Gary Gentry

Blass is class and so are you if you heed the author's plea to do something about the terrible drought that has befallen baseball verse

Pitching Coach Rube Walker's showy praise of his Met pitchers roused the front-running Cubs, who happily clawed Tom Seaver (left) and other talented New Yorkers. They know, though, that the year is young

Better than Bob Feller, Bob Lemon, Mike Garcia and Early Wynn of the Indians. Better than Allie Reynolds, Whitey Ford and Vic Raschi of the Yankees. Better than Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale and Johnny Podres of the...

The pitcher-rich, power-poor New York Mets have a load of talent in the minor leagues. There's only one problem. All the best are pitchers

When National League Umpire Bob Engel, who was helping out last week at the 21st annual College World Series in Omaha, was asked to compare the collegiate players with major-leaguers, he said, "The college boys have...