Patrick Cronin’s poetry has appeared in small literary magazines, and in 2004 one of his poems received a Cambridge (MA) Poetry Award. His feature newspaper articles have been published in The Brockton Enterprise (MA ) and The Courier-Gazette (ME). A member of the Massachusetts Baseball Coaches Association’s Hall of Fame, his baseball and hockey articles have appeared in national magazines such as Athletic Journal, Scholastic Coach, Spitball, and The Hockey Magazine. A graduate of St. Michael’s College, he enjoyed a long career as a high school English teacher and varsity baseball coach. He and his wife live in Massachusetts.