Jerome Holtzman

The Toronto Blue Jays, who sometimes seemed to be staggering in the stretch, straightened up Saturday and won the American League East with a 3-0 victory over the Detroit Tigers....

It wasn`t easy for George Brett. He was the youngest of four sons of a concerned but demanding father. Jack Brett, in an interview, admitted he once told George`s mother:...

It`s time to say goodbye to Hall-of-Famer Billy Herman, the Cubs` star second baseman of the `30s, the Ryne Sandberg of his day. Herman was a feisty guy, always full...

This question was posed to Bud Selig, baseball`s new interim commissioner: ''Do you have the power to rescind the proposed National League realignment?'' Selig`s response: ''Yes.'' Selig refused to elaborate...

No more sympathy, please, for the owners of baseball`s smaller-market franchises. Whether they know it or not-and they all can`t be stupid-they shot themselves in the foot when they assembled...

Manager Jim Lefebvre on Andre Dawson: ''All we hear about is that he`s getting old and has sore knees. People talk about him like he`s going to fall apart. But...

It was a blockbuster trade-Jose Canseco to Texas for Ruben Sierra and two middling pitchers. In an effort for perspective, I called Gabe Paul, an aging soldier now retired in...

With the `92 baseball season fading, this may be a good time to demonstrate anew there isn`t much new under the baseball sun. Or an attempt to put things in...

It was a friendly competition. Catcher Jimmy Campanis and infielder Bret Boone, Seattle farmhands, were teammates last season with the Jacksonville (Fla.) Suns in the Double-A Southern League. ''It really...

The American League owners Wednesday approved the sale of the Detroit Tigers, one pizza king buying out another, and in a bizarre development not likely to fly, touched on the...