I am opposed, naturally, to regurgitating anecdote or any other form of received wisdom, unless it is characterized as such.

I am opposed, naturally, to regurgitating anecdote or any other form of received wisdom, unless it is characterized as such.

Although the world proved not yet ready for the brotherhood of baseball, that would be only a matter of time, baseball magnates believed.

And then came the nineties, when management, suddenly frightened that they had ceded control to the players, sought to restore baseball's profitability by 'running the game like a business.'

But baseball bounced back in the next decade to reclaim its place as the national pastime: new heroes, spirited competition, and booming prosperity gave birth to dreams of expansion, both within the major leagues and around the world.

I'd just like to see - in writing about baseball - more energy and better craft, minus statistical bludgeoning and invective.

We play because we are wired for joy; it is imperative as human beings.