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...DIEGO, Calif.—In the ongoing search for “my team,” I traveled to San Diego yesterday morning for the first ballpark installment of A Fan for Sale. After a long week at my real job, I hadn’t really had time to do my research for this game and therefore had no idea what to expect. But talking with Padres closer and All-Star rep Heath Bell, I got the scoop boiled down...
Starting Sunday, July 19, I will embark on a four-week, five-ballpark quest to find “my team.” Here is my presumptive schedule...
Going to the ballpark, visiting friends and playing bingo are simple diversions for many of us. But for the elderly, these social pastimes may play a critical role in preserving their physical and mental health...
...grew up following my dad [legendary broadcaster Jack Buck] around. As a kid, I couldn't get enough of the ballpark. I couldn't get enough of traveling with him or being around a major-league team. It's always been kind of a part of my DNA. I don't know that I've ever looked at baseball like a purely casual fan. That's just realistic when you grow up with it putting food on your table, and with it taking your dad out of town...
...contracts also include reductions in benefits: dental and vision coverage will be dropped, effective July 1. "The UAW has always been willing to sacrifice to help these companies," Gettelfinger says. "When this started, we were on third base before the other stakeholders were even in the ballpark...