Baseball

The most cheerful thing about last week's All-Star Game in Milwaukee was the city of Milwaukee itself. The city named each year as the site of baseball's big game is chosen according to a rather ramshackle order of...

JOSEPHA STAHL, Manhasset, N.Y."Hooray for Phil Wrigley. If other owners would cancel out their night games, I could have my husband's undivided attention two or three nights a week. As soon as the summer comes he's a...

Late in the 1880s big-time baseball was divided into two lusty parts—the National League (founded in 1876) and the American Association (founded in 1882). After frantic haggling over players, the leagues had settled...