Jerome Holtzman

The long-awaited Randy Johnson vs. Larry Walker matchup, as expected, occurred in the second inning of Tuesday night's All-Star Game but wound up, more or less, a draw. Walker walked...

The long-awaited Randy Johnson vs. Larry Walker matchup, as expected, occurred in the second inning of Tuesday night's All-Star Game but wound up as a mystery story. Did he or...

Like it or not, Colorado's Larry Walker, who could be the major leagues' first .400 hitter in more than half a century, will have to step in against Randy Johnson...

The argument has been raging for years: Which league is stronger, the National or the American? After two rounds of interleague play--130 games, or three-fifths of the interleague schedule--neither is...

While the "Century of Progress" World's Fair was in full swing, an event occurred on this day that changed baseball history: the first All-Star game. A few months earlier, Chicago...

For the first month they did nothing but fight: "He was on my back 24 hours a day. Every day. He was relentless. I had never met anyone like him....

Like Caesar's wife, a sportswriter shouldn't have favorites. But even we grizzled scribes need an occasional hero fix, and I am coming in off a double dose. Saw Jay Bell,...

I have my doubts any big-league ballplayer is worth $10 million a year, but what I think is worth 50 cents daily, $1.75 on Sunday. What's important is the opinion...

Mother, if you want your son to play in the big leagues, have him become a catcher. Catchers don't have to hit much, either for average, or for power. But...

In baseball's new welfare state, also known as revenue sharing, the wealthier clubs subsidize the poor. The financially strapped Pittsburgh Pirates, for example, were awarded $5.5 million in 1996 and...