Determination: do not give ground in face of hostile fire, thus winning recompense for damages sustained. Concentration: have patience to find the location of a sphere in space; then wait, disdaining to strike, four times. Luck: the odd assist by defensemen, field conditions, or sun location can turn catastrophe to triumph. Ignoble sacrifice: deliverance of forerunners to the enemy obtains only pyrrhic victory. Hindrance: a masked, armored opponent, impeding progress, may be punished by forfeit of the protected prize. Rapid transit: missiles unhindered or aberrant in flight may advance even the most inept attacker. Possible offensive moves for spring: courage, forbearance, accident, bungled chance, criminal trespass, and battery miscue. –EFQ

BARBARA M. SEAGLE credits her father, Bill Mackey, with her lifelong baseball fandom. One of her earliest childhood memories is meeting Dizzy Dean in New York in the fifties. Her poems have appeared in Light, The Comstock Review, and 96 Inc. When not writing or cheering for the Red Sox, she is a pediatrician in Brookline, Massachusetts.

© 2001 Barbara M. Seagle

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