Ernie Banks

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Considering the list of guest stars, the Feb. 17 episode of the CBS sitcom Yes, Dear could have been taped in Cooperstown. Jerry Van Dyke (right, kicking) plays Big Jimmy, who has long bragged to his son about...

Alex Rodriguez entered September as the major league leader in home runs (48) and RBIs (120), and a serious candidate for AL MVP. Since the award was first presented in 1931, only one MVP, Cal Ripken Jr., has played...

ERNIE BANKSBaseball Hall of Famer on how glad he is that contraction wasn't an option during his playing days: "I played on some bad teams, man. We would have been contracted before the All-Star break."

The beauty of baseball is the absence of a clock. Time doesn't stop for ballplayers, but it does cease to matter. ("What time is it?" someone asked Yogi Berra, and he replied, "You mean now?") When they leave the...