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National Baseball Poetry Festival at Polar Park, Worcester, MA

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News, Etc.2025-04-08T10:35:29-04:00
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  • Pitchers, Catchers and POETS Report

    Pitchers, Catchers and POETS Report

    Published On: February 9, 2026Categories: Press Releases

    Pitchers, Catchers and POETS Report National Baseball Poetry Festival Invites Adults and Young Writers to Submit Baseball- and Softball-Themed Poems WORCESTER, MA - February 09, 2026 - As Major League [...]

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  • Dodgers announcer wins National Baseball Poetry Festival’s ‘Green Monster’ challenge

    Published On: July 16, 2025Categories: In the News, Videos & Audio Clips

    By Victor D. Infante, Worcester Magazine Key Points Dodgers announcer Todd Leitz was the winner of the first-ever NESN/National Baseball Poetry Festival “Green Monster Poetry Challenge.” The contest [...]

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  • Todd Leitz, beloved Public Address Announcer at Dodger Stadium, reciting Keith Rohman's poem, "Zen & Baseball."

    Todd Leitz, beloved Public Address Announcer at Dodger Stadium, reciting Keith Rohman’s poem, “Zen & Baseball.”

    Published On: June 24, 2025Categories: Videos & Audio Clips

    Click on the audio player below to hear Todd Leitz, beloved Public Address Announcer at Dodger Stadium, reciting Keith Rohman's poem, "Zen & Baseball."

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  • Out & About: Welcome reception for the National Baseball Poetry Festival at Polar Park

    Published On: June 23, 2025Categories: In the News

      Out & About: Welcome reception for the National Baseball Poetry Festival at Polar Park Victor D. Infante Worcester Telegram & Gazette May 7, 2025, 8:11 a.m. E.T. There was [...]

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  • Triple play — National Baseball Poetry Festival returns to Worcester for third installment Meg Trogolo Worcester Magazine

    Published On: June 10, 2025Categories: In the News

      Meg Trogolo Worcester Magazine One Saturday night last spring, poets, baseball fans and unsuspecting strangers packed Boland’s Bar and Patio in Worcester for a home run derby of an [...]

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  • Budding Poet Wins Contest

    Published On: June 9, 2025Categories: In the News

    by June Valliere Maeve O’Hara read her prize-winning poem to baseball fans on May 3 at Worcester’s Polar Park. O’Hara, 11, is a fifth-grade student at Claypit Hill Elementary School [...]

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  • Green Monster Poetry Challenge

    Introducing the Green Monster Poetry Challenge!

    Published On: June 9, 2025Categories: Press Releases

    The National Baseball Poetry Festival is delighted to team up with NESN TV to introduce a new and fun Poetry Challenge with a quick turnaround… the submission deadline is Wednesday, [...]

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  • WBUR: Weekend Worcester festival celebrates poetry about baseball

    WBUR: Weekend Worcester festival celebrates poetry about baseball

    Published On: June 2, 2025Categories: In the News, Videos & Audio Clips

    By Tiziana Dearing and Rob Lane Steve Biondolillo, organizer of the National Baseball Poetry Festival, and Bill Littlefield, a former WBUR host who will read poetry at Polar [...]

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  • NESN

    NESN: Steve Biondolillo discusses the National Baseball Poetry Festival on National Poetry Day

    Published On: April 24, 2025Categories: In the News, Videos & Audio Clips

    Happy National Poetry Day! Steve Biondolillo of the National Baseball Poetry Festival joined NESN at Fenway Park pregame in honor of the holiday.

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  • Casey en español

    Casey En Español

    Published On: April 8, 2025Categories: Videos & Audio Clips

    El Festival Nacional de Poesía de Béisbol 2025 recibió como regalo una nueva traducción al español del poema "Casey at the Bat" realizada por el poeta cubanoamericano david [...]

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  • Baseball and poetry take the spotlight in Worcester this spring

    Published On: March 31, 2025Categories: In the News

    March 30, 2025|Culture, Sports National Baseball Poetry Festival returns for a third year at Polar Park By Charlene Arsenault WORCESTER— Baseball and poetry might seem like an unlikely double play—more [...]

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  • WILI Radio: Poet Karen Warinsky Invites Baseball Fans to Submit a Poem

    Published On: March 31, 2025Categories: In the News

    Local poet Karen Warinsky invites young baseball fans to submit a poem about baseball or softball to the National Baseball Poetry Festival's Youth Poetry Contest.

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