Jerome Holtzman

As an umpire, Durwood Merrill knows what it means to be safe at home. So, when the 17-year American League veteran returned home to Hooks, Texas, after his third season...

Charles W. Murphy, a former sportswriter and penurious Cub owner of long ago, once requested Joe Tinker and Johnny Evers report to his office to discuss their salaries for the...

Here's the way it used to be: A ballplayer signed a contract, reported to spring training and said, "Hey, skipper, here I am!" And the manager would say, "Grab a...

If life begins at 40, White Sox manager Terry Bevington has a big jump. At 39, he is preparing for his second season as a big-league dugout wizard and is...

Managers are hired to be fired. It's an occupational hazard. But New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner almost set the all-time record. Would you believe King George was ready to...

Touching some of the bases: If you have been wondering who is likely to succeed Walt Hriniak as the White Sox batting coach, the educated guess is either Adrian Garrett...

What's a sportswriter to do? I have written two farewell Don Zimmer columns, and now he's back again--this time as a bench coach with the Yankees. Is he pulling a...

Twice in recent months I have offered the observation the players won't strike again until the year 2020. That number, grabbed out of a hat, emphasizes if accord isn't reached...

Major-league club owners, in their understandable desire to cut costs, are planning to hack away at the bottom and eliminate more than one-third of their minor-league teams. "Terrible way to...

Life in baseball's executive suite isn't like it used to be. To quote eminent Boston Red Sox President John Harrington: "When you get a good one, you try to hang...