By now, I suspect, everyone in the country – except perhaps that escaped prisoner caught late last week in Arizona with his accomplice...

This life-long San Francisco Giants fan will never forget, nearly a decade ago, walking for the first time into the then-new Giants...

I’ve long been a believer that the best defense against what is often referred to as “the nefarious influence of money in politics” is...

As far as I know, none of the guys in the photo nearby – a ball club from Hailey, Idaho in about 1910 – ever made a baseball name for...

Everyone showed up last night at National’s Park in the center of our political universe – Washington, D.C. – to see a star perform, but...

The news that the longest serving member of Congress in the nation’s history, Robert Byrd of West Virginia, had died got me to thinking...

I’ll be in my third base box, but I’ll be thinking, as I do every year at this time, about the need for a new, improved venue that could,...

My old boss, Cece Andrus, was about as good at speaking off the cuff as any politician I’ve ever seen. He had a plain spoken, even blunt...

Jim Leach, the current chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities and a former 15-term Republican Congressman from Iowa, has...

Quite a day in baseball yesterday. Ken Griffey, Jr. made a good call and an umpire in Detroit didn’t. The good call first. Perhaps the...

Richard Blumenthal’s problems prove one of my cardinal rules of politics – there is no such thing as a coincidence. You look deeply...

Big ol’ Dale has become, thanks to the Internet, the most famous man ever to run for State Agriculture Commissioner. If you’re a...

While most of the national attention today will be focused on Specter and Sestak in Pennsylvania, Blanche Lincoln in Arkansas and whether...

While most of the national attention today will be focused on Specter and Sestak in Pennsylvania, Blanche Lincoln in Arkansas and whether...

I think the wonderful line is attributable to former Wyoming Senator Alan Simpson. At least I’ll give him credit. It sounds like...

I think the wonderful line is attributable to former Wyoming Senator Alan Simpson. At least I’ll give him credit. It sounds like...

It was a cold, wet night at Safeco Field in Seattle on Tuesday and the Mariners played like they would rather have been sitting by a fire...

When it comes to baseball, I’m a traditionalist. Some of the most appealing aspects of the great game are its traditions. It’s been said...

My all-time favorite cartoon appeared in the New Yorker several years ago. In the cartoon, a fellow is settling into his big, comfortable...

Josh Beckett vs. C.C. Sabathia as the best rivalry in baseball tees up the season. This time of year – just before a new season unfolds –...