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...many times, I went with these folks to Red Sox games, movies, or just to the paper to hang out. And I'm going to miss it. A lot. I will never experience this again...
...When Willard Met Babe Ruth By Donald Hall (Browndeer; $16) This book, like much of Hall's adult work, is set in Wilmot Flat, New Hampshire. Here, some time ago, a burly fellow named Babe Ruth, then a member of the Boston Red Sox, slid his roadster into a ditch. Fortunately for the ballplayer, a team of oxen belonging to young Willard's dad was on hand to pull his car out of trouble. Hall, a sportswriter whose day job is penning poetry, has Willard follow the Babe's career the way fans all over the country did back then...
Reinsdorf was well aware of the criticism he would receive. "My first obligation is to the White Sox fans," he says. "In the current climate, you have to pay to win. Look at the World Series: the No. 1 [Yankees] payroll vs. the No. 2. It was also clear to me that if I didn't give Albert $10 million a year, somebody else would." Asked if he weren't stockpiling nuclear weapons while talking disarmament, Reinsdorf replied, "Absolutely. I'm just playing by the rules, and playing to win. That said, we can't go on like this. Small...
...impact of the Belle signing has already been felt in the White Sox ticket office, where the phones have been ringing off the hook. Last year only 21,220 fans a game came to the new Comiskey Park to watch the Pale Hose futilely chase the Indians. Reinsdorf had the Big Hurt, Thomas, at first base, and a bigger hurt in the empty upper deck. The best team in the history of basketball was not enough for him. "My first love is baseball," he says. "I will not rest easy until I win the World Series." And that would...
ALBERT BELLE Baseball bad boy gets $10 million a year to play for White Sox. Move over, Dennis Rodman...