Jim Caple next to the plaque indicating the original location of Metropolitan Stadium's home plate. I joked with center fielder Torii Hunter about how he keeps both feet inbounds during his jaw ...

If you must buy tickets from a scalper, you'll want to check out Jim Caple's tips for landing tickets to the big game. Those are compelling arguments, but the much more important issue is not ...

Jim Caple, whose "Off Base" column appears each Wednesday on ESPN.com, is the national baseball writer for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, which has a Web site at www.seattlep-i.com.

FINAL DIAGNOSIS: "The patient could afford to mix in a few salads but is otherwise as sound as the Canadian dollar." Jim Caple is a senior writer for Page 2.