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National Baseball Poetry Festival at Polar Park, Worcester, MA

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    These poets show there is crying in baseball after all

    Published On: May 12, 2026Categories: In the News, Videos & Audio Clips

    NPR/ Here & Now Newsroom Host Peter O'Dowd talks with the founder of the National Baseball Poetry Festival, Steven Biondolillo, and one of this year's winning poets, Kathryn Kirkpatrick, [...]

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    Baseball poetry festival returns to Worcester with rhyme, rain and ‘Casey at the Bat’

    Published On: May 11, 2026Categories: In the News

    By Bill Ballou, The Worcester Guardian, The National Baseball Poetry Festival returned to Polar Park for a fourth straight year, drawing poets and baseball fans from across the country to [...]

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  • Baseball bards from across the country gather to celebrate the sport with poetry

    Published On: May 11, 2026Categories: In the News, Videos & Audio Clips

    NPR/WBUR: Heard on All Things Considered, by Andrea Shea, America's national pastime is celebrated at a minor league park in Massachusetts... with poetry, AILSA CHANG, HOST: Fans of a [...]

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  • WGBH’s “The Culture Show”

    Published On: May 5, 2026Categories: In the News, Videos & Audio Clips

    WGBH/Boston Public Radio's "The Curiosity Desk" features a segment on the 2026 National Baseball Poetry Festival.

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    Steve Biondolillo Discusses the 2026 National Baseball Poetry Festival on NESN

    Published On: May 4, 2026Categories: In the News, Videos & Audio Clips

    Tom Caron, the pre-game voice of the Red Sox, discusses the 2026 National Baseball Poetry Festival on NESN with founder Steven Biondolillo.

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    At Polar Park, where baseball meets verse, a festival turns the game into poetry

    Published On: May 3, 2026Categories: In the News

    By Charlene Arsenault, The Worcester Guardian, The National Baseball Poetry Festival returns to Worcester, blending the rhythms of the game with storytelling, music and community at Polar Park. At Polar [...]

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  • Poet Diamond: Inside The Fourth National Baseball Poetry Festival

    Published On: March 17, 2026Categories: In the News

    Poet Diamond: Inside The Fourth National Baseball Poetry Festival by Calvin Shaw, March 15, 2026 This year marks the fourth year the National Baseball Poetry Festival will take place at [...]

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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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