Jerome Holtzman

The recent push for the selection of "Shoeless Joe" Jackson for the Hall of Fame appears to be dying aborning. Acting Commissioner Bud Selig has discussed the controversial issue of...

Jim Dowdle remembers it well. It was a Sunday afternoon in November 1981, five months after Tribune Co. had bought the Cubs. Dowdle was at the Ambassador East Hotel, interviewing...

Orphaned in childhood, Harry Caray had the usual quiver of poor-boy stories. And the one he seemed to enjoy telling the most was the day of his grammar school graduation...

Orphaned in childhood, Harry Caray had the usual quiver of poor-boy stories. And the one he seemed to enjoy telling the most was the day of his grammar school graduation...

Among its many attractions, big-league baseball offers a smorgasbord of statistics unequaled in any sport. The latest evidence is available in the March issue of Baseball Digest, which includes editor...

The controversial sale of the Los Angeles Dodgers to media mogul Rupert Murdoch appears to be a done deal, despite the heated objections of three National League owners: John Moores...

When opportunity knocked, Karchner was ready Not always, but sometimes there is a game that can make or break a big-league career, especially if a ballplayer had come up the...

The sad story of Shoeless Joe Jackson, regarded by many fans as baseball's most tragic hero, was back with us last week when Hall-of-Famers Ted Williams and Bob Feller announced...

A big Chicago welcome, please, for Rod Beck, who for the last five seasons has been among baseball's most effective relief pitchers. Beck is the newest member of the Cubs...