Lew Freedman
Lew Freedman is a prize-winning sportswriter and former sports editor of the Anchorage Daily News in Alaska, and The Republic in Columbus, Indiana. He also worked on the staffs of the Chicago Tribune and Philadelphia Inquirer. Freedman is the author of numerous sports books, many on the White Sox, Cubs, and baseball history.
Lance Berkman threatened to retire in the off-season between 2012 and 2013, but it seems he made the right choice joining the Texas Rangers for what could be his last fling. He may be 37, but he can still…Read More
Few baseball players are attuned to the ups and downs of the game as Rick Ankiel. He was cut by the worst team in baseball, picked up by another team, made big plays in the field for less money than he…Read More
CHICAGO–Was able to squeeze in my first visit to Wrigley Field in about four years on a trip to the Windy City and it was both comforting and a little discomforting to see that everything remains…Read More
They may like him as a person, but the owners of the Chicago Cubs wish that they never met Alfonso Soriano. They wish he would just go away and that they could make his expensive contract vanish.
But…Read More
The Texas Rangers were right. They won the Yu Darvish sweepstakes when they outbid other Major League clubs for the Japanese hurler last year. The more he pitches the more it appears that he was worth…Read More
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Poor Phil Humber. He needs a time out desperately. In one year the Houston Astros pitcher has gone from…Read More
Surveying the batting and pitching leaders six weeks into the 2013 Major League baseball season it is…Read More
How is it that owner Arte Moreno goes out and spends more money than anyone else in the baseball world…Read More
It seems that not a day passes without hearing about a Major League player being put on the disabled…Read More
The ball rocketed off the bat like a missile at his head and J.A. Happ had perhaps a second to react.…Read More
Time out from health reports, player hot streaks and not streaks, to gaze upon the mirror, mirror on…Read More
The game has not been a holiday for Roy Halladay in 2013. There were worries about his usually golden…Read More
The Detroit Tigers were pretty much awarded the American League Central Division crown by acclamation…Read More
Friday night was exhibit A why the Pittsburgh Pirates are winning and why they may yet post their first…Read More
When the Cincinnati Reds brought Donald Lutz up from the minors on Monday and employed him as a pinch-hitter…Read More
Forget the threat. The Chicago Cubs are not going to abandon Wrigley Field on the cusp of the ballpark’s…Read More
About five minutes after Atlanta Braves pitcher Tim Hudson‘s 200th victory was in the books Tuesday…Read More
Every once in a while it’s fun to have a baseball game that is long enough for you to watch the…Read More
Tell me you saw this coming. Aging star player ends the 2012 season by missing 72 of the last…Read More
One would hope the coverage plan is solid for the Los Angeles Dodgers because their pitchers need all…Read More