Jerome Holtzman

There is life after baseball, according to Tony Kubek, our neighbor to the north. Kubek was on the big-league scene 38 years--nine with the Yankees as a star shortstop, including...

When spring training is approaching and you renew acquaintances with a ballplayer, you usually ask him what he has in mind for an encore. But this wouldn't have been an...

When Tony La Russa was fired as White Sox manager, several of his players were visibly shaken. Ron Kittle, Harold Baines, Richard Dotson and Greg Walker, among others, were apprehensive,...

Ernie Banks, Mr. Cub, will be 65 Wednesday and is as joyful as ever. He has no regrets or envy--except for a fleeting moment during the 1977 World Series when...

Anniversaries shouldn't pass without notice, and so acknowledgement is necessary of Philip Wrigley's so-called College of Coaches. Wrigley, the late Cubs caretaker, announced his findings 35 years ago this month,...

Tony Phillips, the new White Sox left-fielder, has played all the positions except pitch and catch and is also capable, when necessary, of throwing a punch. He has flattened heavier...

It probably wasn't planned this way, but the major-league club owners may have made progress on two significant fronts last week. Their leap into the 21st Century with their proposal...

A Nostradamus is needed to predict the eventual resolution of major-league baseball's labor problems--specifically as they concern the owners' proposal for a limited 1997 interleague schedule. But before we have...

Interleague play is coming, perhaps as early as 1997, which means the Cubs and White Sox will be going head-to-head, not just in meaningless exhibitions but during the regular championship...

Erica Sitkoff of Marietta, Ga., was among the first to apply. Her resume included the following: "I have a genuine love and knowledge of the game. Every decision I would...