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In the sixth of a series of summer commentaries about minor league baseball called Play by Play, NPR's Neal Conan profiles one of the players... a man who has spent the last 14 years trying to make it in baseball.

Noah and Robert read letters from All Things Considered listeners.

Consultants hired by Alaska Airlines to assess its programs after the January crash of Flight 261 earlier this year released their report today. Citing poor communication and marginal staffing levels the report concludes that the carrier must rebuild its safety culture. From KUOW in Seattle, Sam Eaton reports.

Robert talks with Christine Black, a flight attendant and member of the Association of Flight Attendants in San Francisco, about her experiences with air rage. One of the most frightening incidents occurred three years ago, when a passenger was upset about his meal. He went into the galley, threw his tray at her, and verbally abused her.

NPR's Ted Clark examines the emerging relationship between the United States and North Korea. During the last six years, North Korea has gradually ended its isolation and moderated its confrontational approach toward the US and American allies. In return, the United States has supplied food aid. South Korea also has provided incentives to draw the North out of its isolation.

Host Bob Edwards talks to scholar Richard Newman about this week's page one apology by The Hartford Courant for its role in the slave trade. In the 1700s and early 1800s, the paper ran ads for slave sales and published notices by the owners of runaway slaves. Newman does research at the WEB Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research at Harvard University. He says the Courant's apology is a sign that white Americans are becoming more aware of slavery's lingering effects.

NPR's Kathleen Schalch reports on efforts by Amtrak to increase business in face of the threat of losing their government subsidy in two years. Amtrak is introducing a new program designed to get travelers who have had a bad travelling experience to give the train service a second chance.

When he was sixteen, Commentator Bill Harley worked at a seafood restaurant. He says learned about race, class and privilege when an angry cook hurled a baked potato at him.

Liane talks live with NPR's Julie McCarthy from Northern Ireland, where Protestants will attempt to march through the Catholic neighborhood of Portadown today.

NPR's Howard Berkes reports that staffing problems with the U-S Geological Survey could leave the agency unable to properly respond to volcanic eruptions. Many experienced geologists are retiring after long tenures, and few replacements are ready to take their place.