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As MLB Restarts, Minor League Baseball Survives and Waits Its Turn Aug. 04, 2020
ALTOONA, Pennsylvania — As the scent of fresh-cut grass delicately fills the air, so do the ar... Read More
Life Is Like a Ballgame Jul. 22, 2020
It has often been written that the world is somewhat like a baseball diamond with home plate, a pitc... Read More
Long Live the Designated Hitter Jun. 26, 2020
Major League Baseball is moving toward a 60-game 2020 season. For the first time in history, the des... Read More
The Texas Rangers Have a Nasty History. Why Does the Baseball Team Keep the Name? Jun. 18, 2020
The injustices of the present are forcing a confrontation with our past — a past wreathed in n... Read More
Baseball's Failure to Exact A Price for Cheating Could Destroy the Game -- and Damage All Professional Sports Feb. 20, 2020
Nothing creates a moral hazard more than exposing corruption and yet failing to punish those respons... Read More
The Astros' Apology? Not Accepted Feb. 16, 2020
The Houston Astros have gotten a lot of criticism lately, but they may also have a business opportun... Read More
Cheaters Never Prosper? If They Aren't Punished, They'll Live to Cheat Again. Jan. 24, 2020
Two great American pastimes, baseball and politics, are immersed in upheaval over the same basic pro... Read More
Athletes Deserve To Be Paid Market Rates Nov. 06, 2019
DR. WALLACE: I went to a sports memorabilia show and saw several former major league baseball player... Read More
Democracy Puts a Point on the Board: Trump's Jeers and Fears Oct. 30, 2019
WASHINGTON — On an October night, we saw a scene straight out of Americana. A president went t... Read More
Why the Nationals in the World Series Is Good for America Oct. 19, 2019
For the first time in 86 years, a baseball team from Washington, D.C., is in the World Series. This ... Read More
I Need to Ease my Pain Oct. 09, 2019
DR. WALLACE: Two months ago, my ex-boyfriend and a friend were killed in a terrible car accident. Th... Read More
An 'All-Star' Baseball Game Oct. 03, 2019
Week of Oct. 6-12, 2019 I remember as a kid sitting in the front room next to our small black and wh... Read More
Bored to Death with Baseball? Try Tennis Aug. 22, 2019
I've been a baseball fan since before I could spell "bat." I test my wife's patience with St. Louis ... Read More
The Catcher Behind Home Plate Was a Spy May. 31, 2019
Once upon a time in America, baseball was not only the National Pastime but also the national obsess... Read More
America's Urgent Need for Baseball Today Apr. 27, 2019
In America today and in its capital city of Washington, D.C., we see, sadly, that with enough money ... Read More
Baseball Banter Is Easy-Going ... Going, Gone! Apr. 03, 2019
Batter up and banter up! The new baseball season is in full swing, and the playful palaver of the pl... Read More
Losing a Hometown Hero Mar. 12, 2019
PITTSBURGH — Baseball is always held up as a metaphor for life in America. The struggles and d... Read More
Older Manager Is Behaving Inappropriately Mar. 01, 2019
DR. WALLACE: I am 17 and work six hours every Saturday at a fast-food restaurant. The manager is abo... Read More
Comparisons Make Good Kids Feel Insecure Feb. 02, 2019
DR. WALLACE: I consider myself an average to above-average 15-year-old student, as I get mostly B's ... Read More
The Irrationality of Baseball Fans Oct. 13, 2018
American philosopher Jerry Seinfeld famously exposed how irrational we American baseball fans must b... Read More
