Eric Young

If the White Sox ever wondered what it would be like to compete against themselves, they will find out in the next couple of days. In many respects, the Texas Rangers and Sox are similar—two teams that live and die with their offense. On Tuesday night,...

For the better part of three hours, it was a perfect Friday night to be a White Sox fan. What more could any true South Sider ask for than an 89-degree evening, home runs by Frank Thomas and Jose Valentin, four strikeouts by Sammy Sosa and the sight of...

The White Sox-Cubs rivalry is only five years old, but there already have been plenty of classic games. First came the "Ivy Affair" in 1998 when the Sox were denied a run when the Wrigley Field vines swallowed a ball. Then came the "Caruso Game" in '99...

After hitting a two-out, 10th-inning grand slam to lead the White Sox to a 7-3 win over the Cubs on Friday, Carlos Lee found himself in the middle of a Sox convention at home plate. "That's the way we should play every day," Lee said. "With that kind...

Ricky Gutierrez didn't earn any raves for his first career curtain call, which followed his first career grand slam in the Cubs' 5-1 victory over the White Sox. "On a scale of 1 to 10, I'd give him a low score," said teammate and close friend Eric Young....

Admit it, baseball fans: Sunday provided the perfect conclusion to this season's Uncivil War. The Cubs' 9-6 victory allowed both teams to strut into the All-Star break. The Cubs could celebrate after winning their first series in almost a month. And the...

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...

The Cubs haven't been to a World Series in 55 years, while the White Sox have been Series-free for the last 41 years. That fact of life tends to magnify the importance of the crosstown classic, and first-time participants understand that reality right...

It took nearly five hours, two sausage races and 17 innings for the Cubs to outlast Milwaukee on Thursday afternoon, but the end result was ultimately worth the wait. Corey Patterson's two-run 17th-inning home run off Brooks Kieschnick sent the Cubs to a...

Like a glass of fresh, cold lemonade on a hot Texas night, Joaquin Benoit was just what the White Sox needed Monday. The slumbering Sox offense woke up against Benoit, knocking him out in the third inning, and then kept hitting en route to a 12-6 victory...

BRITISH weather forecasters were predicting snow for the January morning I arrived in Jersey. That wasn't what I had in mind. I wanted to vanquish the winter blues with flowers, which is not as absurd as it might sound; spring comes early to the 45-...

After Sunday's game James Baldwin will board a plane to Atlanta, where he will pitch in his first All-Star Game. And Jon Lieber will hop a flight to Mobile, Ala., where he will help construct a baby room for his wife, Jessica, who is expecting their...