James Baldwin

There were 12,891 fans scattered about Comiskey Park on Thursday night. In years to come, hundreds of thousands will swear they were there to see Seattle's Mike Cameron tie a major-league record by blasting four home runs against the White Sox. Cameron,...

If it's not broken, don't fix it. Who could begrudge Anaheim Angels general manager Bill Stoneman a restful winter? After all, the Angels' ultraimpressive run through the playoffs should not be viewed as the doing of the Rally Monkey or any other Disney-...

The way the White Sox have been hitting this season, it takes something special to shut them down. Wednesday night, Carl Pavano was special. He ended Carlos Lee's club-record 28-game hitting streak with a three-hit, complete-game shutout as the...

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Jeff Liefer is trying his best to get the attention of the White Sox. His arm has been raised all season, but manager Jerry Manuel hasn't called on him often. "I can't prove myself by sitting on the bench," said Liefer, who went 2-for-3 Sunday,...

In the days and hours leading up to the game, White Sox manager Jerry Manuel promised to be impatient. If starter James Baldwin struggled--which didn't seem to be much of an if-- Baldwin would be treated to an early seat in the dugout. After promising...

When Jon Garland was Kris Honel's age, he was in the big leagues. No one is more aware of that than the 20-year-old Honel, who hopes to convince the White Sox to accelerate a step-by-step progression that could find him pitching in Class A this season....

Jason Bere was not only going to be one of the best pitchers of his era. He was going to stay healthy. Ron Schueler, the White Sox's general manager from 1990 to 2000, was certain of it. "I envisioned him as a guy who would never even have a sore arm,...

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...

It was a day to exhale, sit back in the comfy chair and put the antacids back in the medicine cabinet. The White Sox crushed Kansas City 14-0 Saturday afternoon at Kaufmann Stadium, ending a season-opening stretch of games that only a masochist could...

Mark Grace was dead in the dirt at Comiskey Park, a fitting symbol of the way things have gone this year for the beleaguered Cubs. With two outs in the eighth inning Saturday and the White Sox clinging to a one-run lead in another crosstown classic, Sean...