EAGLE PROVES IT HAS ENDURANCE
The Toyota Eagle spent a good portion of Sunday on the endangered list. However, in the end, the prototype co-driven by P.J. Jones, Rocky Moran and Mark Dismore survived and...
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SCHOTT’S PENANCE DRIVE LIKELY TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE
The Marge Schott controversy lingers but, according to acting commissioner Bud Selig, will be put to bed soon, possibly sometime this week. Either way, it's a no-win situation for the...
BASEBALL PIONEER BELONGS IN HALL
This may be hard to believe, Sherlock, but it was a simple case of mistaken identity. In 1937, Morgan G. Bulkeley was elected to the Hall of Fame. Mr. Bulkeley...
ADVERSITY DIDN’T STOP THESE 2
Two scouts were sitting side by side covering a college game in Austin, Texas. One scout had only one hand, the other had one leg. The scout with one hand...
ARBITRATION’S EARLY DAYS NOT SO EXPENSIVE
"I want to tell you the kind of guy Larry Hisle is," baseball attorney Dick Moss recalled Wednesday in a telephone interview from his home in Pacific Palisades, Calif. "I...
25 YEARS LATER, BASEBALL STILL IN A QUANDRY
According to the Official Baseball Guide, "The game on the field, generally safe from attack, was assaulted as dull and somewhat of a bore." The pitchers dominated as never before....
BASEBALL TALK SIMMERIN’ ON THE HOT STOVE
In an effort to stoke the hot stove and see some real live ballplayers, I went to the kickoff social Friday for the Cubs' annual winter fan convention at the...
VINCENT’S DEPUTY ALSO TAKES LEAVE
The winter baseball news continued apace Wednesday with the surprise resignation of deputy commissioner Steve Greenberg and the opening of the management-labor bargaining process. But first, a previously unreported occurrence...
FINLEY PROVES TO BE A HALL-OF-FAME SCOUT
Bill Faul, a hard-throwing right-hander, had a brief and unhappy career with the Cubs: parts of two seasons, 1965 and '66, seven wins and 10 losses. The last time I...
REGGIE PLAYED HARD; HALL WILL BE EASIER
Reggie Jackson hit World Series home runs on three successive pitches, an achievement beyond compare. But, the one picture of him that I have never forgotten was 20 years ago,...