http://dir.salon.com/topics/joan_walsh_baseball/?source=rss&aim=joan_walsh_baseball en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Thu, 09 Aug 2007 14:08:00 PDT By Joan Walsh Thu, 09 Aug 2007 14:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/baseball/2007/08/09/bonds/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/baseball/2007/08/09/bonds/index.html?source=rss If you want to understand why blacks and whites feel differently about the controversial slugger, hear what McCain had to say. By Joan Walsh Thu, 09 Aug 2007 14:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/baseball/2007/08/08/bonds/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/baseball/2007/08/08/bonds/index.html?source=rss When the outgoing home run king offered "congratulations" to Barry Bonds, everybody in AT&T Park exhaled. By Joan Walsh Thu, 09 Aug 2007 14:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/baseball/2007/07/11/all_star_game/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/baseball/2007/07/11/all_star_game/index.html?source=rss The All Star Game has become Bud Selig's folly, but this was bad even for Selig. By Joan Walsh Thu, 09 Aug 2007 14:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/baseball/2007/06/25/beck/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/baseball/2007/06/25/beck/index.html?source=rss Remembering former closer Rod Beck. By Joan Walsh Thu, 09 Aug 2007 14:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/baseball/2007/05/24/condoleezza_rice/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/baseball/2007/05/24/condoleezza_rice/index.html?source=rss Flanked by Willie Mays, the secretary of state walks into a San Francisco Giants game to quiet gawking, and walks out alone to boos. By Joan Walsh Thu, 09 Aug 2007 14:08:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/baseball/2007/04/03/opening_day/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/baseball/2007/04/03/opening_day/index.html?source=rss Thoughts on Barry Bonds and Newt Gingrich as I head out to my favorite spring ritual, baseball's Opening Day.