Frank Tanana

•Al Clark, umpire, after New York Yankee pitcher Steve Howe, a seven-time drug offender, angrily challenged a ball-and-strike call: "I don't want to make it personal, but I wonder if he's ever made a mistake or used...

•No. 1 on Nixon's Enemies ListUntil June 4, Braves outfielder Otis Nixon had played 661 major league games without getting hit by a pitch. But when the Phillies' Wally Ritchie hit him on the left knee, the speedy...

The only sock in the White Sox these days comes from Harold Baines

•Rocky Bridges, who managed the Triple-A Phoenix Giants for nine years and is now skipper of the Class A Everett (Wash.) Giants: "I took one giant step backward."