About the author

Patrick Cronin

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&nbsp;The Brockton Enterprise&nbsp;(MA ) and&nbsp;The Courier-Gazette&nbsp;(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&nbsp;Athletic Journal,&nbsp;Scholastic Coach,&nbsp;Spitball, and&nbsp;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.<br>