Articles filed under Baseball
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For the ultimate optimist: 'Futures' market for playoff ticketsJun 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Certainly, the unhealthy fixation on a jilted billy goat provided a clue. But a fledgling Web site provides quantitative proof (this won't come as news to South-Siders) ...
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Having fun at coach's painful expenseJun 27, 2008 11:00 pm - General manager Kenny Williams said the White Sox were laughing at pitching coach Don Cooper from the moment he pulled his left hamstring in the dugout after being eject...
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Jacked-up Swisher picks perfect time to send one deepJun 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Nick Swisher was fired up for the White Sox' intrasquad games in spring training. He volunteered to make the trip to Hermosillo, Mexico, for a meaningless exhibition gam...
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Eyre's injury creates situationJun 27, 2008 11:00 pm - The Cubs are a man short in their bullpen while playing in a hitter's paradise. But as manager Lou Piniella pointed out Friday, there aren't a whole lot of minor-league...
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This Sox victory an inside jobJun 27, 2008 11:00 pm - The White Sox didn't thoroughly enjoy the beating delivered by the Cubs last weekend. And they especially didn't like how easily the Cubs were able to do it. So there wa...
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Quentin hits homer to give White Sox winJun 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Carlos Quentin hit a tiebreaking homer leading off the bottom of the seventh Saturday, closer Bobby Jenks escaped a ninth-inning jam and the White Sox made it two straig...
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'Banged up' Cubs drop series finale to O'sJun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - There was little Lou Piniella could do Thursday but grin and bear an 11-4 loss to the Baltimore Orioles at Wrigley Field. In fact, Piniella didn't even wait for questio...
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Did Lou see this coming?Jun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Wow, third inning and Ryan Dempster is already out of there. Nick Swisher's grand slam chased him after 2 and a third. Sox up 8-zip. Things looked bleak from the beginni...
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Nothing small about Zambrano's goalsJun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - Carlos Zambrano is thinking big. Not just his next-start big. Not just All-Star-Game big. But World-Series big. First things first. Zambrano played catch on the outfi...
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Astros cut Chacon after brawl with GMJun 26, 2008 11:00 pm - HOUSTON -- Shawn Chacon was put on waivers Thursday by the Houston Astros, a day after he got into a physical altercation with general manager Ed Wade. If another team d...