Baseball is a pretty sight and a nice experience, win or lose, particularly if it is watched in a nice park.

But I think it's undeniable that the Times is a liberal paper.

Baseball is a pretty sight and a nice experience, win or lose, particularly if it is watched in a nice park.

That first week, I also went to Washington. That was really tough. I sympathize with those Washington figures who have to face 40 Times Washington bureau reporters. They ask hard questions and they're relentless. And they were quite suspicious and quite dubious about me.

If you really hate George Bush, you don't want to read about his hobbies or that he's nice to his friends or that he's good company at dinner.

If you can't enjoy the game unless you are pretty sure your team is going to win, baseball is not the game for you. Remember, the best team in baseball in any year is going to be beaten about 60 times.

I know there are reporters who ridicule pundits.