It's the last day in our quick Chicago trip - Tuesday, October 7th - and Karen is attending the second day of her conference.  Before...

I warned you about the Curse of the Goat - about Billy Sianis hexing the 1945 Chicago Cubs, a hex so strong that the Cubbies haven't be...

It's just baseball, right?  Just a game.  But this time, it got personal. Game Number One for the Giants, in this Best-of-Five Divisio...

Baseball and superstition go hand in hand.  Many will point to the Curse of the Bambino as the most well known - but for my money, you gotta...

Part of baseball's allure for me has always been the stories.  Always.  Did Babe Ruth really call his home run in the 1932 World Series?...

I've associated Autumn with short stories ever since I can remember reading Salinger's For Esmé—with Love and Squalor on the campu...

Photo by Tom Galleguillos The New York Times has sources everywhere, and maybe things aren't as secure around Books Inc. Internatio...