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Peter Golenbock never fails to deliver outstanding baseball stories in his books. His latest literary project - Baseball Heaven is an other winner.

Paul Heyman is a enigma. As WrestleMania 40 soon will be here, this year with Philadelphia as the host city in early April, given all the storylines in work for the big show, Heyman is who I think of most. Why? Because, the Heyman that I know is a survivor. For nearly 40 years, in multiple roles, the wrestling business has felt the influence of the kid from tony Westchester, New York.

It's hard to believe that it's been nearly a half century since I first met the "Nature Boy" Ric Flair.

Glendon Rusch has been looking forward to visiting Cooperstown for some time.

Thanks to filmmaker Jon Leonoudakis, Ball Four is once again a hot topic. My memories of Jim Bouton's baseball playing days are vague. As an 11-year-old playing ball in the schoolyards of New York City, to me, Bouton was an ex-New York Yankee pitcher who I was told had a few pretty good seasons on the mound in the Bronx.

I've loved baseball, well, since watching the 1967 World Series between the St. Louis Cardinals and Detroit Tigers. I was eight-years-old.

Tim McCarver understands hall of fame pitching. 21 MLB seasons. 1,300-plus games as a catcher, McCarver played with the best of them. Having worn the uniform of four different clubs during four different decades.

Doug Sisk's pitching career deserves revisiting. Much has been made just how dominant and off-the-wall the 1986 World Series Champions New York Mets were. A team loaded with superstars and a very able supporting cast.

Del Duduit's Dugout Devotions II offers Christian view of athletes. I learned a lot about faith, and how some of my favorite MLB people feel about their religious beliefs, while reading the 151 pages of Dugout Devotions II.

With over 100-plus seasons of professional baseball to choose from, Denny McLain turned in the single greatest individual performance. More so than in any of the four major pro sports in America , statistics is what separates baseball from the rest of the  bunch. ...