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Topic: Baseball (page 26)

Baseball must die: Joe Morgan says the national pastime will destroy itself

Vin Scully brilliant career

Voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers radio broadcasts, Vin Scully, poses in the outfield of Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California. (George Rose/Getty Images)

Scully transcript of Koufax 9th

Sandy Alderson: The best news for baseball in a good-news season.

San Francisco Giants radio play-by-play broadcaster Hank Greenwald enjoys one of his always present Dunhill cigars in the broadcast booth atop 3Com Park after announcing his retirement in San Francisco, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 1996, prior to the San Francisco Giants game against Philadelphia. Greenwald, who has worked 16 seasons for the Giants, will retire at the end of the season. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg) (AP)

Hank Greenwald: The best baseball announcer you won't hear on the air

"For Love of the Game": Kevin Costner's syrupy, sentimental return to baseball smells like Coors Light and Viagra

"A Clever Base-Ballist": This spirited tale of a pioneer player smacks a pie in face of baseball nostalgia

Brilliant Careers Willie Mays: Greatest living baseball player

People Log: The tragedy of Jason Kendall

Henry Louis Taylor

Father figure: I'm in love with my kids' T-ball coach

Pete Hamill picks five favorite sports novels

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