Jerome Holtzman

Baseball bigwigs, please note: Martin Ackmann of Elgin, Ill., a former semipro catcher, believes it would be a good idea to add a Connie Mack/and or Johnny Bench trophy to...

This is the time for peace and goodwill to all men. So it is gratifying to report that Major League Baseball is entering into the spirit of the season. A...

The tumult and the shouting appears to be diminishing. The Florida Marlins have been the biggest spenders--$16 million in fresh money for the season ahead on three front-line free agents:...

A faithful reader, James B. Stevens of Oak Park, writes: "How about the story behind the seemingly unattainable single-season record no one brings up: Owen Wilson's record 36 triples with...

They call it progress, a step into the 21st Century. Sometimes it's better to stand still. Whatever, interleague play, first proposed by Bill Veeck's father in the early 1920s when...

The rap against pitcher Jaime Navarro is that he can't get along with his manager. He's tough to handle because he complains when he's taken out of a game. Hurrah!...

Almost 50 years ago, the late Ford Frick, the Hall of Fame's founding father, spoke at a national meeting of the Baseball Writers Association of America and said, "You have...

Bernard Neistein, the prominent Chicago attorney, waved his ever-present cigar during a recent gathering of the B'nai B'rith Sports Lodge and asked: "Do you know Harry Danning?" Of course. Catcher...

If you want to become a baseball expert and increase your diamond knowledge, impress friends, colleagues, neighbors and whomever else, there is a guaranteed route to success: the 10th edition...

Network broadcaster Bob Costas, the self-appointed baseball guru, has announced he's not going to throw his hat into the ring. "I'm not qualified to be commissioner," Costas recently said. "And...