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Baseball Poems, Baseball Poetry & Baseball Songs

Many great men and women have written entire books about every aspect of the game; however, other than "Casey at the Bat," few know about some of the other great poems that have appeared honoring our national pastime. Here are several that honor the game of baseball.

"I see great things in baseball." - Walt Whitman
Baseball Poetry

Classic Poems

1919
   by Anonymous
Nolan Ryan
   by Gene Fehler
365
   by Jack Buck
Numbers Game
   by Richard Armour
A Baseball Ballad
   by Author Not Known
October
   by Jewell Dawson
A Change of Heart
   by Barbara Feeney
Patient Hitter
   by David D. Horowitz
A Fisherman's Tale
   by Anonymous
Playing Stickball With Robbie Shea
   by Mark Lukeman
A Swing And A Miss
   by J. Patrick Lewis
Poem on Lou Gehrig's Award
   by The New York Yankees
Along Came Ruth
   by Ford C. Frick
Pull Hitter
   by R. Gerry Fabian
Analysis of Baseball
   by May Swenson
Reasons for Rainbows
   by J. Patrick Lewis
Anthem of Nicknames
   by William "Sugar" Wallace
Roberto Clemente Eulogy
   by Steve Blass
A Tip To Teddy
   by Grantland Rice
Shortstop & Baseball Dreams
   by Charles Ghigna
Base Ball
   by Anonymous
Spahn & Sain
   by Gerald V. Hern
Baseball
   by James J. Metcalfe
Stickball
   by Chuck Sullivan
Baseball and Writing
   by Marianne Moore
The Abominable Baseball Bat
   by X.J. Kennedy
Baseball Is
   by Greg Hall
The Babe
   by Anonymous
Baseball Parks
   by J. Patrick Lewis
The Ballad Of Old Rocky Nelson
   by Raymond Souster
Baseball's Sad Lexicon
   by Franklin P. Adams
The Base Stealer
   by Robert Francis
Beyond The Great Mississippi
   by Jordan A. Deutsch
The Crowd At The Ball Game
   by William Carlos Williams
Brother Noah Gave Out Checks For Rain
   by Arthur Longbrake
The Cure
   by Katharine Harer
Donnybrook at Riverfront Stadium
   by Lillian Morrison
The Grand Central Hotel
   by Anonymous
Edges
   by David D. Horowitz
The Great Greg Maddux
   by Devra Māza
End of Winter
   by Eve Merriam
The Great Mississippi
   by Jordon A. Deutsch
Epitaph on a Base-Ballist
   by Anonymous
The Great One
   by Tom Clark
Father Time is Coming
   by J. Patrick Lewis
The Home-Watcher
   by Milton Bracker
First Time At Third
   by Jacqueline Sweeney
The New Kid
   by Mike Makley
For Junior Gilliam (1928-1978)
   by B.H. Fairchild
The Umpire
   by Milton Bracker
From The Autograph Album
   by Anonymous
The Yankees
   by Robert Lord Keyes
Frosty and the Babe
   by John Robert McFarland
They Lived Too Soon
   by Anonymous
Game Called
   by Grantland Rice
Tinker To Evers?
   by Steve Vittori
Hammerin' Hank
   by D. Roger Martin
Tomorrow!
   by Milton Bracker
How Dumb Are You?
   by Jack Buck
To Myrtilla, on Opening Day
   by Franklin P. Adams
How To Play Night Baseball
   by Jonathan Holden
Twenty-Six Years Now
   by Dan Parker
Jackie
   by Anonymous
Untitled (Slug The Umpire)
   by Anonymous
Leave Us Go Root for the Dodgers
   by Dan Parker
We Shall Overcome
   by Jack Buck
Life
   by Jim "Mudcat" Grant
Winner
   by Gene Fehler
Line-Up For Yesterday
   by Ogden Nash
Wonderful Iron Horse Lou
   by Willard Mullin
My Most Memorable Day
   by Charlie Manuel
You Can't Kill an Oriole
   by Ogden Nash
No. 714
   by Anonymous
Future Expansion Area
   by Future Baseball Poet
Baseball Poetry

A Tribute To Casey

Casey At the Bat by Walt Disney World Productions

Casey at the Bat
by Ernest Lawrence Thayer

Casey at the Bat (Road Game)
   by Garrison Keillor
Casey in the Box
   by Meyer Berger
Casey - Twenty Years Later
   by Clarence P. McDonald
Casey's Revenge
   by Grantland Rice
Destiny, Ah Fate, Mighty Reggie has Struck Out!
   by Jules Loh
Finding Casey's Card
   by Robert L. Harrison
He Never Heard of Casey!
   by Grantland Rice
Hrbek at the Bat
   by Phil Bolsta
Kasey at the Bat: A Communist Fable
   by Robert L. Harrison
Mookie at the Bat
   by Mark Leff
Mudville's Fate
   by Grantland Rice
Thatcher on the Hill
   by Thomas Fronckowiak Jr.
The Cubs Last Game
   by Bill Kirk
The Man Who Fanned Casey
   by T. M. Fowler
Baseball Poetry

Baseball Almanac Exclusive Contributors

1927 Yankees
   by Robert L. Harrison
John Montgomery Ward
   by Robert L. Harrison
1951: The Season
   by Robert L. Harrison
Meeting "Newk" Again
   by Robert L. Harrison
1953 Young Mantle Hits One
   by Robert L. Harrison
New York Divorce
   by Robert L. Harrison
1998: The Brooklyn Atlantics
   by Robert L. Harrison
Old Tyme Baseball
   by Robert L. Harrison
Bud Harrelson
   by Robert L. Harrison
The Baseball Card Dealer
   by Robert L. Harrison
Autographs
   by Thomas Michael McDade
Roger Connor
   by Thomas Michael McDade
Cooperstown Calm
   by Thomas Michael McDade
Ted Williams - Still Smiling
   by Thomas Michael McDade
Fenway Bleachers
   by Thomas Michael McDade
The Year I Jinxed Chicago
   by Thomas Michael McDade
Baseball
   by Don Angel
Setting The Record
   by Don Angel
Opening Day
   by Don Angel
Strike of 1994
   by Don Angel
Ballad of an Old Bum
   by Don Z. Block
Base Ball Lord
   by Don Z. Block
Ballad of Leo & Sam
   by Don Z. Block
Tug
   by Don Z. Block
Baseball Poetry

Original Poems Submitted by Baseball Almanac Visitors

A Nation's Constant
   by Michael
The Ballad of Ted Schreiber
   by David K. Moseder
Baseball Fan's Lament
   by Jean H. Berkompas
The Batter
   by Kenneth C. Hoffman
Baseball : 'Ode to Opening Day
   by Mark H. Young
The Curse of the Bambino
   by Bill E. Collins
Baseball's First Indian: Song of Sockalexis
   by Siu Wai Stroshane
The Day Shay Got To Play
   by EJ Nolan
Beisbol's Arrival
   by Michael J. Bielawa
The Game I Love
   by John McCluskey
Beyond a Game
   by Jewel W.
The Game's True Leaders
   by Juan A. Perez
Clemente
   by Guillermo Calderon, Jr.
The Greatest Hitter That Ever Lived
   by Ken Wasnock
End of Millennium World Series 2000
   by Mark H. Young
The Machine
   by Stephen Porter
Gibson's 1988 World Series Homer
   by Michael J. Farrand
The Shot Heard Round the World
   by Rolf D. Ritschel
Going Home
   by Kristin M. Betzler
The Slump, The Glove, The Squirrel
   by Chuck Snow
Guillen to Boone to Olerud
   by John Pinza Todd
The Team of the Century
   by Ray Curiale
I'm a pitcher
   by Andrew Peters
There Was a Team in Brooklyn
   by Jim Keats
It's Still Just a Game
   by Joseph Szeliga
Three Sewers
   by Dave Mihal
Ode to the Coach
   by Joe Kyle
Twas the Night before Spring Training
   by Lucas Brown
Offseason Blues
   by Steve Pellikaan
Unbridled Joy
   by Greg Karas
So Long Riverfront
   by Joe Kyle
Voices of the Game
   by Joe Kyle
Thanks Kid
   by Joe Kyle
Why Did You Keep Pedro In?
   by James Bair

Future Expansion Area
   by To Be Determined

You Could Look It Up
   by David K. Moseder
Baseball Poetry


Baseball Songs

In Alphabetical Order

A Dying Cub Fan's Last Request
   by Steve Goodman
Subway
   by Jim Nuzzo
At Fenway
   by Brian Evans
Take Me Out to the Ballgame
   by Jack Norworth
Catfish
   by Bob Dylan
Talkin' Baseball
   by Terry Cashman
Centerfield
   by John C. Fogerty
Talkin' Baseball, The California Team
   by Terry Cashman
Cheap Seats
   by Alabama
Talkin' Cardinals Baseball
   by Terry Cashman
Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball?
   by Woodrow Buddy Johnson
Talkin' Giants Baseball
   by Terry Cashman
D-O-D-G-E-R-S (Oh Really? No, O'Malley)
   by Danny Kaye
Talkin' Mets Baseball
   by Terry Cashman
Dodger Blue
   by Richard Aberdeen
Talkin' Red Sox Baseball
   by Terry Cashman
Glory Days
   by Bruce Springsteen
Talkin' Tiger Baseball
   by Terry Cashman
Joltin' Joe DiMaggio
   by Alan Courtney & Ben Homer
Talkin' Twins Baseball
   by Terry Cashman
Life is a Ball Game
   by Sister Winona Carr
Talkin' Yankees Baseball
   by Terry Cashman
Play the Game
   by Dean Taylor
The Game is Over
   by Jim Nuzzo
Remember Me
   by Jim Gaudet
The Greatest
   by Kenny Rogers
Right Field
   by Peter, Paul & Mary
The Umpire
   by Mitch Miller
Slide, Kelly, Slide
   by George J. Gaskin
Van Lingle Mungo
   by David Frishberg
 

 

Baseball Music CD / Collection of Songs

by Artists Listed

Baseball Song Sports Heroes
   by Joe Pickering Jr. & Phil Coley
Sports Songs and Beyond
   by Joe Pickering Jr. & Phil Coley
The Journey Within
   by Bernie Williams
Baseball Songs

 


Read and experience what friends felt about Lou Gehrig in Wonderful Iron Horse Lou then read the moving poem on the actual award given to him the day he left the game of baseball.

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