Issue 5 - October 2021 Archives

A Year

Twin Bill founder Scott Bolohan writes about the first year of the journal, and his dog.

Interview: E. Ethelbert Miller

The Twin Bill interviews baseball poet E. Ethelbert Miller.

Interview: KD Casey

The Twin Bill interviews UNWRITTEN RULES author, KD Casey.

Shortstop Stepping into Fire

Michael Gaspeny’s poem on the defense of Alan Trammell.

A Career

Francois and Nic Bereaud reflect on Nic’s baseball career.

You’ve Got The Plate, Mate

Don Washburn writes about his journey umpiring in Australia.

The Bases Are Loaded and So Are We

Carrie Thornbrugh writes about playing in the Dock Ellis League.

The Game of the Week

Rupert Fike’s poem on listening to Dizzy Dean.

Card Fever

Matthew Duffus writes about destroying baseball cards and growing apart.

Antennae

In Charles Holdefer’s “Antennae,” baseball is beamed from St. Louis to an isolated farm, where a family faces changed circumstances.

Tommy Sucks at Wiffle Ball

In Catherine Harnett’s “Tommy Sucks at Whiffle Ball,” Patrick Michael attempts to shield his little brother from the harshness of the adult world.

Excerpt from THE BASEBALL WIDOW

In this excerpt from Suzanne Kamata’s new novel THE BASEBALL WIDOW, a baseball coach in Japan courts a new recruit and remembers how he courted his wife.

Sixty-One

Robert Watson’s poem on the rise and fall of the 1961 Yankees.

Bob From Parkville on The Fan

Michael Salcman’s ode to a sports radio caller.

Under Green Light

Michael Begnal’s poem about baseball under the lights.

In the Juvenile Stacks

Rupert Fike’s poems on reading baseball biographies as a kid.

When Little League Baseball Came to Town

L.J. Morrow remembers trying out for Little League.

Carl Erskine, Just a Kid from the Heartland

S.A. Robbins writes about how an autographed baseball from 1947 led him to meeting Carl Erskine.

Take Me Out Then and Now

Marilyn Woods writes about how baseball has changed—and hasn’t.

Excerpt from UNWRITTEN RULES

An excerpt from KD Casey’s gay baseball romance novel, UNWRITTEN RULES.

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