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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] Details supplied by Bill Seabrook. 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] Details supplied by Bill Seabrook. 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] Details supplied by Bill Seabrook. 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] Details supplied by Bill Seabrook. 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] Details supplied by Bill Seabrook. 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] Details supplied by Bill Seabrook. 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] Details supplied by Bill Seabrook. 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