Tag Archives: Home Run Power Ratio

OTD in 2000: My 20-Year Anniversary Feature on Mike Schmidt in The Philadelphia Inquirer

On this day, 20 years ago: my story on baseball Hall of Fame third baseman Mike Schmidt of the Philadelphia Phillies appeared on the front page of The Philadelphia Inquirer sports section. Having just begun my journalism freelancing career the year before, it was a thrill to have scored such a prominent placement. At that […]

Irony, Tragedy in Photograph of Sosa & Bonds

A few weeks ago, I had the privilege of interviewing Stephen Green, a fellow Oak Parker and the Chicago Cubs’ official photographer, for a segment to air on Oak Park’s Channel 6. Through the end of the month at the Oak Park Public Library, Green has an exhibit of some 30 of the thousands upon […]