Scott Rolen

Tony La Russa doesn't take home-field advantage lightly. He believes the 2004 World Series might have ended differently if it had started at Busch Stadium rather than Fenway Park. "Would we have done better?" La Russa asked. "Yeah. Had we started in St....

The Rich Hill conundrum is one that has left the Cubs searching for answers for more than a year now. How can a kid look so untouchable in the minors but so average once he dons a Cubs uniform? Called up from Triple-A Iowa on Thursday for his fifth...

In the last two seasons, no thanks to the schedule-makers, by the time the Cubs and Cardinals got around to the serious stuff, the season was over. After a brief encounter in late April last year, the Cubs and Cards met for a real showdown in late July ....

Dusty Baker charged his team with looking "kind of spacey" Saturday during a 4-1 loss to St. Louis. Considering the Cubs had lost their best hitter for two to three months and were playing their archrivals, there was no good excuse for that kind of mind-...

Rod Boone back here again live from The Stadium. I know, I know. But hold the applause. We're about ready to see if the Yankees can rebound from their deflating loss on Joba Mania day. Mike Mussina (8-4, 4.26 ERA)......

Dusty Baker walked around Wrigley Field at 9:45 a.m. Wednesday, taking small handfuls of a dirt-like substance from a bag and spreading it throughout the infield and outfield, sort of like Dusty Appleseed. Baker wouldn't reveal the bag's contents or...

I keep reading and hearing that the Cubs' farm system is one of the best in the majors. Yet none of the farm teams is leading its league. Several are below .500 and few of their players are putting up big numbers. Also, few have made a significant...

Cubs manager Dusty Baker sneered when Cincinnati players did "the Bounce" after a walk-off victory in June, so watching the St. Louis version on Thursday night probably qualified as cruel and unusual punishment. But he had little choice after Kerry...

Here are 10 reasons the Phillies will make the playoffs: 1. It's 2003. They won their last pennants in 1983 and 1993. That's trend enough for me. 2. Jim Thome will obliterate Mike Schmidt's single-season home run record of 48, resulting in a new fashion...

Antonio Alfonseca snapped, Mark Guthrie crackled and Kyle Farnsworth flopped as the Cubs suffered an eighth-inning collapse Wednesday night at Busch Stadium. The end result was a collective meltdown that spoiled a superb outing by Kerry Wood in a 4-2...

If pending free agent Scott Rolen is auditioning for a lucrative contract from the Cubs, he didn't exactly hurt his cause Tuesday. Rolen hammered a game-winning three-run homer off Kyle Farnsworth in Philadelphia's 7-4 victory over the Cubs....

The Cubs' scratch-and-sniff offense smelled bad again Monday night. Result: A 4-3 loss to the Cardinals that dropped the Cubs' record in one-run games to 6-10—0-4 since Sammy Sosa sneezed. "We've got to start winning some one-run games soon," manager...