Hi all. The baseball world lost a very special man today, at age 92. Brooklyn Dodger star Don Newcombe, "Big Newk" to his teammates and fans has passed away. In two ways he was a pioneer. He was the first black pitcher to start a World Series game. He ...

Hi all. Here's how I see baseball on this Thursday, February 7. After a winter of annoying illness punctuated by a stretch on the DL, I had hoped to return to write a happy piece about one of baseball's talented unemployed finding a new home. But it wasn't to be. ...