TWINS NEWCOMER MOLITOR TAKES THE LONG WAY HOME
Novelist Thomas Wolfe wrote "You Can't Go Home Again." Yet, in defiance of Wolfe's dictum, Paul Molitor has returned to his home in the Twin Cities after a 19-year absence....
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SOX’S HERNANDEZ READY TO MIX IT UP TO STRAIGHTEN OUT
The general belief is that the hard fastball, the 95 m.p.h. heater, is the toughest pitch to hit. Not so. The professional hitter will adjust. Usually he can time it...
EXPERIENCE IS GREATEST ASSET PHILLIPS GIVES SOX
The late Charlie Finley maintained that "Sweat + Sacrifice = Success." Tony Phillips, the new White Sox left-fielder, is a believer in the Finley theory, but adds another twist: Failure...
CARDINALS TRY TO JUGGLE PAST, FUTURE SHORTSTOPS
If you were managing the St. Louis Cardinals how would you handle it? You have two shortstops--Ozzie Smith, who has had a distinguished 18-year major league career, and Royce Clayton,...
EX-CUB NICHOLSON WAS A WALK IN PARK
He was called "Swish," and the popular belief was that when he struck out he swung with such ferocity that it was as if he were in a wind tunnel....
DAULTON IN LEFT AMONG THE LEAST OF PHILS’ WORRIES
Can Darren Daulton play left field? That's one of the many questions here in the spring camp of the Philadelphia Phillies. After eight surgeries on his left knee, the 34-year-old...
HE’S ROCKIES’ GLUE, BUT DOESN’T HAVE MUCH OF A STICK
Every major-league baseball manager, if he is fortunate, benefits from an assistant manager on the field, usually a veteran infielder who helps in positioning his teammates. "I'm lucky," reported Don...
SEATTLE’S BIG UNIT EXPECTS VERY GOOD TO GET EVEN BETTER
Randy Johnson won't be satisfied just to do it again. He wants to do it better: "If I was to go out there and do the same thing over and...
EVEN A MCGWIRE RERUN LIKELY WON’T SAVE A’S
Mark McGwire is coming off two-thirds of a monster season--39 home runs in 317 at-bats, the highest HR-AB ratio in major-league history. What does he have in mind for an...
GWYNN: MEDIA BIGGEST OBSTACLE IN QUEST TO HIT .400
It has been my belief that the reason it's more difficult to hit .400 today is because of the increasing effectiveness of relief pitchers. The starter goes only five or...