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At a time when many baseball clubs are looking forward to the playoffs, one team in New York is looking back -- way back -- to 1864. They've organized a league that plays by baseball's first written set of rules. No gloves, underhand pitches. Everything but the handle-bar mustaches. Lars Hoel profiles the New York Gotham vintage base ball team.

In many parts of Iraq, U.S. troops face daily attacks from armed resistors. In contrast, the southern Iraqi town of Hilla has emerged as a model of peaceful cooperation between U.S. forces and Iraqis. Hear NPR's Ivan Watson.

It's been 60,000 years since Mars was this close to earth. Commentator Andrew Chaikin gives NPR's Renee Montagne tips on how to get a good view of the red planet.

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's new memoir is simply called Madam Secretary. In an interview with NPR's Juan Williams, Albright discusses what it was like to be the first female secretary of state, her opinion about the timing of the recent war in Iraq and the lessons of the U.S.-led war in Kosovo. Hear the extended interview.

New York City will commemorate Central Park's 150th anniversary Monday night with a 1,000-foot-high, 850-foot-diameter halo of light. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Phil Grucci, the engineer behind the planned pyrotechnic display. See an artist's rendering of what the fireworks spectacle will look like.

Alan Cheuse reviews Saul and Patsy, by Charles Baxter.

Outfielders carry lifelong memories of how their first gloves smelled and felt. Catchers swear by their favorite glove model. On Morning Edition, NPR's Bob Edwards talks to Noah Liberman, the author of Glove Affairs, a book tracing the history and tradition of baseball players' favorite piece of equipment. Read an excerpt, hear interviews and see photos of players and their gloves.

Three-and-a-half months after the fall of Baghdad, resentment to the presence of U.S. soldiers seems to be growing. When Saddam Hussein's regime collapsed and looting erupted across Baghdad, doctors at the city's Al Kindi hospital begged American troops to protect them. But now, relations between U.S. soldiers and the medical staff are strained. NPR's Anne Garrels reports.

The bluegrass legends played in NPR's studios, and spoke to host Melissa Block.

The bells of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., tolled Monday in remembrance of the four girls who were killed in a bombing at the church 40 years ago. Melanie Peeples reports.