Honor Among Thieves:  Maury Wills Dead at 89   We’ve always heard there is no honor among thieves.  There may be few exceptions.  One of those exceptionally honorable thieves, a man few catchers could stop if he meant to steal second was Maury Wills, who passed away on September 19 at age 89.   When Maurice ...

  This was a piece I knew would have to be written one day, but I’m probably not the only writer who wasn’t prepared to write it just now. It became inevitable last night when, right before bedtime I read that Vin Scully had passed away, at age 94.  He spent 67 of ...

  It isn’t always wise to open up Facebook.  It’s bad enough that you can open it and find something ridiculously stupid. That’s bad enough.  Last night, in the midst of the NCAA Division 3 baseball regionals, I opened Facebook … and found my favorite baseball writer of them all, Roger ...

Hi friends. Here's how I see basebal lon this Friday, April 8. Yes, I'm back after a prolonged absence following the last World Series. We fans survived a 99-day lockout. The people who work at spring training ball parks had to survive a shortened spring training-the one month out ...

Sports     As we stumble across the finish line for the year 2021, I’m sure some of us are wondering if we’re stuck in the movie “Groundhog Day,” where Bill Murray had to live the same day over and over until he figured out how to be a better person.  As 2021 ends, ...

It happens every December, and at the end of July or the beginning of August, a new Ford Frick award winner takes his place in Cooperstown. Under the relatively new rules, this year was the year for a pioneer to be enshrined. The former voice of the Indians, Jack Graney was ...

  Hi friends.  Here’s how I see baseball on this Wednesday, October 27, the day after game 1 of the World Series.  The third inning of last night’s game was, with a nod to Mr. Dickens, the best of times and the worst of times.  The top half provided the offensive push that led ...

  Hi friends.  Here’s how I see baseball on this Thursday, October 14, the morning of game 5 of the NLDS.  Late tonight, (needlessly late since they’re the only game in town), the Dodgers and Giants will play for the right to face the Braves in the upcoming NLCS.  Before focusing on that game, a ...

Hi friends. Here’s how I see baseball on this Thursday, August 26.  In spite of all MLB has done to deprive the fans of fun extra-inning games, there was a crowd-pleasing 16-inning marathon last night in Los Angeles.  The Dodgers beat the Padres 5—3 in a game the Padres had tied at 3 ...

  Hi all.  Here’s how I see baseball on this Thursday, August 5, 2021.  August 5 has always been a special day to me, since I found out that was the day of the first radio broadcast of a baseball game. As broadcast baseball moves into its second century, it’s in as much ...