Benjamin Weigel's List: Sports

April 13, 1981

Loaded bats, phantom DPs and balls doctored with everything from flour to fly-line cleaner may be illegit, but they're as much a part of the grand old game as, well, the spitter "

November 04, 1991

In a World Series of delicious drama, the Minnesota Twins barely bested the Atlanta Braves "

September 12, 1960

The prideful struggle of an aging Stan Musial to keep on playing ball has been a painful experience for everyone "

April 02, 1984

As a reincarnated Yankee skipper, Yogi Berra is working for George Steinbrenner. Is Yogi worried about longevity? No. He knows a managing job, like a ball game, ain't over 'til it's over "

The pitching wonders he works did not come swiftly or naturally to Seaver; in fact, the modesty of his skill was the making of the man "

In five days as a major leaguer, the author saw the splendors of baseball--and its hard reality-- from the best perspective: inside the game "

"Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from Tom Farrey's new book, "Game On: The All-American Race To Make Champions Of Our Children.""