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

America’s national pastime is celebrated at a minor league park in Massachusetts… with poetry

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Fans of a pretty niche literary genre gathered over the weekend in Worcester, Massachusetts. WBUR’s Andrea Shea has more on the National Baseball Poetry Festival and its origins.

ANDREA SHEA, BYLINE: Baseball bards from across the country descended on Polar Park, Worcester’s Minor League stadium, to celebrate America’s national pastime at games and workshops and open mics.

STEVE BIONDOLILLO: It’s a giant hidden tribe, right? There are poets everywhere, and