The banishment for life of Pete Rose from baseball is a sad end if a sorry episode. One of the game's greatest players has engaged in a variety of acts which have stained the game, and he must now live with the consequences of those acts. There is absolutely no deal for reinstatement.

People will say I'm an idealist. I hope so.

On matters of race, on matters of decency, baseball should lead the way.

Teaching is an instinctual art, mindful of potential, craving of realizations, a pausing, seamless process.

There's nothing bad that accrues from baseball.

It is not enough to offer a smorgasbord of courses. We must insure that students are not just eating at one end of the table.

For me, baseball is the most nourishing game outside of literature. They both are re-tellings of human experience.