Michael Wuertz

It took 137 games for Dusty Baker's patience to run out. But the Cubs manager finally had seen enough Monday after watching his players miss several signs that helped pave the way to a 6-4 loss to St. Louis at Busch Stadium. Albert Pujols' three-run...

During a batting-cage discussion with Cubs coaches Friday morning, ex-Cub Lenny Harris jokingly referred to Wrigley Field as "Ghost World." The idea that the Cubs are haunted in their North Side home may be an old wives' tale, though booing is...

The A's Gregorio Petit hit a two-out single to score Bobby Crosby from second in the ninth and the Oakland Athletics rallied with runs in the final two innings for a 3-2 victory over Seattle on Saturday night. Seattle's bullpen that has been so solid all...

FIRST INNING Sox top: Oh, no. What happened to small ball? Scott Podsednik walked on four pitches but Willie Harris wasn't asked to sacrifice and Podsednik was picked off. Cubs top: Carlos Zambrano was smokin'. You could hear the pop on his pitches....

The most impressive number for Jose Contreras was 67. That was the percentage of strikes Contreras threw Saturday that enabled him to last seven innings, keeping the White Sox within striking distance in their 5-3 comeback victory over the Cubs. It also...

The White Sox and Cubs showed Saturday why their seasons are heading in opposite directions. After Carlos Zambrano shut them out on one hit over seven innings, the Sox broke through with four runs in the eighth off the Cubs' bullpen to spark a 5-3...

Pregame Situation: Like Friday, and again Sunday, what to do with DH Carl Everett? Ozzie Guillen's decision: Put Everett in right field and sit Jermaine Dye, even though Dye is by far the better fielder and was hitting .429 in his last six starts....

Derrek Lee has found a peaceful place to get away from all the concerns of the Cubs' clubhouse. "It's nice to start playing the games because everything kind of goes away," he said. "You don't have to think about anything but the game. Then once the game...

Derrek Lee isn't thinking about it, and no one is saying he can keep it up the entire season. But after the first two months of 2005, Lee was the National League leader in batting average, home runs and RBIs, putting him on an early pace to become the...

Roger Clemens kept the Cubs in their deep sleep Wednesday, showing the stuff that has made him one of the game's greats. Clemens (8-0) earned his 317th career victory with a 5-1 victory over the Cubs, who have lost seven of nine games. "We ran into a...

Whenever the Cubs won a game late last season, outfielders Sammy Sosa, Kenny Lofton and Moises Alou converged in center field and high-fived each other in midair. Watching from the bench after his season-ending knee injury, Corey Patterson could only...

General manager Jim Hendry said before Saturday's game he was pleased with the current state of the Cubs, considering all the injuries they have endured since spring training. "When we get Woody on track our pitching will fall in line too," Hendry said....