Jerome Holtzman

Gazing into my crystal ball, I see some lights at the end of the tunnel. They are blinking a message to the nation's baseball fans: Do not despair . ....

Nearing personal intervention in the six-month-old baseball strike, President Clinton gave special mediator W.J. Usery Jr. until Tuesday afternoon to complete his final recommendations for a proposed settlement. "On this...

Had an interesting chat with Bob Costas, the network broadcaster who is an avid baseball fan, and like many of us, hopes it won't be necessary for the owners to...

As Gene Orza, counsel for the Major League Baseball Players Association, said, "It isn't exactly Joe Schlepp, it's President Clinton" who has stepped into the ring in an effort to...

When Sal Bando speaks, everyone listens, including me. I have known Bando for almost 30 years, first as the hard-hitting third baseman and captain, the stabilizing influence, of Oakland's Mustache...

Frank Navin, the owner of the Detroit Tigers, was frantic. He was aware that the failure to put a team on the field could mean the loss of his franchise...

I was talking to Ernie Broglio when Lou Brock walked in and sat down at the table. "Do you know why I'm here?" Broglio asked Brock. Then, without waiting for...

The late Ford Frick, an Indiana native, former sportswriter, 17 years the National League president and 14 years baseball's third commissioner, founded the Hall of Fame. This was in 1936,...

Attended the annual luncheon meeting Monday of the men's board of the Chicago Baseball Cancer Charities at the Westin Hotel, and renewed acquaintances with a few dozen of the finest...

Bogged down in the baseball mess, I didn't know what to do. The strike is now in its fifth month and I'm tired of writing about it. And I assume...