Columns

	Baseball’s First Threshold New York TimesFebruary 26, 2016by Doug GlanvilleThe first day of spring training is often linked with the smell of fresh-cut grass. Cut grass means well-manicured baseball fields. Well-manicured baseball fields mean we are about to get serious....
	Parsing the Utley Play New York TimesOctober 15, 2015by Doug GlanvilleIn the slide heard round the social media world, we have (some) resolution. Chase Utley, the Dodgers veteran — and my old Philadelphia teammate — has been suspended for two games by Major League...
	Trades and the Tides of Time New York TimesSeptember 4, 2015by Doug Glanville As a kid, I was not a Dodgers fan by any stretch. In 1977 and 1978, Los Angeles knocked off my beloved Philadelphia Phillies in consecutive National League Championship Series. They went on to...
	Trade Me, Trade Me Not NewYork TimesAugust 6, 2015by Doug Glanville WILMER FLORES had an eventful week. At its peak, he hit a game-winning home run in the last inning to beat the then-division-leading Washington Nationals. But at its valley, the young...
	Stars on Baseball’s Horizon New York TimesJuly 17, 2015by Doug Glanville After three billion miles and nearly 10 years of travel, the New Horizons spacecraft has finally flown by Pluto. When it first left Earth, I was wrapping up 15 seasons of professional baseball,...
	Confessions of a Major League T-Ball Coach The New York TimesMay 8, 2015by Doug Glanville It was an honor, during the off-season, to have been interviewed for a job as a big-league manager of the Tampa Bay Rays. I wasn’t chosen to run their show, so I elected to develop my managerial...
	Baseball’s Eternal Opening Day The New York TimesApril 10, 2015by Doug GlanvilleOpening Week in major league baseball has come and gone in a flurry. One of my former teams, the Chicago Cubs, started the fireworks last Sunday, with a shutout loss at the hands of the Cardinals’ ace...
	Shared Greatness: Baseball Hall of Famers and What They Taught Me The New York TimesJanuary 16, 2015by Doug GlanvilleExploding sliders. Time-stopping change-ups. Three-thousand-hit machines. We expect to embrace such superlatives with any baseball Hall of Fame induction class, and 2015 was no different. I had...
	Jeter's Real Gift The New York TimesSeptember 19, 2014by Doug GlanvilleDuring the chaos and excitement of awaiting our firstborn child, my wife and I were decorating the nursery. Our son was due to arrive in late June of 2008 and we planned to put his crib in a...
	Head for Home The New York TimesAugust 1, 2014by Doug GlanvilleIt is one of the fundamental rules of baseball. To score, a runner must step on home. When a hitter leaves the batter’s box after making contact, he knows exactly where he is going. He runs with...