Shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941, America was dragged into a war of survival.
On Sunday, Jan. 28, 2001 to be exact, my pal and then-4-year-old grandson Robbie and I made our usual Sunday run down to “Loose Caboose” for s…
With Matt Cain’s perfect game on June 13, 2012 now assigned to Major League Baseball’s record books, callers and readers have been contacting …
On the evening of Wednesday, June 13, 2012, the San Francisco Giants were hosting the Houston Astros in the second game of a three-game series.
On Dec. 23, 1975, baseball arbitrator Peter Seitz announced a landmark decision in favor of the Major League Baseball Players Association, mak…
The other day, out of the blue, this scribe received a letter from a man I’d never met, yet his name was somewhat familiar and I’d soon discov…
With another Major League Baseball season about to begin, here are my “fearless” predictions for this year’s races.
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With Major League teams limbering up in sunny surroundings from Florida to Arizona and about to begin a brand new baseball season, the San Fra…
Over a decade ago, on the morning of Jan. 28, 2001 to be exact, my 4-year-old grandson and I made our usual visit to Loose Caboose for some “T…
We’ve reached the end of the trail.
When Barry Bonds set the all-time home run record of 73 “four-baggers” in 2001, trailed by Sammy Sosa with 64, San Francisco and Chicago fans …
Show me the money” was the battle cry of young major league millionaires, and with their agents outside the lines of Major League Baseball dia…
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On March 31, 1995, the longest strike in sports history ended in a U.S. District court, and because of the timing of the court order, 18 games…
The 1992 season saw minor league owners enjoying a decade-long run of prosperity in a very tough business.
During the three-year period of 1989-1991, Major League Baseball teams went on a buying frenzy.
By the mid- and late 1980’s, the resurgence of the minor leagues gave their operators an independence that had not been seen for many years.
As we entered the 1980s, the lords of Major League Baseball were suffering from free agency, as star players and even mediocre ones were no lo…
It’s hard to figure the exact time or reason why the “Grand Old Game” saw a great upsurge in attendance beginning in 1978.
No five-year slice of baseball history made inside and outside the lines of a Major League baseball diamond ever topped the years between 1973…
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Major league salaries continued to rise, and the threat of free agency — pushed by the ever-strengthening “Player Union” — had owners fearing …
On the morning of Jan. 28, 2001, my then-4-year-old grandson Robbie and I were on our usual Sunday run.
This five-year slice of baseball and American history — inside and outside the baselines — saw sweeping changes in the “Grand Old Game.”
In 1958, baseball embarked on a journey that the lords of the game once thought was an impossible dream.
By 1953, players salaries were averaging about $25,000.
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In early 1943, Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis asked President Franklin Delano Roosevelt if professional baseball should shut do…
