Jerome Holtzman

Relief pitcher John Franco, born and raised in Brooklyn, was honored by Mayor Rudy Giuliani at New York's City Hall on Tuesday in tribute to his 400th save. The Mets...

Baseball royalty was in our midst last week. Superstar Ken Griffey Jr. was here with the Seattle Mariners and, among other things, revealed that when his playing days are over...

It is rarely discussed, but there is another disturbing aspect of baseball's rich versus poor. The California Angels have claimed operating losses of more than $42 million in the three...

Warren Spahn, who won 20 or more games 13 times, has completed the cycle. He threw the ceremonial first pitch Friday as the Brewers launched their final season at County...

While visiting with the rehabilitated Jason Bere at Wrigley Field Wednesday, it occurred to me what happened to him is not uncommon. The White Sox released him in midseason last...

There will be a moment of silence Monday in memory of Bill Wrigley before the Cubs' home opener at Wrigley Field. That is what he would have preferred. No long...

According to the legend, Early Wynn, a tough customer with a high fastball, would knock down his mother if it would help him win a game. "That was just sportswriter...

Nobody knows, not even Sammy Sosa, how many reporters interviewed him this spring. It probably was somewhere between 200 and 300--a stampede. Among all the questions asked, only one stumped...

Even a grizzled old baseball writer needs a hero, so I'll come clean. I have a great admiration for Jamie Moyer, a left-handed pitcher who broke in with the Cubs...

What's wrong with bowing to the fans after hitting a home run? Nothing, so far as I can see. But pitcher Todd Stottlemyre of the Arizona Diamondbacks had a beef...