Current events and reflections on the game’s past produce some conflicting thoughts.

A baseball card from 35 years ago has stirred some thoughts in this week’s posting from Cooperstown.

Would you step in against a 95 mph fastball without wearing a hard hat? Bruce Markusen looks back at three men who made just that choice in this week’s Confidential.

One of Bruce Markusen’s favorite nicknames is the subject of this week’s entry from the birthplace of baseball. Feel free to let out a Tarzan yell, if you’d like.

Bruce Markusen writes about one of his favorite nicknames in this week’s posting from Cooperstown.

Anniversaries and exhibits have Bruce Markusen thinking about one of his favorite baseball cards in this week’s Cooperstown Confidential.

A new baseball biography is spurring conversation, especially as it climbs the New York Times best-seller list. Bruce Markusen interviews the author.

There’s little good reason for so few trades

Was Tuesday’s All-Star Game a worthwhile event? And how was the coverage? Bruce Markusen offers an opinion or two in this week’s Cooperstown Confidential.

A seven-year-old fan becomes an adult admirer