Articles filed under Baseball
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St. Charles East graduate Wes Benjamin enjoys his time with the WizNov 29, 2023 12:00 am - Baseball is a universal language, a catcher's signs to a pitcher a shared dialect. That definitely helps St. Charles native Wes Benjamin. The left-handed pitcher, who sp...
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Reliever Liam Hendriks and outfielder Cody Bellinger selected MLB's Comeback Players of the YearNov 28, 2023 12:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Reliever Liam Hendriks and outfielder Cody Bellinger were selected Major League Baseball's Comeback Players of the Year on Tuesday. The pair, both free a...
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Baseball Way Back: A screwball Cinderella storyNov 25, 2023 12:00 am - It is tempting to ponder how the 1984 Cubs would have fared if the team hadn't traded Willie Hernandez to the Phillies for Dick Ruthven the year before. But the Cubs alr...
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Lopez happy to be back home with the White Sox, the team he cheered forNov 21, 2023 12:00 am - As a kid, Nicky Lopez clearly remembers attending Game 2 of the 2005 World Series in Chicago when Scott Podsednik hit a dramatic walk-off home run to lift the White Sox ...
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'I think they see my potential: Soroka stoked to join White SoxNov 20, 2023 12:00 am - Acquiring a player that has had two surgeries on the same torn Achilles tendon would probably not fly with most major-league teams. The White Sox are different. Third ba...
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Baseball Way Back: When the A's made their first moveNov 18, 2023 12:00 am - Oakland A's fans had their hearts broken when Major League Baseball owners Thursday voted to allow the A's to flee to Las Vegas in 2028. But they weren't the first A's f...
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The keys to Counsell's success as Cubs manager? Preparation, courage, connectionNov 18, 2023 12:00 am - David Ross was a good major-league manager. In his four seasons in the Cubs' dugout, Ross made one trip to the playoffs and twice had winning records. Ross was expected ...
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White Sox trade reliever Bummer to Braves for five players, two with local connectionsNov 16, 2023 12:00 am - Making his first trade as White Sox general manager late Thursday night, Chris Getz got a big haul from the Braves in exchange for relief pitcher Aaron Bummer. "Obviousl...
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Prospect Montgomery gives White Sox needed hope for the futureNov 16, 2023 12:00 am - For White Sox fans, it's been a series of gut punches. The first blow came early - a 7-21 start to last season that set the terrible tone. From there the clubhouse becam...
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Jim O'Donnell: Theo Epstein's short list of new resurrection targets has to include the White SoxNov 15, 2023 12:00 am - THREE YEARS AGO — November 17, 2020 — Theo Epstein “gratefully” bid adieu to the Cubs. He left a measured, astonishing magnum opus titled “2016.” Since then, he's served...