Jerome Holtzman

Here's how Milwaukee manager Phil Garner sees it: Breaking the season into sequences of four to five games, if a big-league club plays three or four games well and one...

It was only a morning B game but to Jose Guzman it was the seventh game of the World Series. He is pitching for a job. That's why the Oakland...

First things first: Outfielder Ellis Burks of the Colorado Rockies, coming off a career year, sends his thanks to White Sox General Manager Ron Schueler. Second, Burks believes the Rockies...

Ted Williams still is quick with an opinion, even in a 10-minute interview after Wednesday's meeting of the Hall of Fame's veterans' committee. What does he think about the election...

White Sox, beware! So says Ken Griffey Jr. The Seattle superstar who many insiders insist is baseball's best all-around player doesn't boast. He merely was stating the facts. "We have...

Mother, if you want your son to make it to the big leagues, have him converted into a catcher. There is always room for a good catcher, and then, after...

Off the field they don't have much in common. Mark McGwire is the strong, silent type; doesn't say much more than an occasional "howdy." Jose Canseco walks with a swagger;...

Phil Regan, the Cubs' pitching coach who has been there and done that, has a list of what he calls the five basic mental requirements to be a successful late-inning...

It was high noon here in the Valley of the Sun, and Barry Bonds, baseball's newest salary king, stepped to the plate for his first spring training swings. "Wait, I...

Pitchers and catchers have reported and the position players are packing, soon to be en route. But there is an element missing from this annual spring training scenario: the scouts,...