Bob Verdi

In this city of brotherly love, not only the Liberty Bell is cracked. The Phillies are, too. They still think they can win the World Series. "I keep telling you,"...

I went to a World Series game Wednesday night, and the Cubs broke out. Maybe their general manager, Larry Himes, is right. The Cubs aren't that far away from making...

I went to a World Series game Wednesday night, and the Cubs broke out. Maybe their general manager, Larry Himes, is right. The Cubs aren't that far away from making...

On his way to Cooperstown, George Brett stopped by Toronto Saturday night to throw out the first ball for the World Series. He also saw an old friend. "Yeah, we...

Don't worry about those reckless Philadelphia Phillies reaching for any sharp objects. They don't own razor blades, they eat with their hands instead of utensils and they've got better uses...

Winning an American League pennant means losing your designated hitter during part of the World Series, so it is just as well the White Sox did not advance. Imagine the...

Mitch Williams accepts no credit for making the Philadelphia Phillies what they are. But there's a flip side to that equation. The Phillies didn't have to teach him to be...

Baseball, an industry in dire need of repairing diplomatic relations with the public, has stumbled into a solution. The missing links are Philadelphia's phlaky Phillies. Unwashed and unscientific, the Phillies...

In their eternal quest for peace, prosperity and Point C, the White Sox are guaranteed nothing. It was Jerry Reinsdorf, the team's chairman, who devised this alphabetical method of charting...

Now it's time for the difficult part. Now it's time for reality. We can admit it now if we dare. We all took Michael Jordan for granted, but now he's...