THE PUZZLE THAT IS BASEBALL             It seems that no one really knows how and when baseball came to be. It is often claimed that it was invented by a fellow named Abner Doubleday, but others deny this. Baseball seems to have been “America’s national pastime” from long ago. It has a long and varied,…

A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON MY WAY TO THE PUBLISHER             Way back when there was a title of some thing or other called “A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON MY WAY TO THE FORUM”. I want to poach off of that title to share a bit of silly stuff about the trials and tribulations of…