Her interest in baseball, tainted by a short-lived romance, might have faded like so many other passing fancies. But an unforgettable afternoon at a Mud Hens game made Rachel Van Sickle a fan for good.

Essays

Ron

By Todd Cosner

A tribute to a legendary Cub, beloved as a player and broadcaster.

Reporting

The Once and Future Baseball Man

By Phil Bencomo

Victor Wang hasn't played baseball competitively since he was a kid. He knew, back in elementary school in the '90s, that he'd never reach the pros. That he'd struggle even in Little League. That he simply wasn't very good. So he quit.

Poetry

Yeah? So?

By Ember Nickel

“I am a fan. I have not always been. / But I could not point to the moment when / I became more than just a rider on / A bandwagon whose station is long gone.”

Fiction

Strike Zone

By Paul Lonardo

Bump hadn't seen him in decades. No one had. He disappeared, as if he'd never existed, just months into a brilliant major league career. But there he was, Ron Flury, sitting three stools away in a Jacksonville bar.

Photography

Photo by Gunnery Sgt. Mark Oliva

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The Baseball Chronicle

Personal stories, July 2012

Take Me Out

By Rachel Van Sickle