This was nostalgia in the literal Greek sense: the pain of not being able to return to one's home and family.
John ThornFinally, for all of us but a lucky few, the dream of playing big-time baseball is relinquished so we can get on with grown-up things.
John ThornBaseball presents a living heritage, a game poised between the powerful undertow of seasons past and the hope of next day, next week, next year.
John ThornOne of the first lessons he or she learns is that in baseball anything, absolutely anything, can happen. Just two days ago as I write this, something happened that had never happened in baseball before.
John Thorn