Here’s another Kansas City ramble. I’ve always been a baseball fan, and a bit of a history buff and an early reader of Negro League Baseball histories. Back in the day, there was only one really good work out there, a book by Robert Peterson called Only the Ball Was White. I wrote a songContinueContinue reading “Right On Time”
Category Archives: Baseball
Ybor City
Together WILL be a better world. So, this past October, I went to my doc for my annual physical, after which I go into the little room to get my blood drawn. The clinician looks at me and says, “are you a musician or an artist?” Both, I said. “What art do you like?” AllContinueContinue reading “Ybor City”
Outside Looking In – Video and Radio News
Yes indeed, the latest single/video,, Outside Looking In just dropped at The Big Takeover. The closing track from the forthcoming The Day Deserved album, this one is a plaintive tune about a manual scoreboard operator at Wrigley Field, part of the action, but removed, the outsider working for inclusion without losing sense of self. HopefullyContinueContinue reading “Outside Looking In – Video and Radio News”
The Sacrifice
A new poem, just in time for baseball season. But, as with all writing about baseball, it’s about more than the sport. Enjoy. Doug The Sacrifice In baseball, it is a mighty thing, to lay the bat horizontal one hand gently on the barrel holding on gingerly with thumb and index finger loose but steady,ContinueContinue reading “The Sacrifice”
Hats
Here’s a little something from my previous book The Tenth Inning (2015), a collection of baseball-themed stories and poems. But as any artist knows, when you write about a “thing” it’s the “thing” itself and the other “thing” behind it. The platform or backdrop, so to speak. Hope you enjoy the read, thanks. Doug Hats WhiteContinueContinue reading “Hats”
Doug Hoekstra 