Ben Sheets

Good evening Mets enthusiasts, I'm Chris Mascaro and I'll be bringing you all of tonight's live game action, as the Metropolitans (77-61) take on the Brewers (80-57) in the middle game of a three-game set from Miller Park in Milwaukee.......

Have to say that was a little surprising. Sweeping the Brewers? I know the Mets didn't face the incredible C.C. Sabathia, and Ben Sheets only lasted five innings because of a groin injury, but this is a first-round playoff matchup......

Now that the World Series is over, the hot stove season can officially begin. So what should the Yankees do? Everyone knows their top priority is starting pitching, and ideally they'd land CC Sabathia. There have been all sorts of......

By Benjamin Kabak In the pages of Newsday today, Wallace Matthews posed a question upon which no Yankee fan really wants to dwell: What if CC Sabathia just doesn't want to play in the Bronx for the Yankees? Matthews argues......

The remarkable career of Greg Maddux may be something to shout about this weekend. But the understated pitcher insists he doesn't want to become a distraction. OK, how about a silent cheer? Maddux collected career victory No. 299 Tuesday night, beating...

Sammy Sosa no longer can make his head swivel like a bobblehead doll—at least not since he experienced sharp pain in the back of his neck that forced him to leave in the eighth inning of last Saturday's game at Arizona and to miss Sunday's game. Sosa,...

The Milwaukee Brewers can't get any respect … and that's just the way they like it. Preseason forecasts lavished praise on the Cubs and the Houston Astros, the only debate being which team would win the National League Central and which would be the wild...

For more than two hours Monday, Matt Clement stood eyeball to eyeball with Milwaukee Brewers All-Star Ben Sheets. The Cubs right-hander blinked only once. But it was once too often. Clement, who struck out 10, was masterful. In fact, he was just one...

You might say the Cubs' hopes Saturday rested on the wind and a prayer. Or you might rather say it was a wing of a player named Maddux. Whatever, the result was a 5-0 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers that, coupled with a St. Louis defeat, moved the...

The starting pitching foursome of Mark Prior, Kerry Wood, Carlos Zambrano and Matt Clement is the main reason the Cubs are where they are with September around the corner. And now that the stretch run has arrived, manager Dusty Baker plans on riding...

Five young pitchers to keep your eye on in the 2003 season: Josh Beckett, Marlins, 22: His first full big-league season will be memorable, provided he doesn't have a recurrence of his problem with blisters. Johan Santana, Twins, 23: Starts the season...

The 2003 salaries for the 827 major league baseball players on opening day rosters and disabled lists. Figures were obtained by The Associated Press from management and player sources and include salaries and pro-rated shares of signing bonuses and...