Interviews

Eric Soderholm played more than nine years in MLB, but his work after baseball has brought him fulfillment and inner peace – much more than he ever got playing ball. In Part II, we’ll look […]

Eric Soderholm was a first-round draft pick of the Minnesota Twins in 1968. He spent five seasons with the Twins, then signed as a free agent with the Chicago White Sox, where he was part […]

  Steve “Fookie” Foucault was a first-rate closer for the Texas Rangers, Detroit Tigers, and Kansas City Royals during the 1970s. He was part of the 1974 Rangers club that gave the eventual world-champion Oakland […]

It seems like only a couple of years since you and I were talking about getting started doing work on our own jerseys. Did The Dream Shop become a natural outgrowth of your work on […]

Greg Pryor was only with the Texas Rangers for a short time in 1976, but I remember him from the days of watching games from the bleachers at Arlington Stadium ($2 a seat and a […]

Kim Nuxhall dreamed of being a big-league baseball player like his father, Joe. That dream did not come true, but the life lessons he learned from his famous father shaped him and his life — […]

Pat Zachry was a 19th-round draft choice of the Reds who finally made the big-league club in 1976. He responded by going 14-7 and was co-Rookie of the Year (with San Diego’s Butch Metzger) as […]

Jim Maloney was one of baseball’s best pitchers during the 1960s: no-hitters, All-Star games, a World Series. He won more than 20 games in a season twice, with a blazing fastball leading the way. The […]

Jim Maloney and I had such a wonderful conversation that I have split it into two articles. Part 1 covers his playing career as a fabulous pitcher for the Reds in the 1960s; Part 2 […]

EARLY DAYS IN HAMMOND You were a three-sport athlete in high school, with scholarship offers for football to play quarterback. My senior year, we were undefeated state champs in football, and I was named first-team […]