Lew FreedmanLew 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.

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Lance Berkman Still Hitting

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

Rick Ankiel’s Continuing Saga

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

Wrigley Still Wrigley

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

Alfonso Soriano Hanging In

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

Yu Darvish Worth The Money

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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Phil Humber On Downward Spiral

Poor Phil Humber. He needs a time out desperately. In one year the Houston Astros pitcher has gone from…Read More

Genuine Stats, Fluke Stats

Surveying the batting and pitching leaders six weeks into the 2013 Major League baseball season it is…Read More

Los Angeles Angels Are Impossibly Bad

How is it that owner Arte Moreno goes out and spends more money than anyone else in the baseball world…Read More

Disabled List Baseball’s Twilight Zone

It seems that not a day passes without hearing about a Major League player being put on the disabled…Read More

Scary Moment For Toronto’s J.A. Happ

The ball rocketed off the bat like a missile at his head and J.A. Happ had perhaps a second to react.…Read More

Who Is The Fairest Team Of All?

Time out from health reports, player hot streaks and not streaks, to gaze upon the mirror, mirror on…Read More

Time To Worry About Roy Halladay

The game has not been a holiday for Roy Halladay in 2013. There were worries about his usually golden…Read More

Detroit Tigers Revving Up

The Detroit Tigers were pretty much awarded the American League Central Division crown by acclamation…Read More

Pirates Pitching Spurs Revival

Friday night was exhibit A why the Pittsburgh Pirates are winning and why they may yet post their first…Read More

Donald Lutz Germany’s First Big Leaguer

When the Cincinnati Reds brought Donald Lutz up from the minors on Monday and employed him as a pinch-hitter…Read More

Chicago Cubs Not Leaving Wrigley

Forget the threat. The Chicago Cubs are not going to abandon Wrigley Field on the cusp of the ballpark’s…Read More

Little Early On Tim Hudson Hall Talk

About five minutes after Atlanta Braves pitcher Tim Hudson‘s 200th victory was in the books Tuesday…Read More

A’s-Angels Require Patience

Every once in a while it’s fun to have a baseball game that is long enough for you to watch the…Read More

David Ortiz On Unreal Tear

  Tell me you saw this coming. Aging star player ends the 2012 season by missing 72 of the last…Read More

Dodgers Staff Needs Health Insurance

One would hope the coverage plan is solid for the Los Angeles Dodgers because their pitchers need all…Read More