Mon May 18, 2009 8:14 AM EDT
The phone had not even finished its first ring before my wife, Anna, snatched it from its cradle. Concern was etched in her face as she handed me the receiver: “It’s the police. It’s about Sue.”
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Tue Sep 16, 2008 9:48 AM EDT
OAKLAND, N.J.- It is a scene played out on baseball fields all across the country; men whose athletic peaks are behind them, but whose competitive fires still burn, playing the game they first took up in their youth. On this night, the batter has just lined a clean single to left field, forcing the runner on first toward second base.
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