Dirk Hayhurst: Right-Handed Author (AP) All of us have dreams. Everything in the American psyche is built on the idea of having dreams—boundless optimism, the idea that the world will be left a better place for one’s children, the unstoppable march of progress. The phrase “The American ...

Abner Doubleday had nothin' to do with it. A few weeks ago, Major League Baseball did something right by naming John Thorn its Official Historian. Best known as the author and editor of the Total Baseball encyclopedia series and the senior creative consultant on Ken Burns’ Baseball series (where ...