Hi all.  Here's how I see baseball on this Saturday, Sept. 30. In Robert Louis Stevenson's classic "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," Dr. Henry Jekyl makes the terrible mistake of drinking a potion that turned him into Mr. Edward Hyde, a monstrous creature.  At first he could change characters at will, but before so very long ...

Hi all.  Here's how I see baseball on this Friday, sept. 29. In a different era, the Dodgers and Cleveland would have cemented their plans in early September to meet in a World Series that would start next week.  Then came divisional play, the wild card and now the second wild card that keeps teams and ...

Hi all.  Here's how I see baseball on this Sunday, Sept. 24. I discount all home run records set during the steroid era.  That being said, Giancarlo Stanton of the Marlins has passed Hack Wilson and now has 57 home runs, which I see as the legitimate National League home run record.  He also owns a team record ...

Hi all.  Here's how I see baseball on this Saturday,  Sept. 23. Call them the BrideGrooms, the Superbas, TrolleyDodgers, "The Boys of Summer," or "Dem Bums," those names all have been applied to the Brooklyn or Los Angeles Dodgers. A class outfit by any name is a class outfit and, as they did with Vin Scully's retirement a ...

Hi all.  Here's how I see baseball on this Tuesday, Sept. 19. There was a song in the fifties that went "Stay just a little bit longer."  Two decades later Jackson Brown revisited the old song and put his own spin on it-the spin of a touring musician.  One memorable line (to me at least) was ...

Hi all.  Here's how I see baseball on this Friday, sept. 15. Well, they've done it-and with an extra-inning win to put an exclamation mark on it.  The Cleveland Indians have won 22 in a row.  The question is, will it mean anything in late October and early November when the World Series now takes place. ...

Hi all.  Here's how I see baseball on this Wednesday, Sept. 13. At last the Dodgers won a game  their 2nd win in 18 tries while the Indians took their 20th in a row.  In the night's most bizarre finish I tuned out of the Phillies-Marlins game assuming the Phillies had won 8-7 on a walkoff ...

Hi all.  Here's how I see baseball on this Tuesday, Sept. 12. When I went off on vacation it seemed doubtless that the Dodgers would bury whoever the American League had to offer in the upcoming World Series.  By the time I returned two weeks ago today it was apparent the Dodgers were in trouble, though ...

Hi all.  Here's how I see baseball on this Tuesday, Sept. 5. It was less than 3 months ago when I sat at this desk and wrote of Scooter Gennett hitting 4 home runs as the Reds wiped out the Cardinals 13-1.  Last night, it was J.D. Martinez taking his turn as the D-Backs slammed the ...