just a Regular Guy · John Howard Ritter · ss

72 · Hector at the Plate · Mark Schraf · pm

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