1.   He sent it unsolicited to team executives and baseball writers, and even managed to sell a few subscriptions.

2.   As a baseball beat writer, I wrote passionate pleas for common sense and goodwill to prevail.

3.   Auker also wrote about another controversial player, Ted Williams, who feuded for much of his career with fans and some Boston baseball writers.

4.   Baseball fans and baseball writers often wax lyrical about the thrill of grass as a holdover from a better, bygone era.

5.   Baseball writers vote.

6.   Baseball writer Tom Maloney said there is no other choice but Griffey.

7.   Belle is a leading candidate for the Most Valuable Player award despite an often acrimonious relationship with the baseball writers who do the voting.

8.   A couple of days ago, a New York baseball writer gave his rationale for selecting Mets Manager Bobby Valentine for the Good Guy award.

9.   A year ago, the baseball writers, concerned about the appearance of a possible conflict of interest, asked the clubs to stop basing bonuses on their awards.

10.   Aaron Boone talks with Dayton Daily News baseball writer Hal McCoy about life in a thoroughly baseball family.