Jerome Holtzman

This appears to be the Year of the Hitter. It's early, of course, six weeks into the season, but scoring and home runs are up-also slugging percentage, which may be...

The Goose is hanging in. Jeff Reardon was released last week. Three weeks ago, it was goodbye for Dave Righetti and Bobby Thigpen. Dennis Eckersley is struggling: three blown saves...

Catchers aren't born. They're pressed into service. What happened to Ron Karkovice of the White Sox was typical. The catcher didn't show up. Karkovice was 14, in his last season...

When the Cubs won their first home game Wednesday, 5-2 over Cincinnati, I was reminded of the New York woman who during her pregnancy constantly talked about the upcoming blessed...

Maybe you had forgotten the Cubs have their charm. But that's how Stanton Cook subtly portrayed his boys dressed in dark, depressing blue before Cincinnati hung these Prince Charmings Tuesday...

I was passing through the press entrance at Wrigley Field late Monday afternoon and Bob Heilemann, who guards the pearly gate, was cheerful as ever. "Tonight's the night we break...

The first time I saw Dante Bichette, up close, was four or five years ago in Mesa, Ariz., when he was with the California Angels. It was during spring training,...

Three weeks into a long season, the Milwaukee Brewers are the surprise club, especially after finishing last in the American League East last year. They also have the surprise player...

Richard M. Nixon, baseball fan, was then the vice president. It was late in the summer of 1959. The White Sox were en route to their first pennant in 40...

The first rhubarb of the new season is upon us: Should umpires be allowed to wear sunglasses? "No," insists Eddie Vargo, supervisor of the National League umpires. "We want them...