George Vecsey quotes:

Baseball outfits went through their gaudy period during the disco '70's, when the White Sox looked like softball players and the Athletics looked like 'Saturday Night Fever' personified.

There is no sports event like Opening Day of baseball, the sense of beating back the forces of darkness and the National Football League.

One of the great rules of hockey is: On the Stanley Cup, all germs are healthy.

Those of us who have tested gravity under a hoop know its mystical properties. Robin Layton, as I would have expected, has turned this staple of Americana into a gorgeous art form.

In August of 1921, one of the great American combinations was unveiled"?even better than the peanut butter and jelly sandwich. This fortuitous new blend was radio and baseball.

Baseball is all about stories, many of which are even true.

Every championship, by definition, is historic.

Here's one thing I never say anymore: These people can't be that stupid, can they?