We all love to root for our favorite players and teams. A tight pitching duel or a see-sawing slugfest, especially during the pennant races or post-season, can hold us in rapt attention. And is there a more uplifting, hope-filled headline in the newspaper than “Pitchers and Catchers Report Today?” But there’s another side that is endlessly fascinating, inspiring, and engrossing: the game played within, on the perfectly manicured, emerald diamonds of our imagination.

Baseball has always provided the inspiration for countless people as they’ve mined their own experiences and influences in creating their unique and compelling works. And those creations challenge us to view our lives with new perspective, or to enjoy a fond recollection.

When the magic is there – and we all know it when we feel it – the author of that magic has surely hit a home run just as far as Babe Ruth himself ever did, and that triumph should be trumpeted and remembered with equal enthusiasm.

Spitball was born to celebrate that special magic, and to share it with everyone who appreciates a well-turned phrase just as much as a well-turned double-play. We hope this site will enlighten, entertain, and educate you about baseball and the arts, and to perhaps even inspire you to create some magic of your own!