Jerome Holtzman

Bill Russell, starting his second full season as the manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, says he will not be as patient with slumping players this year and that he'll...

Leonard J. Jacobs of Oregon, Ill., a constant reader, has registered what on the surface seems to be a legitimate complaint. What is it, he asks, that discourages sportswriters from...

In baseball, as elsewhere, one conversation leads to another. For example, when the Texas Rangers were here to help the White Sox open their home schedule, manager Johnny Oates was...

Before the game, Joe Nossek was asked the question of the day: What were his thoughts on the long season ahead? "We're going to have to wait and watch," said...

With rare exceptions, pennants are won in September rather than in April or May. Still, as recently was discovered, a team can be buried and never recover from an 0-14...

Lakefront smelters might as well face the music. They can expect another frustrating season with their trolley nets. A discouraging federal report last week estimated the smelt biomass in Lake...

Mark Grace has a message for Cubs fans: "Tell them we're going to win our division," the veteran first baseman insisted. What makes him so sure? "There are no guarantees,"...

In Tucson 1 1/2 weeks ago, Sammy Sosa hit one of the longest home runs of his career. It was to dead center and estimated at 450 feet. When the...

Let's see now: Last year the Detroit Tigers won 26 more games than the season before. So if they show the same amount of improvement this year, they should win...

Coming from Ted Williams, who almost never offered a complimentary word about the nation's baseball writers, it was akin to heresy. Nonetheless, Williams wants the writers to jump into the...