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It is now more than 46 years since Babe Ruth died. In May it will be 60 years since he played his last big league game. Baseball's popularity has risen […]

One fan's tribute to baseball greats-- and almost-greats In the summer of 1954, a 14-year-old baseball nut fromNewark, New Jersey, named Barry Halper went to Yankee Stadium to see an […]

We were in a summer cottage and our 6-year-old, Jimmy, was playing outside. Suddenly he appeared at the back door, tears streaming down his cheeks. "I didn't mean to . […]

I was watching a professional football game on television and at the same time leafing through a book called the Beginners' Guide to Wildflowers. You know how it is on […]

My dog is black. He is a little dog. His name is Angus. Most people think he is a Scottie. But he is not. His mother was a Scottie, but […]

Looks back at Babe Ruth and the powerful grip he still holds on America's imagination four decades after his death. His reputation as a holy terror in his youth; His schooling at St. Mary's; How he signed with the Baltimore Orioles, a minor league baseball team in the International League; His baseball career; The Ruth museum in Baltimore, Maryland; The opinion that he was the best baseball player who ever lived.

Features a story about the survival of a wren after being hit with a stone and buried alive. Regret of the author's son for throwing a stone at the bird; Revival of the bird with gin; Return of the bird to the birdhouse.