Here are five articles that I am drafting, and whihc will hit your computer screen in the next week.
Baseball's Smartest Players. A story about those players who also made their mark away from the baseball diamond. Albert Spalding and John Montgomery Ward come to mind as early baseball stars who later became titans of American business. Moe Berg, who was a reserve catcher for a number of tems thoughout his care, spoke seven languages and was used extensively by U.S. Intelligence forces to gather information on the Nazis during World War II. Tony LaRussa's a lawyer. Yogi Berra may be some type of a savant. There are many, many more "smart" players in the game's history.
What if there Were No Steroids? This article will assume that five of baseball's all-time greats took all of the performance-enhancing drugs for which they are accused, and will try to project what they would have accomplished had none of them ever met the needle.
The Great Upcoming 2008 Baseball Season
Joe Torre in La-La Land?
Why Congress Should Shut Up and Sit Down
