Willi Singleton is having an open house this weekend at his pottery in Kempton, Pennsylvania, featuring new pots from the fall firing. I visited Willi a couple of weeks ago as he was unloading pots from the kiln. These rags were drying outside his studio.

I drove by Coca-Cola Park early this afternoon on the way back from the farms and thought, "Only four months till opening day." Shortly afterward, the snow started falling. This is what it looked like by the time I got home. Night is now falling and...

I got home yesterday in time to catch the Allen Iverson press conference at the Wachovia Center. What a stunner it turned out to be, but really should I have expected anything less from A.I., who always holds great pressers. The stunner really was that...

According to Todd Zolecki of mlb.com, Placido Polanco is close to signing a three-year contract, worth $18 million, to play third base with the Phillies. Now 34, Polanco has not played third for more than three years. Still, I like the signing, which...

One day after the Mets signed ex-Phillie catcher Chris Coste, the Phillies signed former Met catcher Brian Schneider. A native of the Lehigh Valley, the defensive-minded Schneider signed a two-year deal worth $2.75 million to back up Carlos Ruiz. I do...