Al Bumbry

Al Bumbry of the Padres has always been considered one of the game's good people. Now there's even more reason to think of him that way.

If you are a casual baseball fan—and half of all Americans probably are, the other half being serious fans—then here is a book that could move you into the other half. Daniel Okrent has written 272 pages on a game...

"I'm trying to get my stroke back," says Tony Gwynn, the San Diego rightfielder and defending National League batting champion (.351). "I'm lunging at the ball. My problem is I'm comparing everything I do now to what...