Fred McGriff

Sammy Sosa knew what his teammates were feeling when Alex Ochoa launched a fly ball to deep right field in the bottom of the ninth inning. "I know a lot of hearts were beating," Sosa said. The Brewers had the winning run on third when Ochoa drove Jeff...

An odd thing happened Wednesday when Jeff Fassero tried to put away pinch-hitter Ryan Ludwick in the 10th inning. Fassero's 1-2 forkball slipped out of his hand and soared to the backstop, allowing the go-ahead run to score in the Rangers' 7-4 victory...

Bobby Hill didn't know he was a double short of the cycle Thursday until some friends hollered to him while he stood in the on-deck circle with two outs in the eighth inning. That's when the thought occurred to Hill. "Today I wanted as many at-bats as I...

Mike Downey is no stranger to Chicago. He's been away since 1981, but the city and its sports teams never left his radar screen. During journalistic stops in Detroit and Los Angeles he followed from afar the Bears' lone Super Bowl championship, the...

Before Friday's game, a defiant Don Baylor declined to second-guess his decision to remove Jason Bere from Sunday's game against Houston, in which he had pitched six shutout innings. The Cubs eventually lost when their bullpen coughed up seven runs. "I'...