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Issue Eighteen Poetry My Mother The Shortstop By Tom Lagasse 2025 E. Ethelbert Miller Prize Winner Love Song of the Polar Bear Mascot at McCoy Stadium in Pawtucket Rhode Island By Martin Espada Second Place Americas Favorite Pastime By Robin Michel Honorable Mention Creative Nonfiction The Orioles game at the end of the world By Michael Kelly IV 2025 Jackie Mitchell Prize Winner A lost glove and a lifes lesson By Dennis Anderson Second Place A Position By Seth Kaplan Honorable Mention Fiction The Good of a Broken Bat By Kiyoshi Hirawa 2025 Sidd Finch Fiction Prize Winner Wildlife By Jim Waltzer Second Place Harbor Park 2044 By Eben Bracy Honorable Mention 2024 Pushcart Nominees Fielders By Edmondson Cole Mens league ballplayer By Nick Visconti Foul Ball By Alex J. Barrio Oligo My Own By Eligio Mares Steve Perry PinchHits for Steve Perry By Aarik Danielsen BART By Jack Albert 2024 Best of the Net Nominees Hope in Baseball By Clayton BradshawMittal Ruth Talks Hitting By Dana Yost Braves at Phillies 101422 By Jared Frank Grave of the Cracker Jack Boy By Cynthia Gallaher I need to talk to you about the time Torii Hunter stole a home run from Barry Bonds at the 2002 AllStar Game By Terry Horstman Hot Dog Buns Make Great Pillows By Arlene Somerton Smith An I. O.