Former Chicago Cubs star Ron Santo was elected to American baseball's Hall of Fame on Monday, a year after he died of complications of bladder cancer.

What is more American than baseball? Not much. In late July, my 13-year-old son had the opportunity to play in a baseball tournament in Cooperstown, N.Y., home of the Baseball Hall of Fame. He’d been dreaming of this tournament for years. A culmination of countless...

Baseball is no longer America’s national pastime. It still embodies the nation’s soul and spirit.

Baseball is no longer America’s national pastime. It still embodies the nation’s soul and spirit.

The great American game of baseball has generated more good movies than practically any other sport (boxing is probably a close second). But there has never been a baseball picture quite like Moneyball – a film where most of the action takes place not on the field, but inside the offices of general managers and team owners. Adapted from Michael Lewis’ non-fiction book by the formidable writing ...