Rules of the game baseball poems
Baseball is a game of fine points and grand gestures, small blunders and bold accomplishments, the hook slide into second, the humble bunt, the unexpected wild pitch, the bases-loaded home run. Poet and baseball fan Marjorie Maddox pays tribute to these and other details that make the national pasti...
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| Language: | English |
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Honesdale, Pa. :
Wordsong,
Ã2009.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Balk
- Pitchout
- Pitch
- Batting order
- Choking up on the bat
- Strike zone
- Sweet spot
- Beanball
- "Three and two, what'll he do?"
- Passed ball/wild pitch
- Batting cage
- Walk
- Strike
- Foul ball
- View from the dugout
- In the bullpen
- Relief pitcher
- Home run
- Designated hitter
- Balance
- Up high
- Error
- Grounder
- Collision
- Pop-up
- Infield fly rule
- Catch on bound
- Pinch hitter
- Line drive
- Hit and run
- Sacrifice bunt
- Slide: Takeout
- Figure-4 and pop-up
- Hook
- Headfirst
- LOB
- Double play
- Out
- Safe
- Stealing home
- Grand slam.
