June 15, 1987 | Volume 66, Issue 24

With the publication of The Armchair Book of Baseball II, The National Pastime and The Pitcher, noted baseball historian John Thorn greets the 1987 season with three books that should delight and...

A FOUNDATION FOR REFORM

•Tommy John, Yankee pitcher, who has 270 career wins, making clear that he has no intention of sticking around until he wins 300: "I'm not a goal-oriented person. The only thing that burns inside...

It was Glitz Time in La La Land as celebs invaded the Forum to see and be seen

After 9 years and 107 wins, Edwin Moses lost to Danny Harris in the 400 hurdles

The Cubs made the deal of the year, filling in the blanks and signing Andre Dawson

When artist Francis Golden was sent by SI to the 1966 U.S. Open at San Francisco's Olympic Club, he thought he would be covering just another golf tournament. "I photographed whatever I wanted...

I'M WALKIN', YES INDEEDAlfredo Griffin walked four times in a game on June 3. In 1984 he walked four times in 441 plate appearances.

Vinny Pazienza scrapped his way to a title in Providence

GREENER PASTURES?As a former resident of Green Bay, I take great offense at your article Troubled Times in Titletown (May 25). I especially find offensive the suggestion that "the answer to Green...

Stanford won its first College World Series

There's a time in every son's life when dad needs a mitt

A gastronome combines sailing and fine dining

HEIDI VOORHEESLOS ANGELESHeidi, 14, a freshman on the Notre Dame High boys' golf team, shot a 147 to win the girls' 12-to-14 division of the city junior championships. Her 36-hole total was three...

COLLEGE BASEBALL—STANFORD defeated Oklahoma State 9-5 to win the College World Series, in Omaha (page 60).

Demanding higher standards from players is unrealistic