Tim Kurkjian

Your April Fools' joke must have been leaving Don Mattingly off the best alltime first basemen list.ARMANDO E. BATASTINI, PROVIDENCE

Cal Ripken Jr. has another streak going: consecutive days of being a class act.BOB CHESKE, WORTH, Ill.

Senior writer Tim Kurkjian has been covering Baltimore Oriole shortstop Cal Ripken Jr. since Ripken's rookie year, 1982. But ask Kurkjian to cover Ripken, and he wants no part of it.

The PlayoffsI would like to commend Tim Kurkjian on his article about the Pittsburgh Pirates' last-inning loss to the Atlanta Braves in Game 7 of the National League Championship Series (The Crudest Game, Oct. 26). I...

Revamping BaseballI commend Steve Wulf for his excellent plan to revive baseball (A Blueprint for Baseball, April 6). I have been a fan since I was a kid, and I, too, see baseball running itself into oblivion.