Ron Cey

THE CLASS OF '68

INSIDE PITCH hereby presents the Iron Glove Awards, given to those fielders deemed to be the worst at their positions in a confidential poll of players and coaches:

The All-Star Game was just what the people who built the Metrodome deserved: a boring party with very dull guests. Goose Gossage called the crowd "50,000 mannequins." Said George Brett, "Playing indoors reminds me of...

As Chicago's Ron Cey will tell you, baseball can lift you up—and take you down. Turn the pages for a glimpse of the game that's off the wall, wrong side up, down and dirty, even glovely.

The infields at Anaheim Stadium and Wrigley Field are oddly similar: The grass is nearly as high as an elephant's knee and the dirt in front of the plate is almost mushy. The thick growth slows down grounders, and...