MLB Baseball

The Red Sox Nation is about to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the opening of Fenway Park, the oldest Major League Baseball stadium in use. The Boston landmark, which hosted its first American League game on April 20, 1912, has since achieved a status in America sports history unrivaled among inanimate legends. Praise for Fenway runs the gamut from literary understatement to wry humor to dead-on accuracy.

VERO BEACH, Fla. -- The numbers from opening day 2012 aren't yet available, so we don't know if the trend is continuing.

We don't know if the percentage of American blacks playing Major League Baseball continues to dwindle, wallowing at a single-digit level that concerns the suits running the game.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Barry Zito and Matt Cain accepted the mic from Train lead singer Patrick Monahan and belted out Journey's "Don't Stop Believin"' as a couple of thousand fans cheered and sang right along.

When, exactly, did we get here?

When did America arrive at a place where every wrong choice of words, every poorly expressed thought that someone else finds offensive must result in somebody losing their livelihood?

AMERICAN LEAGUE EAST

Jerry Jones wants desperately to restore the Dallas Cowboys' glory. Ditto Daniel Snyder with the Washington Redskins and Herb Simon of the Indiana Pacers. But like every other NFL and NBA owner, they picked the wrong sports in which to try to throw around their weight.