By the way...

Bill Plaschke is still on top of his game. His story about a Russian orphan playing baseball in California is excellent. Nobody finds stories like Plaschke. By the way, the orphan is a girl.

Wright Thompson looks at Zack Grienke's emotional problems and his return to baseball.

John Tomase looks at the tragic story of BU's Brittany Detwiler.

Phil Mushnick thinks we're overthinking the motives in the Duke lacrosse case.