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Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#56, Spring 2003]
Details supplied by Bill Seabrook.

7 · Choosing Sides · Edward J. Reilly · pm
8 · Louisville Slugger Museum and Bat Factory · Tim Peeler · pm
10 · Graig Nettles Is Gone · Rich Puerzer · ss
19 · A Pitcher Season · Peter J. Larson · pm
21 · Young Shortstop One · Tom Sheehan · pm
23 · Young Shortstop Two · Tom Sheehan · pm
24 · Utility · Tim Peeler · pm
26 · Last of the ’35 Tigers · Larry Blakely · ss
42 · My Imaginary Runner · Guy Lebeda · pm
44 · Mother’s Gift · Larry Fangman · pm
47 · At the Pony Baseball Game · Phil Billings · pm
50 · The Change Up · Charles West · ss
54 · Through the Knothole · C. Brooke Rothwell · pm
55 · Spring Training · Thomas Shiverick · pm
56 · In Cuba They Play the Same Game · Lewis Stone · pm

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#57, Fall 2003]
Details supplied by Bill Seabrook.

6 · ’The Grouch’ at Russo’s in Philly · C. Brooke Rothwell · pm
7 · Call Him Red · Tim Peeler · pm
18 · Class A · David Rankin · ss
19 · Ankrom Yanks ’Em · William Keen · pm
20 · Game Today 1:30 · Thomas Shiverick · pm
22 · The Retirement of Tommy Buckley · Putnam Goodman-Boyd · ss
34 · Saturday’s Games · William Keen · pm
35 · Lenape Park · Kathe Palka · pm
36 · Lezcano · Scott Winkler · ss

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#58, Spring 2004]
Details supplied by Bill Seabrook.

2 · A Difference · Tom Clark · pm
18 · Baseball at Dawn · Bill Meissner · pm
19 · Spring Training: Another Story of Evolution · Bill Meissner · pm
21 · Bench Player · Dan Liberthson · pm
22 · Catch · Dan Liberthson · pm
24 · The Distraction · Don Chenhall · ss
27 · Baseball Haiku/Sensyru · Kathe Palka · pm
29 · Play by Play · Susanna Rich · pm
31 · Game I Played · Edward J. Reilly · pm
32 · Winter Lull · Edward J. Reilly · pm
47 · Death and Baseball · David Ochs · pm
48 · Big Ed Delahanty · Jilly Dybka · pm
49 · Mudball · Jilly Dybka · pm
50 · Love Poem from a Cards Fan to Her Husband · Alana Merritt Mahaffey · pm
51 · Nesting · Michael Dewey · pm
52 · J. Henry Waugh, Bill James, and the Incredible Shrinking Career of George Sisler · William J. McGill · ar
61 · Insider’s Infield · Peter J. Larson · pm

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#59, Fall 2004]
Details supplied by Bill Seabrook.

3 · Knuckleball · Mike Spikes · pm
4 · Haiku in the Outfield · Mike Spikes · pm
5 · Baseball at Seven · Dan Liberthson · pm
6 · Power · Dan Liberthson · pm
7 · Swing and a Myth · Pete Cava · ss
19 · Genesis of Baseball · David Ochs · pm
25 · How Abner Doubleday Invented Baseball · James M. DiClerico · ss
31 · Those Middle-aged Baseball Players Who Play Too Late · Bill Meissner · pm
34 · On Keeping the Secret Safe from My Daughter · Alana Merritt Mahaffey · pm
36 · To My Stepfather’s Mistress Who Hated Baseball · Alana Merritt Mahaffey · pm
38 · Essence of the Game · Michael V. Miranda · ar
47 · Throw · Mark Hayes · pm
50 · He Gave Her a Ring · John Grey · pm
51 · Thoughts of a Shortstop · John Grey · pm
59 · The Shortstop · William Ward · pm
62 · Nursed Rhyme · William Ward · pm
63 · Baseball Haiku/Sensyru · Kathe Palka · pm

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#60, Spring 2005]
Details supplied by Bill Seabrook.

8 · Baseball and Poetry · Allison Fallon · pm
10 · Foul Ball · Thomas Dillon · ss
21 · Batting against the Muse · Edward J. Reilly · pm
23 · Home Run · Dudley Laufman · pm
26 · Mr. Robinson’s Determination: For Jackie · Daniel R. Bronson · pm
26 · Musial’s Stance · Daniel R. Bronson · pm
27 · Whitey’s Secret: For Richie Ashburn · Daniel R. Bronson · pm
28 · The Tale of the Three-Eyed Slugger · Greg Burton · ss
36 · A Baseball Sermon-Exhortation to the World Serious · Melinda Thomsen · pm
37 · The Yankees Always Win · Reade S. Whinnem · pm
39 · Yo George, It’s Only a Game · John M. Freiermuth · pm
40 · A Bunch of Guys Named Marion · Ron Sheasby · ss
52 · Spring Training · Reade S. Whinnem · pm
53 · Vero Beach-October ’04 · Thomas Shiverick · pm
54 · Line Drives · William Keen · pm
58 · Dizzy, 1963 · Lynn Levin · pm
61 · Flying Catch · Dan Liberthson · pm
62 · Hope Springs Eternal · David Ochs · pm
80 · Skywriting · Brad Sweitzer · pm

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#61, Fall 2005]
Details supplied by Bill Seabrook.

9 · Armando Benitez Gave Me Back My Autumn Today: A memory · Michael J. Bielawa · pm
11 · Victory at Shea · Michael J. Bielawa · pm
13 · Remembering Agee (1942-2001) · Michael J. Bielawa · pm
15 · Safe · Jennifer D. Wolford · ss
30 · October 3, 1951: Dodgers Win Playoff · Saul Bennett · pm
32 · Baseball Is · Dan Sklar · pm
33 · What I Like about Baseball · Dan Sklar · pm
35 · We Couldn’t Lose · Wes Perrin · ss
41 · To Dan · Phil Billings · pm
42 · Pitchers and Catchers · Patrick Walsh · pm
44 · Googly Eyes · Tom Snee · ss
51 · End of the Slump · Dan Liberthson · pm
52 · Four Poems about Running from Home to Home · George Young · pm
53 · Dinner with Uncle Tom · Partridge Boswell · pm
54 · Rain Delay · Daniel Brugioni · ss
65 · Baseball Kids · John Grey · pm
66 · The Red Sox Really Did It to Me This Time · John Grey · pm
67 · The Batting Order · Eric Seddon · pm
68 · Uncle Marty’s Stupid Game · Sean Carroll · ss
75 · View from the Maple Tree · John Schmidt · pm
77 · Curveball · Loren Broaddus · pm
78 · Of Broken Dreams · Loren Broaddus · pm
79 · Liturgy of Lamentations of · William Ward · pm

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#62, Spring 2006]
Details supplied by Bill Seabrook.

7 · Breaking · Susanna Rich · pm
8 · A Shiny New Swing · Edward J. Reilly · pm
9 · Spring · Dan Liberthson · pm
10 · After Winter · Thomas Shiverick · pm
11 · Summer in Camden · Michael Dewey · pm
14 · Hurricane Season · Tom Quinn · ss
20 · Turning to Baseball · Jean Keskulla · pm
26 · Strike Three · James M. DiClerico · ss
33 · The Unforgiviing Glare of Mr. Cobb · Daniel R. Bronson · pm
34 · Gibson’s Heat · Daniel R. Bronson · pm
34 · Sandy K: A Left-handed Compliment · Daniel R. Bronson · pm
35 · Ted’s Last Game · Glenn K. Currie · pm
36 · Pop’s Flys · William Keen · pm
37 · Journeyman Pitcher · Joseph A. Chelius · pm
39 · Wait Till Next Year · Greg Burton · ss
45 · Wartime Values · Saul Bennett · pm
46 · The Willie Mays Sonnet · William Ward · pm
48 · Yankees · Greg Moglia · pm
49 · Home Run · Greg Moglia · pm
50 · Avoiding the Jinx · Dan Skwire · pm
51 · After the Baseball Game · Ross Parker Simons · pm
53 · Monkey Business · Gerald E. Sheagren · ss
65 · Sunset League · Dudley Laufman · pm
66 · Coming · Dudley Laufman · pm
67 · Winning · Dudley Laufman · pm
68 · Sports Channel · Jim Garrett · nv
90 · Sunday Afternoon · Glenn K. Currie · pm

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#63, Fall 2006]
Details supplied by Bill Seabrook.

2 · Play Ball · John Grey · pm
3 · Toward Retirement · John Grey · pm
9 · Before the Winter Comes · Reade S. Whinnem · pm
11 · Leon Treadway Enters Heaven · Saul Bennett · pm
12 · Don Drysdale, Connie Mack Stadium, July 1965 · Steven Quig · pm
13 · Hunting for the Ballpark in Indianapolis · Steven Quig · pm
14 · Hall of Fame · Dan Liberthson · pm
16 · A Bared Head and a Wrinkled Ball Cap · David Little · pm
18 · Crack · William Keen · pm
19 · Part of the Game · Rob Ervin · na
70 · Twilight League · Dudley Laufman · pm
71 · Old Home Day · Dudley Laufman · pm
72 · A Child’s Punishment · John M. Freiermuth · pm
73 · 3 Bats in a Corner · Edward J. Reilly · pm
75 · Tee Ball · Edward J. Reilly · pm
76 · Broken Bats · Thomas Shiverick · pm
77 · Relief · William F. Gillard · pm
78 · Spring and Fall · Anthony Press · pm
90 · A Novena for Boston · Michael Dewey · pm
93 · Curse Course · Scott Condon · pm

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#64, Spring 2007]
Details supplied by Bill Seabrook.

8 · One More Chance · Loren Broaddus · pm
9 · Deep · Loren Broaddus · pm
10 · Lost Grace · Loren Broaddus · pm
11 · The (Ex-)Cub Factor · David Petreman · ar
18 · The Abe Stark Sign · Norm Levine · pm
20 · Wood and Planet · Norm Levine · pm
21 · Fly on the Backstop · Mike Looney · ss
31 · The Second Baseman · William Ward · pm
32 · Thom’s Wrapture for the Game · William Ward · pm
34 · A Congregation of Others · James B. Hempstead · ar
42 · Harry Caray Calls a Home Run · Daniel Spinella · pm
43 · Baseball in the Mountains · Daniel Spinella · pm
44 · Dykstra Diptych · Daniel Spinella · pm
49 · Unveiling the Fidrych Card · Dean Ballard · ss
57 · The Veteran · Daniel Bronson · pm
58 · The Phenom · Daniel Bronson · pm
59 · Homage to the Enemy · Pete Cava · ar
65 · I’ve Begun to Forgive Johnny Damon · Bill Garvey · pm
66 · The Red Sox · Bill Garvey · pm
73 · Teammates in a Circle · Joseph A. Chelius · pm
74 · Halfball · Joseph A. Chelius · pm

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#65, Fall 2007]
Details supplied by Bill Seabrook.

3 · Patience · Michael J. McNamara · pm
4 · In Camden Yards · Michael J. McNamara · pm
5 · A Game of Ball · Michael J. McNamara · pm
7 · Climbing the Ladder · Joe Zureick · ss
10 · Early Season Rain Delay · Glenn K. Currie · pm
12 · Bleacher Rain · Reade S. Whinnem · pm
13 · Saratoga Rain · Tim Pitrof · pm
15 · Fire and Rain · Tim Pitrof · pm
16 · The Hitters · Thomas Shiverick · pm
16 · The Pitcher · Thomas Shiverick · pm
17 · Take Me Out · Bob McKay · ss
25 · Blind · Dudley Laufman · pm
26 · Rained Out · Dudley Laufman · pm
27 · Rosin · Dudley Laufman · pm
29 · Number Plate Baseball · Dudley Laufman · pm
31 · It Seems So Long Ago · Daniel Brugioni · nv
52 · Rube Waddell · C. Brooke Rothwell · pm
54 · Quick Innings · Michael Dewey · pm
56 · 1862 · Michael Dewey · pm
57 · Stalking the Next Randy Johnson · Gordon Bellcase · pm
58 · Home Runs in Haiku · Richard Leutzinger · pm
59 · Honus · Wes Perrin · ss
64 · A Quartet · Shawn Bowman · pm
65 · Headlong · Shawn Bowman · pm
66 · Short Tosses · William Ward · pm
67 · Scavenging for Lost Baseballs · Charlie Bevis · pm
68 · Boys Will Be Boys · Jim Reese · pm

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#66, Spring 2008]
Details supplied by Bill Seabrook.

3 · To Make It · Loren Broaddus · pm
4 · Pelicans · Loren Broaddus · pm
5 · The Garage Door · Joshua Yearout · pm
5 · Murph · Joshua Yearout · pm
13 · Swoyersville, PA (1945-1947) · Ed McCafferty · pm
14 · Six Clerihews about Baseball · Ed McCafferty · pm
15 · And the Home of the Brave · Tim Pitrof · pm
17 · A Prodigy at the Plate · Dean Ballard · ss
25 · Bugs · Tom Shiverick · pm
26 · A Baseball Villainelle · John M. Freiermuth · pm
27 · Beer League · Ryan Wilson · pm
28 · Life’s Curves · Wendell Lindsey · ss
33 · Filling in the Rest of the Lineup Card · William Ward · pm
40 · The Boy from the Bronx · Patrick Kielty · ss
53 · Saturday Poems · Paul Linscott · pm
62 · A Time for Everything · Andrew Paul Mele · ss
69 · Winter Ball · Michael Dewey · pm
72 · Sweet Justice · Rob Ervin · ss
79 · World Series · Dudley Laufman · pm
80 · Live, Die and Play Baseball · Shawn Bowman · pm
80 · This Lifelong Journey · Shawn Bowman · pm
81 · Ironman · Shawn Bowman · pm
90 · Baseball Haiku · Kevin Shaw · pm
90 · Blue Glue · Kevin Shaw · pm

Spitball: The Literary Baseball Magazine [#67, Fall 2010]
Details supplied by Bill Seabrook.

2 · Chapbook Corner: What Do You Have to Lose? · Mike Shannon · ar
5 · The Cooperstown Report: The Name Game: The 2010 Baseball HOF Inductions · Mark Schraf · ar
10 · Hands · J.-Mag Guthrie · pm
11 · The Jam · Nick De Luca · ss
20 · Row 747, Upper Deck · David Walsh · pm
21 · High and Tight · C. W. Spooner · ss
29 · Wild Pitch · Charles W. Brice · pm
30 · Lovers Balk · Jeremy Engdahl-Johnson · ss
41 · Flash · Bruce Harris · pm
42 · The Commissioner · N. Harry Rothschild · ss
47 · The Baseball Wife at the End of the Season · Bill Meissner · pm

The Spook (about)
Online magazine.

Publishers:

FILMCITY Productions; Warrensburg, NY: The Spook

Editors:

Anthony Sapienza - Editor: The Spook

The Spook [#1, July 2001] ed. Anthony Sapienza (FILMCITY Productions, free, 94pp, quarto)

10 · Letter from the Editor · Anthony Sapienza · ed
12 · Spooky Kids—Contributors · Anon. · bg
14 · Bookshelf · [Various] · br
17 · Organized Cooking · Frankie Frog Eyes · ms
20 · Videorama · Vincent Vacarro · mr
22 · Raised by the Moon · Ramsey Campbell · ss
29 · Jonathan’s Vertue [Jonathan Carroll] · Anon. · iv
33 · A Familiar Planet · Sabrina Davenport · ar
37 · The Blair Nature Project · Anon. · ar [Linda Blair]
41 · A Look Behind the Curtain with Alex Shoumatoff · Anthony Sapienza · ar
44 · Comic Book Forum [David Finch; Clayburn Moore] · Anon. · iv
49 · The Execution Trick · Dominick Cancilla · ss
55 · The Children of Burma · Stephen Mark Rainey · ss
69 · O’ Death, Where Is Thy Spatula? [Dr. Brite] · Poppy Z. Brite · ss
76 · Remembering Rosemary’s Baby · Anon. · ar
82 · Back to the Delta · Santino Zephanyá · ss
89 · Neil Gaiman: Pretty Decent · Paula Guran · ar [Neil Gaiman]

The Spook [#2, August 2001] ed. Anthony Sapienza (FILMCITY Productions, free, 76pp, quarto)

8 · Letter from the Editor · Anthony Sapienza · ed
10 · Spook Letters · [The Readers] · lc
11 · Spooky Yearbook—Contributors · Anon. · bg
12 · Bookshelf · [Various] · br
16 · Organized Cooking · Frankie Frog Eyes · ms
20 · Videorama · Vincent Vacarro · mr
23 · Mother and Daughter · Jack Ketchum · ss
27 · What Women Want...in Horror · Paula Guran · ar
32 · Red Rover, Red Rover · Norman Partridge · ss
40 · Poppy Z. Brite · Paula Guran · ar
44 · Putty in a Master’s Hands · Dominick Cancilla · ss
51 · Ramsey Campbell, Probably: On Poppy Z. Brite · Ramsey Campbell · cl [Poppy Z. Brite]
54 · Women in Martial Arts Cinema · Anon. · ar [Ric Meyers]
60 · Kronos Memoirs · Caroline Munro · ar
64 · Testimony · Joyce Carol Oates · ss
68 · The Lottery: The Adventures of James Harris · Deborah Markus · ar [Shirley Jackson]
71 · Comic Art Forum · Rocco Versaci · cl

The Spook [#3, September 2001] ed. Anthony Sapienza (FILMCITY Productions, free, 103pp, quarto)

10 · Spooky Kids—Contributors · Anon. · bg
13 · Letter from the Editor · Anthony Sapienza · ed
15 · Fan Mail · [The Readers] · lc
18 · Bookshelf · [Various] · br
20 · Organized Cooking · Frankie Frog Eyes · ms
23 · Videorama · Vincent Vacarro · mr
26 · Ah, Too Late · Damon Knight · ss
32 · New York Stories: Featuring Alex Shoumatoff · Anon. · ar [Alex Shoumatoff]
34 · In the Field · Rachel Hughes · pm
48 · Cover Story: John Humphreys · Anon. · ar [John Humphreys]
56 · One of Us · Dennis Etchison · ss
61 · Anthony Frewin’s Autumn Reading List · Anthony Frewin · br
70 · The Parallax Viewer · Ric Meyers · cl
75 · Talisman · John Shirley · ss
80 · Ramsey Campbell, Probably: On Mario Bava · Ramsey Campbell · cl [Mario Bava]
84 · Richard Laymon Kills · Richard Laymon · cl
86 · Comic Book Forum · Rocco Versaci · cl
94 · Traditional Values · Chelsea Quinn Yarbro · ss
95 · Only Happy · Rachel Hughes · pm

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