Doug Mientkiewicz

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...

Grady Little was fired as manager of the Boston Red Sox after leaving Pedro Martinez in too long in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series last October. Should the Red Sox fail to claim the wild card, Boston fans may look back on Friday night'...

The biggest difference between the Minnesota Twins and the White Sox the last couple of seasons is simple: The Twins found ways to win games, and the Sox didn't. That was illustrated again Friday night when the Twins scored twice in the eighth inning...

These are the kind of games the White Sox used to find a way to lose. Especially in the Metrodome against the Minnesota Twins. The Sox can slug with anyone because when it comes to games of Home Run Derby, few teams can match them. But it the taut, low-...

Mark Buehrle is as close to an automaton as can be found on the pitcher's mound. Get it and throw it, get it and throw it. So when Buehrle showed some disgust and took a stroll around the mound Sunday after walking his third hitter of the first inning—to...

Perhaps the White Sox can blame it on the full moon. They nearly blew a six-run lead in the ninth inning Tuesday night before escaping with an 8-6 victory over the Twins. "That was a big win," Mark Buehrle said after the Sox extended their lead in the...

Less than a week after the events that changed America and the world, baseball told teams they've got a job to do: Play, and make the games seem as if they matter again. When major-league ball returns today, the standings and statistics will be exactly...

First Carlos Lee fouled out to the shortstop. Then Frank Thomas fouled out to the catcher. Then Magglio Ordonez flied out to center. Good morning. Good afternoon. Good night. The White Sox's three best hitters went down meekly in the eighth inning...