Hank Greenberg

I'm no expert on kabbalah, and I don't want to be, but I do know this: If Madonna really has lured Alex Rodriguez into that circle, I am officially snagging him to fill the long-challenging shortstop position on my all-time......

Player, Year, Cast, Votes, Pct. Tom Seaver 1992 430 425 98.84 Nolan Ryan 1999 497 491 98.79 Cal Ripken Jr. 2007 545 537 98.53 Ty Cobb 1936 226 222 98.23 George Brett 1999 497 488 98.19 Hank Aaron 1982 415 406 97.83 Tony Gwynn 2007 545 532 97.61...

WHEN I WAS a little girl in a convent school, the nuns impressed on me the power of setting a good example. These beloved teachers are no longer around to instruct the president and his family, so I recommend that the Bushes learn from Mark Twain, who...

The stench of manure from a nearby fertilizer factory slips past the razor wire and the sharpshooters manning the watch tower. The smell follows the inmates everywhere, from the grassy courtyard where they read or play ball to the two-woman cells...

(BBWAA: Elected by the Baseball Writers Association of America; VC: Elected by the Veterans Committee; NL: Elected by the Veterans Committee based on Negro league career): 1936 -- BBWAA: Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson, Babe Ruth, Honus...

Like the varied ethnic population of Long Island itself, the local cultural landscape has gone global. Now, making a visit to Africa, Asia or some parts of Europe no longer requires a travel agent or passport -- just a full tank of gas and some...

On Feb. 13, I did something usually done only during bona fide natural disasters: I got up at 5:30 a.m. and turned on the television. There wasn't an earthquake, a flash flood or a fire in my neighborhood, at least none that I knew of. I got up for the...

Benicio Del Toro, the 6-foot-4-inch actor of the moment who has a Golden Globe win and an Academy Award nomination for his role as an undercover Mexican cop in the highly acclaimed movie "Traffic," strode toward center stage of the Shakespeare Theatre...

For a boy growing up in New York in the 1960s, several players on the Mets were worthy of adoration: Tom Seaver, the pitcher destined for baseball's Hall of Fame; the fleet-footed outfielder Tommie Agee or even Ron Swoboda, a Dundalk native who stole...

Tommy Hawkins had a decision to make in the spring of 1955. He had finished an exceptional basketball career at Parker High School as Chicago's best player and several colleges were after him. His first visit was to Notre Dame, where he found the...