Jerome Holtzman

I am neither judge nor jury, but I plan to follow closely the latest legal action against the grand old game. Two San Diego Padres season ticket-holders have entered a...

Met a fellow a few weeks ago, and he told me he had played sandlot baseball, that he had been a good-field, no-hit catcher. This isn't unusual. Most catchers can't...

Two hours before the ceremonies began, it appeared to be a bittersweet night for Carlton Fisk, magnificent catcher, a first-ballot Hall-of-Famer. "Hopefully, this isn't a eulogy of my career, a...

National League President Bill White was hit by a pitch 28 times. Bobby Brown, the American League president, a former New York Yankees infielder and also a dangerous hitter, took...

It's too early to name the General Manager of the Year, but Dave Dombrowski of the expansion Florida Marlins has a leg up. He has assembled a surprisingly competitive team...

I went up and shook the right hand that struck out 996 minor-league batters. Then I told him I had a question. "What's the question?" he asked, respectful. Why didn't...

I was on a radio call-in talk show Sunday night, and it didn't take more than a few minutes before the questions began pouring in on Jim Lefebvre, the Cubs'...

Three weeks ago, Andre Dawson took his 3 1/2-year-old son Darius to the souvenir shop at Fenway Park to get him a Boston Red Sox cap. Darius protested. He wanted...

If disappointed and growing weary, ready to call it quits, think of Dwight Smith, the Cub outfielder. He is a man of good cheer and of many parts, all admirable....

Maestro, some welcome music for Dallas Green. The big guy came home Monday and as he stepped into the Wrigley Field sunshine, Alicia Cox, 16, from West Chicago, asked if...