Columns

	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...
	Cano's Fresh Start The New York TimesApril 11, 2014By Doug GlanvilleThe baseball experience of my childhood led me to believe in the stability of the baseball family. Even though free agency was alive and well in those years, my favorite players were mainstays. Mike...
	The Book on Jeter The New York TimesFebruary 12, 2014By Doug GlanvilleEvery major league player is deeded real estate in the book of baseball. Some may be granted only one word, others a paragraph. And then there is Derek Jeter, who is closing out, in a masterly way...
	The Ghosts of October The New York TimesOctober 24, 2013by Doug GlanvilleAs I push my 4-year-old daughter on the swing, I wonder when the day will come when she will not need me to supply the power. My children remind me that time is marching on even when the frenetic...
	How A-Rod Doesn't Add Up The New York TimesAugust 5, 2013By Doug GlanvilleBefore I played a single game of professional baseball, I was a fan. If my brother and I weren’t chipping the paint off our parents’ garage door with wayward pitches during an extra-inning session of...
	Player’s Viewpoint on Jason Collins: Sport Isn’t About Machismo TIME IDEASApril 30, 2013by Doug GlanvilleWith Jason Collins coming out, he helps us focus on what really matters.The cliché about sport is that it defines manhood through a lens of machismo, no matter how many girls, women or men who don’t fit in a...
	Memory Chip The New York TimesApril 25, 2013by Doug Glanville The Greinke-Quentin altercation is a reminder that, rightly or wrongly, baseball players never forget — and really can’t afford to.The smoke has cleared and punishment has been meted out....
	Offspring Training The New York TimesMarch 15, 2013by Doug GlanvilleI do not claim to know what my playing career meant in the grand scheme of baseball. All I know for sure is that I found a passion I could express on a diamond. For this I am eternally grateful. Yet...
	Offspring Training The New York TimesMarch 15, 2013by Doug GlanvilleI do not claim to know what my playing career meant in the grand scheme of baseball. All I know for sure is that I found a passion I could express on a diamond. For this I am eternally grateful. Yet...