Of anyone who has ever played major league baseball, very few, in any era, have looked as though they really did play for the love of the game. We learn only when they are unable to play any longer that they really did love the game for its own sake, no matter the money, no matter the controversies. Some love it too much to keep themselves steady; some can't bear to let the world see anything other than the difficulty involved in playing the game in the inferno of the public eye. When you lose someone who looked as though...